My first activation for Wednesday 21st August 2024 was the Ouyen I34 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4210.
The reserve is located about 10 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 Ouyen I34 Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
The reserve is located on the northern and southern sides of Dingo Tank Road on the Calder Highway’s eastern side. Presumably, there were dingoes or wild dogs in this area back in the day.
Above:- An aerial view of the park. Image c/o Google Earth.
The reserve is about 36 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. (CAPAD 2022)
This was another park that was unfenced and I was able to drive in and set up amongst a clearing in the mallee scrub. I ran the Yaesu FT857d, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3PF
- VK2EXA
- VK3CEO
- Vk3MCK
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- Vk3CA
- VK3HM
- VK3VIN
- VK5GY
- VK2MOE
- VK1MO
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK5DC
- VK2SLB
- VK2BRN
- VK2KBT
- VK2MES
- VK3APJ
- VK3PWG
- VK3TTK
- VK3CJN
- VK3QHU
- VK5IS
- VK3HJW
- VK2AB
- VK3UAO
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- VK1ARQ
- VK3EJ
- VK3AMO
- VK1DI
- VK2GOM/p (Parma Creek Nature Reserve VKFF-2698)
- VK2VAR/p (Parma Creek Nature Reserve VKFF-2698)
- VK3ANL
- VK4HNS
- VK3KIM
- VK3BCM/p (SOTA VK3/ VE-144)
- VK3PXS/p (SOTA VK3/ VE-144)
- VK5AAF
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- ZL3QR
- VK2SLB
- VK2BRN
- VK2KBT
- VK4HNS
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK6NU
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 