My second activation for Wednesday 21st August 2024 was the Kia I242 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4230.
The reserve is located about 16 km north of Ouyen in northwest Victoria. This was the first time that I had activated the park for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.
Above:- Map showing the location of the Kia I242A Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
The reserve is located on the corner of Calder Highway and Chapman Road.
Above:- An aerial view of the Kia I242A Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.
This is just a small park comprising about 8 hectares of mallee scrub. It was established on the 8th day of May 1990. (CAPAD 2022)
I access the park via Chapman Road. There was just enough room amongst the scrub for me to string out the 20/40/80m linked dipole. I ran the Yaesu FT857d and 40 watts.
It was nice to pick up six Park to Park contacts from this park.
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK2GOM/p (Parma Creek Nature Reserve VKFF-2698)
- VK2VAR/p (Parma Creek Nature Reserve VKFF-2698)
- VK3BBB
- VK2CCP
- VK3PWG
- VK3TTK
- VK5HS
- VK3CJN
- VK3QHU
- VK3APJ
- VK3DWL/m
- VK3PF
- VK3MTT
- VK3BEL
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK2EXA
- VK5UV
- Vk3GP
- VK3FRC
- VK2KYO
- VK3EJ
- VK5MOS
- VK3WSG
- VK3UAO
- VK2SLB
- VK2BRN
- VK2KBT
- VK1DI
- VK3CEO
- VK1AD
- VK1NAM
- VK5CZ
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK3CA
- VK3MGM
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK3PF
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK4HNS
- VK6LK
- VK6LMK
- VK1DI
- VK7EE
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- VK3KIM
- VK2SLB
- VK2BRN
- VK2KBT
- VK2USH/p (Lake Broadwater Conservation Park VKFF-1577)
- VK6EH
- VK2GOM/p (Parma Creek Nature Reserve VKFF-2698)
- VK2VAR/p (Parma Creek Nature Reserve VKFF-2698)
- VK3CEO
- VK4JJ
- VK2XD
- VK3TKK/p (Noahs Ark Dam Natural Features Reserve VKFF-4301)
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 12 Nov. 2024].
VK5PAS 