Our third park for Monday 21st October 2024 was the Nullan I106 Bushland Reserve VKFF-5671, also known as the Tarkedia Bushland Reserve.
The park is located about 21 km southeast of Warracknabeal.
Above:- Map showing the location of the Nullan I106 Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
Prior to activating the park, Marija and I paid a quick visit to the Sheep Hills cemetery. This historic cemetery features the headstones of numerous Prussian settlers. People often refer to these settlers as German, however this is not quite true. There was no such place as Germany at that time. The Kingdom of Prussia includes parts of modern-day Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
We continued on to the park, stopping briefly at the site of the old Tarkedia School which operated from 1877 to 1889.
Tarkedia is the former name of Sheep Hills. It is believed that Tarkedia is derived from the aboriginal word tarkeeth meaning swamp. (Blake 1978)
The reserve is located on the southeast corner of Childs Road and Sheep Hills-Minyip Road.
Above:- An aerial view of the Nullan I106 Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.
The reserve is about 29 hectares in size and was established on the 22nd day of September 1987. (CAPAD 2022)
We started off on 20m and were rewarded with some European DX on the long path. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.
Marija worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- ZL1TM
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- VK3MCA/p (Langley I96 Bushland Reserve VKFF-5340)
Marija and I ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation.
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- F5NZO
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- ZL1TM
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- UT5PI
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- OH2CGU
- IK4IDF
- IK1GPG
- VK4EW
- VK4SMA
- VK6JK
- SP7MW
- IW2BNA
- SQ9FMC
- OM5TX
- VK4DJF
- F1BLL
- VK2LEE
- OH1XT
- EA3MP
I worked the following stations on 20m FT8:-
- VK4EMP
- EA1IOK
- N4EXA
- W7YA
- VK3PF
- PD8RUK
- IK5BNG
- PD7RF
- VK1AO
I worked the following stations on 40m FT8:-
- VK2MG
- VK5LA
- VK3APJ
- VK3PF
- VK2POP
- VK3KAI
- VK4EMP
- VK3EC
- VK3LF
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3MCA/p (Langley I96 Bushland Reserve VKFF-5340)
- VK2LEE
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK3LF
- VK3PF
- VK3KAI
- VK2XGB/m
- VK7PJM
- VK3APJ
- VK5UV
- VK3GJG
- VK1DI
- VK5AYL
- VK2MOE/m
- VK3CAL
- VK4DTS
- VK3ACZ
- VK3KK
- VK3MGM
- VK5ZNC
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- ZL1GA
- VK4LGC/p
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 31 Dec. 2024].
- Leslie James Blake, 1978, Place Names of Victoria.
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