Our next activation on Monday 21st October 2024 was the Nullan I105 Bushland Reserve VKFF-5670.
The park is located about 21 km southeast of Warracknabeal.
Above:- Map showing the location of the Nullan I105 Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
The reserve is located on the corner of Boolite-Sheep Hills Road and Hausler Road.
Above:- Aerial view of the Nullan I105 Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.
Nullan is a derivative of the aboriginal words nullan nullan meaning blows (with a club). (Blake 1978)
The reserve is about 3.3 hectares in size and was established on the 22nd day of September 1987. (CAPAD 2022)
This was an easy park to access. There was no fencing, so we drove in and set up. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole supported by the 7-metre telescopic squid pole.
The band conditions were quite good and we both qualified the park easily with 10 QSOs. I went on to get 44 to qualify the park for the global WWF program.
Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3SQ
- VK2BD
- VK3PF
- VK3APJ
- VK3CMC
- VK5QA
- VK3HJW
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK3VIN
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3SQ
- VK2BD
- VK3PF
- VK3APJ
- VK3CMC
- VK5QA
- VK3HJW
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK3VIN
- VK7AN
- VK1TTY
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK3BAP
- VK3CEO
- VK3CJN
- VK3ZSC
- VK3KAI
- VK3NCR/p
- VK3BOT
- VK3ALF
- VK5PL
- VK5AYL
- VK5TN
I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-
- VK3KAI
- VK3PF
- VK3NCR/P
- VK3KIM
- VK3BOT
I worked the following stations on 40m FT8
- VK1AD
- VK2IO
- VK3PF
- VK3APJ
- VK1NAM
- VK3KAI
- VK2GEZ
- VK1AO
- VK3LGQ
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK5HS
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
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 30 Dec. 2024].
- Leslie James Blake, 1978, Place Names of Victoria.
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