Winninowie Conservation Park VKFF-0820

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My final activation for my Eyre Peninsula/Flinders Island trip was the Winninowie Conservation Park VKFF-0820. The park is located about 20km south of Port Augusta

Above:- Map showing the location of the Winninowie Conservation Park. Map c/o Google Maps.

Winninowie is adapted from the aboriginal word wininawi meaning ‘the vanished water’. The Hundred of Winninowie was proclaimed on the 21st day of November 1878. The Winninowie School opened in 1899 and later became known as ‘Nectar Brook’. It closed in 1939. (Place Names 2012)

The Winninowie Conservation Park is about 19,400 acres in size and was established on the 15th day of March 1990. It was originally known as the Chinamans Creek Conservation Park. It is located on the east coast of Upper Spencer Gulf. It was proclaimed for the purpose of conserving several coastal and marine ecosystems including significant stands of grey mangrove, seagrass, and samphire salt marsh communities. (Place Names 2012) (Wikipedia 2024)

I drove along Chinamans Creek Road and set up my station, the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.

I logged a total of 78 QSOs including quite a bit of DX, long path on 20m into Europe and the United Kingdom.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5MAZ
  2. VK1AO
  3. VK2MET
  4. VK4NH
  5. VK4DXA
  6. VK4MUD
  7. OH1XT
  8. VK3PF
  9. VK3KAI
  10. VK4DJF
  11. OH1MM
  12. UT5PI
  13. VK2VAR
  14. Vk2GOM
  15. OH6GAZ
  16. VK5KLV
  17. VK7XX
  18. F5PYI
  19. Vk2IO
  20. SQ9FMC
  21. IK4IDF
  22. VK2HAK
  23. OH2CGU
  24. DK9HN
  25. M1TES/m
  26. IW2BNA
  27. VK4FOX
  28. OM8DP
  29. VK3OAK
  30. VK3GUM
  31. OH1CM
  32. DG5NFK
  33. VK6JK
  34. DL1ASF
  35. VK3DL
  36. VK4TMZ
  37. VK3PWG
  38. VK3TKK
  39. M7CBI
  40. VK4EMP
  41. VK4TI
  42. LY3AB
  43. OG7J
  44. VK3ZSC
  45. IW2NXI
  46. PD2BA
  47. IK1GPG
  48. IU8KRY
  49. SQ2WKQ
  50. VK3VIN
  51. VK3QH
  52. ZL1TM
  53. VK3CJN
  54. VK34EHI
  55. VK2HDT
  56. VK4HNS
  57. IW3HUD
  58. IZ2GMR
  59. ON6ZV
  60. SQ9CWO
  61. VK4SYD
  62. VK3CWF
  63. DJ1SD
  64. IV3FYW
  65. G8AKL
  66. EA1GIB
  67. IZ5JMZ

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3OAK
  2. VK3GUM
  3. VK5MAZ
  4. VK5TUX
  5. VK3FMRC
  6. VK3BEL
  7. VK5BRO
  8. VK2MOE
  9. VK5AYL
  10. VK3LDX
  11. VK2XD

References.

  1. 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/. [Accessed 16 Aug. 2024]‌
  2. Wikipedia Contributors (2021). Winninowie Conservation Park. [online] Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winninowie_Conservation_Park [Accessed 16 Aug. 2024].‌

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