My final park for Sunday 18th August 2024 was the Yatpool Tank Bushland Reserve VKFF-4130. This was to be another brand new park for me for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.
The park is located about 21 km south of Mildura in northwest Victoria.
Above:- Map showing the location of the Yatpool Tank Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
The reserve is located on the eastern side of the Calder Highway at the junction with Treviso Way.
Above:- An aerial view of the Yatpool Tank Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.
Yatpool is an aboriginal word meaning plain with waterholes. Yatpool once had a State School and its own Australian Rules football team. (Victorian Place Names)
Above:- The Yatpool Football Club, 1920. Image c/o Museums Victoria.
The Yatpool Tank Bushland Reserve is about 58 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. (CAPAD 2022)
I ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation.
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK2LQ
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK2VAR
- VK2GOM
- VK2EXA
- VK3NI
- VK3APJ
- VK3PF/p (Crosby Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2073)
- VK2XXM
- VK3CWF
- VK6ACA
- VK6JK
- VK4SMA
- VK6TWJ
- VK7PJM
- VK3CEO
- VK3SPG
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK6HC
- VK3PWG
- VK3TKK
- VK4HMI
I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
I worked the following stations on 80m SSB:-
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK3FABS
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK3PWG
- VK3TKK
- VK4YT
- VK4SMA
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- VK3PF/p (Crosby Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2073)
- VK2WA
- VK3NRB
- VK3FREB
- VK3ILH
- VK2EXA
I worked the following stations on 80m AM:-
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK4SMA
References.
- 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 9 Oct. 2024].
- Leslie James Blake, 1978, Place Names of Victoria.
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