Pallarang Bushland Reserve VKFF-4157

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Our second park for Tuesday 14th November 2023 was the Pallarang Bushland Reserve VKFF-4157. This was the first time the reserve had been activated for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.

The reserve is located about 17 km north of the town of Cowangie in northwest Victoria.

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

Pallarang is a district in northwest Victoria. (MapshareVic 2024) Pallarang is an aboriginal word meaning to bow down. (Blake 1977)

Above:- The Pallarang district. Map c/o Map Share Victoria.

The Pallarang Bushland Reserve is about 23 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979.

Parks Victoria has a page for Pallarang Bushland Reserve, but it contains no information about the reserve.

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

The reserve is located on the eastern side of Chatterton Road, north of Morrison Plain Road.

We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation. I used the special call of VI10VKFF.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK3SQ
  4. VK2BD
  5. VK3MTT
  6. VK3BBB
  7. VK2CCP
  8. VK2HH
  9. VK3SG
  10. VK3PWG
  11. VK3EJ
  12. VK2ADF

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB before the UTC rollover:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK3SQ
  4. VK2BD
  5. VK3MTT
  6. VK3BBB
  7. VK2CCP
  8. VK2HHA
  9. VK3SG
  10. VK3PWG
  11. VK3EJ
  12. VK2ADF
  13. VK3VIN
  14. VK5FANA
  15. VK3CEO
  16. VK3DAC
  17. VK4FE/3
  18. Vk3ANL
  19. VK3SO
  20. VK2KYO
  21. VK3CJN
  22. VK5GY
  23. VK3NCC/m
  24. VK2EXA
  25. VK3CWF
  26. VK1AO
  27. VK2MET
  28. VK2IO/m
  29. VK3BEL
  30. VK2VAR
  31. VK2GOM
  32. VK5KLV
  33. VK5DW

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB after the UTC rollover:-

  1. VK5DW
  2. VK3TDX
  3. Vk2IO/m
  4. VK3SG
  5. VK3VIN
  6. VK2EXA
  7. VK3DAC
  8. VK4FE/3
  9. VK3PF
  10. VK3KAI
  11. VK2VAR
  12. VK2GOM
  13. VK3SQ
  14. VK5GY
  15. VK3CEO
  16. VK2KYO
  17. VK3CJN
  18. VK3OB
  19. VK3FABS
  20. VK3BEL
  21. VK1AD
  22. VK1NAM
  23. VK3ZSC
  24. VK3MCK

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK4EMP
  2. VK4TI
  3. VK1AO
  4. VK2MET
  5. VK4MUD
  6. VK3OB

I worked the following stations on 15m SSB:-

  1. VK4NH
  2. VK4DXA

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.
  3. Victoria State Government, 2024, MapshareVic, viewed 4th February 2024.

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