My next activation for Wednesday 21st August 2024 was the Tiega I24 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4186.
The reserve is located about 20 km northwest of Ouyen in northwest Victoria.
Above:- Map showing the location of the Tiega I24 Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
Along the way, I stopped to have a look at the site of the old Galah North State School No. 4262 which operated from 1926 to 1942. In c. 1950, the building was moved to Mildura Central School. (Wikipedia 2024)
The Tiega I24 Bushland Reserve is located on the western and eastern sides of Galah N Road, south of Parallel Road.
The park is about 71 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. Although not a huge opening on 20m on the long path, it was still nice to log some of the familiar European park hunters.
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3CA
- VK5CZ
- VK3BEL
- VK5FANA
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK5JK
- VK6XL/m
- VK5TUX
- VK3PF
- VK5PL
- VK2EXA
- VK3HJW
- VK3KRL
- VK3BBB
- VK2CCP
- VK3PWG
- VK3TTK
- VK2SLB
- VK2BRN
- VK2KBT
- VK7XX
- VK2YAK
- VK4YAK
- VK3EJ
- Vk2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK5HS
- VK3BCM/p (SOTA VK3/ VC-001)
- VK3PXS/p (SOTA VK3/ VC-001)
- VK4HNS
- VK3HM
- VK2GQR
- VK5MOS
- VK3GDX
- VK3APJ
- VK3CEO
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- OH1MM
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- VK4HNS
- KG5CIK
- VK2VH
- VK4AAC
- VK5QA
- VK3CLD
- VK2DBF
- EA3MP
- IW2NXI
- VK7AAE
- VK7DWS
- VK2JPR
- OH6GAZ
- IK4IDF
- DL1EBR
- SQ9CWO
- F5PYI
- IK1GPG
- VK6TX
- DJ9HN
- OM5TX
- DK4RM
- DL2ND
- SQ9FMC
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 15 Nov. 2024].
- Wikipedia Contributors (2019). Galah. [online] Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galah [Accessed 15 Nov. 2024]
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