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Warracknabeal Streamside Reserve VKFF-3906

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Our final activation for Monday 21st October 2024 was the Warracknabeal Streamside Reserve VKFF-3906.

On the way back to Warracknabeal, Marija and I stopped briefly at the side of the old Whitton Swamp School which operated from 1884-1943.

The Warracknabeal Streamside Reserve follows the Yarriambiack Creek from the Borung Highway in the north to Dumbuoy Road in the south.

The Yarriambiack Creek is a distributary of the Wimmera River. The creek leaves the Wimmera River near Drung Drung, about 20 km east of Horsham. The Yarriambiack Creek rises on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range and flows generally north for 100 km and drains into Lake Coorong northeast of Hopetoun. (Victorian Places 2015) (Wikipedia Contributors 2023)

Above:- The Yarriambiack Creek. Imeg c/o wimmeramalleetourism.com.au

The name of the creek is thought to derive from the Jarambuik aboriginal language. The creek was once spelt as Yarriambiac, Yarramberger and Yarrambeak. (Wikipedia Contributors 2023)

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3DQS
  2. VK5LA
  3. VK5KAW
  4. VK3PF
  5. VK3KAI
  6. VK3APJ
  7. VK4HMI
  8. VK1AO
  9. VK2MET
  10. VK3WSG
  11. VK5DW
  12. VK3UAO

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3DQS
  2. VK5LA
  3. VK5KAW
  4. VK3PF
  5. VK3KAI
  6. VK3APJ
  7. VK4HMI
  8. VK1AO
  9. VK2MET
  10. VK3WSG
  11. VK5DW
  12. VK3UAO
  13. VK5ESE
  14. VK5AAF
  15. KD1CT
  16. VK1DI
  17. VK4SMA
  18. VK7RX
  19. VK2LWK
  20. VK5HS
  21. VK3NCR/P
  22. VK7PJM
  23. VK4HBT

I worked the following stations on 80m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF
  2. VK3KAI
  3. VK3APJ
  4. VK5LA
  5. VK5KAW
  6. VK3GSR/2
  7. VK1DI
  8. VK5DW
  9. VK4HBT
  10. VK3MBW
  11. VK3GJG
  12. VK2MKY
  13. VK3ZK

I worked the following stations on 80m AM:-

  1. VK5DW
  2. VK3PF
  3. VK3KAI

I worked the following stations on 80m FT8:-

  1. VK5LA
  2. VK3APJ
  3. VK3PF
  4. VK3KAI
  5. VK2EG
  6. W1MK

References.

  1. 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 2 Jan. 2025].‌
  2. Victorianplaces.com.au. (2015). Yarriambiack Shire | Victorian Places. [online] Available at: https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/yarriambiack-shire [Accessed 1 Jan. 2025].
  3. ‌Wikipedia Contributors, 2023