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Cortlinye Conservation Reserve VKFF-1700

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My second activation for Thursday 11th April 2024, was the Cortlinye Conservation Reserve VKFF-1700. The park is located about 13 km northwest of Kimba and about 475 km from Adelaide.

Above:- Map showing the location of the Cortlinye Conservation Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.

Cortlinye is an aboriginal word meaning ‘black oak’. The Cortlinye Run was held by John Bascome (b. 1863. d. 1929( during the 1870s.

Above:- John Bascome. Image c/o State Library SA.

The Hundred of Cortlinye was proclaimed on the 1st day of October 1914. In 1922 the Cortlinye School was opened. It closed in 1946. In 1920 the Cortlinye East School opened. It closed in 1942. In 1926 the Cortlinye South School opened in 1926. It closed in 1941. (Place Names 2012)

Above:- Article from the Kimba Dispatch, Fri 9 Dec 1938. Image c/o Trove.

The Cortlinye Conservation Reserve is located on the western and eastern side of Buckleboo Road near Emu Rocks Road.

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

The reserve is about 208 hectares in size and was established on the 12th day of November 1987. (CAPAD 2022)

I ran the Yaesu FT-857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation. I set up near the junction of Emu Rocks Road and Buckleboo Road.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5MAZ
  2. VK3APJ
  3. VK5TUX
  4. VK5AAF
  5. VK3PF/m
  6. VK3YV/p (Mitchell River National Park VKFF-0321)
  7. VK5LA
  8. VK5KAW
  9. VK3CEO
  10. VK3OU/m
  11. VK8ZWM
  12. VK2IO/p (Deua National Park VKFF-0138)
  13. VK5FR/m
  14. VK5KX
  15. VK3PF
  16. VK5ZNP
  17. VK3BFX
  18. VK3ZSC
  19. VK3VIN
  20. VK5HS
  21. VK3DL
  22. VK3UAO
  23. VK5KVA
  24. VK5WU
  25. VK3MTV
  26. VK4AER/m
  27. VK5DGR/m
  28. VK2JDL/p (Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area VKFF-3199)
  29. VK5KJ
  30. VK3BEL
  31. VK5HMB
  32. VK5HAA

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK3APJ
  2. VK3CEO
  3. VK1AO
  4. VK2MET
  5. VK4HAT
  6. VK7XX
  7. VK3UAO
  8. VK3SQ
  9. VK2BD
  10. VK5MAZ
  11. VK3EJ
  12. VK4MUD
  13. VK1ARQ
  14. Vk3PF
  15. Vk4BXJ
  16. VK3ZSC

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.
  2. ‌published.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au. (n.d.). A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia. [online] Available at: https://published.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/placenamesofsouthaustralia/.
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