After packing up at the California Gully Bushland Reserve on 25th October 2024, I drove the short distance to my next park activation at the Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2114.
The park is located in Bendigo, Victoria.
Jackass Flat is a suburb of Bendigo, about 6.5 km north of the Bendigo CBD. The park is located between Crane Street, Prouses Road, and Holdsworth Road.
Above:- Aerial view of the Jackass Flat NCR. Image c/o Google Earth.
The reserve is about 73 hectares in size and was established on the 27th day of May 1980. (CAPAD 2022)
This was another easy park to access. I drove along a 4WD track and set up in a clearing amongst the scrub. I ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3TKK/p (Sparrowhawk Gully Bushland Reserve VKFF-5846)
- VK5HS/M
- VK2HAK
- VK5IS
- VK3MGM
- VK3VIN
- VK3CEO
- VK3APJ
- VK3GP/M
- VK1DI/P (Shepparton Regional Park VKFF-0976)
- VK3DCQ
- VK1AD
- VK1NAM
- VK3YV/P (Ravenswood Bushland Reserve VKFF-5762)
- VK5FB
- VK3LF/P (Mount Alexander Regional Park VKFF-0973)
- VK5QA/P
- VK3ZSC/P (Sassafras Creek Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2187)
- VK2IO/M
- VK2GEZ/M
- VK5NIG/P (Cobbler Creek CP VKFF-1699)
- VK5MK/M
- VK3TAS/P
- VK2USH/P (Avisford Nature Reserve VKFF-2511)
- VK3HJW
- VK3ADS
- VK3SPX
- VK3MIJ
- VK3TZT
- VK3UP
- VK2LEE
- VK5WU
- VK7PJM
- VK7XX
- VK3PCC
- VK3QH
- VK3MLU
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
I worked the following stations on 40m FT8:-
- VK2ZZY
- VK5DXT
- VK2HAK
- VK3CEO
- VK3UAO
- VK3PCM
- VK3MCA
- VK3APJ
- VK2TER
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK3YV/P (Ravenswood Bushland Reserve VKFF-5762)
- VK3PF/P (SOTA VK3/ VN-016 & Mount Alexander Regional Park VKFF-0973)
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK4EHI
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 24 Mar. 2025].
VK5PAS 