St Arnaud I53 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4263

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After packing up at Hard Hills, Marija and I decided to squeeze in another park before we headed back to the motel at St Arnaud. It was approaching dusk and there were lots of kangaroos and wallabies on the roads.

Our plan was to activate the St Arnaud H35 Bushland Reserve, however, we encountered several fallen trees on the track leading into the park and this resulted in no access to the park.

So we headed to the St Arnaud I53 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4263. The park is about 5 km east of St Arnaud and about 236 km northwest of the city of Melbourne.

Above:- Map showing the location of the St Arnaud I53 Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.

The park is about 14 hectares in size and was established on the 24th day of August 1982. (CAPAD 2022)

Parks Victoria has a page for this park but it contains no information about the park other than a park boundary image.

Above:- An aerial view of the park with St Arnaud in the background. Image c/o Google Maps.

We accessed the park via a dirt track which led into the park running off the Wimmera Highway. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation.

Above:- An aerial view of the park showing our operating spot. Image c/o Google Maps.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5NM
  2. VK2PBC
  3. VK3CA
  4. VK2EXA
  5. VK5FANA
  6. VK3PF
  7. VK3KAI
  8. VK2LQ
  9. VK2PCT
  10. VK4NH
  11. VK4DXA
  12. VK2DL
  13. VK2IMP
  14. VK2IO/p (VK2/ SW-027)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5NM
  2. VK2PBC
  3. VK3CA
  4. VK2EXA
  5. VK5FANA
  6. VK3PF
  7. VK3KAI
  8. VK2LQ
  9. VK2PCT
  10. VK4NH
  11. VK4DXA
  12. VK2DL
  13. VK2IMP
  14. VK3AMO
  15. VK7AAE
  16. VK1AO
  17. VK2MET
  18. VK2IO/p (VK2/ SW-027)
  19. VK4EMP
  20. VK4TI
  21. VK2GWB
  22. VK2EG
  23. VK2VRJ
  24. VK3ABQ
  25. VK7DW
  26. VK7HBR
  27. VK3YV
  28. VK3KAS
  29. VK5TQ
  30. VK4SMA
  31. VK3CWF
  32. VK3UAO
  33. VK3GRX
  34. VK3NP
  35. VK3SPG
  36. VK5LNX
  37. VK3SO
  38. VK3ANL
  39. VK3GB
  40. VK3ZK
  41. VK2BIO/p

I worked the following stations on 80m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK3NP
  4. VK2VRJ
  5. VK2IO/m
  6. VK3CWF
  7. VK3CA

References.

  1. Dcceew.gov.au. (2023). Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2022 – DCCEEW. [online] Available at: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad/2022 [Accessed 20 Feb. 2024].‌

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