Duddo Bushland Reserve VKFF-4152

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Our final park for Tuesday 14th November 2023, was the Duddo Bushland Reserve VKFF-4152. This was the first time the reserve had been activated for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.

The reserve is located about 15 km north of the town of Murrayville in northwest Victoria.

Above:- Map showing the location of the Duddo Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.

Duddo was originally an outstation of Brimin on Kow Plains. (Blake 1977) More information on Duddo can be found in my post regarding my activation of Duddo Wells Bushland Reserve.

Above:- Map of Duddo. Image c/o State Library Victoria.

Duddo Bushland Reserve is 86 hectares in size and was declared on the 1st day of May 1979. (CAPAD 2022)

Above:- An aerial view of the Duddo Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.

The park is located on Forsyth Road and is a piece of remnant mallee scrub surrounded by cleared farming land.

Marija and I found an unlocked gate and entered the reserve via a dirt track. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole. I used the special callsign of VI10VKFF.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK3BBB
  4. VK2CCP
  5. VK3SQ
  6. VK2BD
  7. VK2IO/m
  8. VK2EXA
  9. VK2IO/p (Murray Valley National Park VKFF-1178)

Marija worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK5HS
  4. VK3SQ
  5. VK2BD
  6. VK2IO/m
  7. VK5GY

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK3BBB
  4. VK2CCP
  5. VK3SQ
  6. VK2BD
  7. VK2IO/m
  8. VK2EXA
  9. VK3VIN
  10. VK3OB
  11. VK2HHA
  12. VK3MTT
  13. VK5HS
  14. VK2KYO
  15. VK3CJN
  16. VK3ANL
  17. VK3SG
  18. VK5PET
  19. VK3CLD
  20. VK2IO/p (Murray Valley National Park VKFF-1178)
  21. VK3BEL
  22. VK3PWG
  23. Vk3MCK
  24. VK5KLV
  25. VK3UP/m
  26. VK3TDX
  27. VK1AD
  28. VK1NAM
  29. VK3CEO
  30. VK3KTT
  31. VK3APT
  32. VK3ZSC

I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK5HS
  4. VK3SQ
  5. VK2BD
  6. VK2IO/m
  7. VK5GY

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK1AO
  2. VK2MET
  3. VK7XX
  4. VK4NH
  5. VK4DXA
  6. VK4MUD
  7. VK2NP
  8. VK7EE
  9. VK7AAE
  10. ZL1TM
  11. ZL4NVW
  12. VK4EMP
  13. VK4TI
  14. VK4FO
  15. VK4EW
  16. G4WAO/VK2
  17. VK4ATM

References.

  1. Australian Government, 2024, Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database, viewed 4th February 2024.
  2. Blake; L, 1977, Place Names of Victoria, Rigby Limited, Melbourne.

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