After packing up at Chiprick I177 Bushland Reserve on Tuesday 22nd October 2024, Marija and I headed to our next activation, the Double Yards Bushland Reserve VKFF-4916.
The reserve is located about 4 km southwest of Lascelles and about 380 km northwest of the city of Melbourne.
Above:- Map showing the location of Double Yards Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
The reserve is located on the northwest side of Henty Highway between Maidavale Road and Wilsons Road.
Above:- An aerial view of Double Yards Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.
The Henty Highway is named in honour of Edward Henty (b. 1810. d. 1878) who was a British colonist and regarded as the first permanent European settler of the Port Phillip District. (Wikipedia 2023)
Above:- Edward Henty. Image c/o Wikipedia.
The reserve is about 15 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. (CAPAD 2022)
Marija worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- ZL3MR
Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK5TN
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- ZL3MR
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK5TN
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK5NOU
- VK2LEE
- VK3NCR/P
- VK3SQ
- VK2BD
- VK5WU
- VK7PJM
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- VK3AHM
- VK3DL
- VK3ALF
- VK3MJF/P
- VK3MDC
- VK5FANA
- VK3APJ
- VK3QHU
- VK3CJN
- VK3MGM
I worked the following stations on 40m FT8:-
- VK5LA
- VK3APJ
- VK3CEO
- VK2IO
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK3SQ
- VK3PF
- VK4ZP
- VK3KAI
- VK3UAO
- VK4GKO
- VK3NCR
- VK4EMP
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 5 Jan. 2025].
- Wikipedia. (2023). Edward Henty. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Henty [Accessed 5 Jan 2025]
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