Carwarp West I12 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4143

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My next park for Monday 19th August 2024 was the Carwarp West I12 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4143. This was to be the first time I had activated the park for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program, and only the third time that the park had been activated.

The reserve is about 32 km south of Mildura in northwest Victoria.

Above:- Map showing the location of the Carwarp West I12 Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.

The reserve is located on the northern side of Brownport Road, just 1 km east of Calder Highway.

Above:- An aerial view of the Carwarp West I12 Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.

The reserve is quite small at just 5.5 hectares. It 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. There was plenty of cleared area to string out the linked dipole.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3OB/2
  2. VK3PF/m
  3. VK2SLB
  4. VIK2BRN
  5. VK2KBT
  6. VK5DC
  7. VK3CWF
  8. VK1AD
  9. VK1NAM
  10. VK3CA
  11. VK3APJ
  12. Vk3EJ
  13. VK3QH
  14. VK3MTT
  15. VK3GJG
  16. VK3HJW
  17. VK4HNS
  18. VK5GY
  19. VK3PWG
  20. VK3TTK
  21. Vk3CEO
  22. VK3ZPF
  23. VK3JW
  24. VK2VW
  25. VK2HFI
  26. VK2AKA
  27. VK2BUG
  28. VK5KVA
  29. VK3PF/p (Tooborac Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2212)
  30. Vk5FB
  31. VK5PL
  32. VK3PXS

I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK3CA
  2. VK3APJ
  3. VK3GJG
  4. VK5GY
  5. VK3PWG
  6. VK3TTK
  7. VK3CEO

I worked the following station on 40m FM:-

  1. VK3GJG

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2IO
  2. VK2GEZ
  3. VK4HNS
  4. VK2VW
  5. VK2HFI
  6. VK2AKA
  7. VK2BUG
  8. VK7WN
  9. VK5QA/4
  10. VK3CLD/4
  11. ZL4LC

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 14 Oct. 2024].‌

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