Wagant Bushland Reserve VKFF-4249

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My next activation for Tuesday 20th August 2024 is the Wagant Bushland Reserve VKFF-4249. The park is located about 25 km northeast of Ouyen in northwest Victoria.

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

The reserve is located on the northern and southern side of Edwards Road.

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

The park is about 48 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. The park was also signposted as Latimer’s Bushland Reserve. The sign was broken and it was clear that authorities had not been to the park for years. I am not sure when the name of the park was changed. Wagant is an aboriginal word meaning ‘hail’. (Blake 1978) (CAPAD 2022)

As I arrived at the park there was a Wedge Tailed eagle soaring way above me in the thermals. Unfortunately, he/she was too high up for a good photograph.

I drove into the park and set up in a clearing amongst the mallee scrub. I ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3BEL
  2. VK3HJW
  3. VK3ZDK
  4. VK1AD
  5. VK1NAM
  6. VK2VW
  7. VK2HFI
  8. VK2AKA
  9. VK2BUG
  10. VK2IO
  11. VK2GEZ
  12. VK3VIN
  13. VK2SLB
  14. VK2BRN
  15. VK2KBT
  16. VK3STV
  17. VK3CEO
  18. VK3ZPF
  19. VK3JW
  20. VK3APJ
  21. VK3SO
  22. Vk3SFG
  23. VK5AAF
  24. VK2EXA
  25. VK5WU
  26. VK3PF/m
  27. VK2YW
  28. VK5VK
  29. VK5FANA
  30. VK2EG/p (SOTA VK2/ MN-103 & Ngambaa Nature Reserve VKFF-1981)
  31. VK5KVA
  32. VK3CA
  33. VK1ARQ
  34. VK3WRD
  35. VK3UAO

I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK3CA
  2. VK3HM

I worked the following stations on 40m FM:-

  1. VK3CA
  2. VK3HM

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2EG (SOTA VK2/ MN-103 & Ngambaa Nature Reserve VKFF-1981)
  2. VK7XX
  3. VK2VW
  4. VK2HFI
  5. VK2AKA
  6. VK2BUG
  7. VK2IO
  8. VK2GEZ
  9. VK2TM
  10. VK4EMP
  11. VK4TI
  12. VK4GKO
  13. VK4HNS
  14. VK6DS/p (Westralia Conservation Park VKFF-1442)

References.

  1. Leslie James Blake, 1978, Place Names of Victoria.
  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 7 Nov. 2024].‌

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