Glamorgan Reef Bushland Reserve VKFF-4279

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Our final park activation for Friday 24th November 2023 was the Glamorgan Reef Bushland Reserve VKFF-4279. The park is about 20 km south of Newstead and about 130 km northwest of Melbourne.

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

The Glamorgan Reef Bushland Reserve is about 9 hectares in size and was established on the 26th day of February 2002. (CAPAD 2022)

The reserve takes its name from the Glamorgan Reef gold mine which opened in 1859. (South West Victoria Historic Mining Plots 1980)

Above:- Part of an article from The Age, Melbourne, Thu 5 Aug 1858. Image c/o Trove.

We found a little track running off Glamorgan Road. We ran out the 20/40/80m linked dipole and used the Yaesu FT857 and 40 watts output. I used the special call of VI10VKFF.

Above:- An aerial view of the Glamorgan Reef Bushland Reserve, showing our operating position. Image c/o Google Earth.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK4SMA
  4. VK3VIN
  5. VK5PE/m
  6. VK1AO
  7. VK2MET
  8. VK3CEO
  9. VK3SG
  10. VK4NH
  11. VK4DXA
  12. VK2IO/p (Molonglo Gorge Nature Reserve VKFF-0991)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK4SMA
  4. VK3VIN
  5. VK5PE/m
  6. VK1AO
  7. VK2MET
  8. VK3CEO
  9. VK3SG
  10. VK4NH
  11. VK4DXA
  12. KD1CT
  13. ZL3ASN
  14. VK3CLD/2
  15. VK5LA
  16. VK5KAW
  17. VK5FANA
  18. VK3APJ
  19. VK5KLV
  20. VK7HBR
  21. VK7JGD
  22. VK2IO/p (Molonglo Gorge Nature Reserve VKFF-0991)
  23. VK2PBC
  24. VK4HMI
  25. VK7AAE
  26. VK3EJ
  27. VK3SO
  28. VK3EI
  29. VK3UAO
  30. VK4GJW
  31. VK5VST
  32. VK3ZK
  33. VK2AX
  34. JF7RJM
  35. VK3BLG
  36. VK5DW
  37. VK5VK

I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK3CEO
  2. VK2IO/p (Molonglo Gorge Nature Reserve VKFF-0991)
  3. VK5DW

I worked the following stations on 80m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK2IO/p (Molonglo Gorge Nature Reserve VKFF-0991)
  4. VK5DW
  5. VK5VK

References.

  1. Bannear; D, 1980, South West Victoria Historic Mining Plots
  2. 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 1 Apr. 2024].‌

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