Jobs Gully Bushland Reserve VKFF-5172

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My final activation for Friday 25th October 2024 was Jobs Gully Bushland Reserve VKFF-5172, located in Bendigo, Victoria.

The reserve is located on the southern side of Jobs Gully Road, Eaglehawk, a suburb of Bendigo.

The reserve is about 11 hectares in size and was established on the 5th day of August 1980. (CAPAD 2022)

There was no vehicular access to this park. I set up just inside one of the access gates to the reserve. I strapped the 7-metre telescopic squid pole to a permapine fence post with an octopus strap. I ran the Yaesu FT857 and 40 watts and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.

As this was a built-up residential area I received lots of unusual looks and was approached by a handful of people asking me what I was doing. It was a good opportunity to promote the hobby of amateur radio to those who spoke with me.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3TKK/p (Bendigo West Bushland Reserve VKFF-4590)
  2. VK2IO/P (Goornong H102B Bushland Reserve VKFF-5063)
  3. VK2GEZ/P (Goornong H102B Bushland Reserve VKFF-5063)
  4. VK3CEO
  5. VK5QA/P
  6. VK3CLD/P
  7. VK3DBF/P
  8. VK3DL/P (Greater Bendigo National Park VKFF-0623)
  9. VK3APJ
  10. VK2VW
  11. VK2HFI
  12. VK2AKA
  13. VK2BUG
  14. VK7PJM
  15. VK2YW
  16. VK2LEE
  17. VK3HJW
  18. VK3MGM
  19. VK3MCA
  20. VK3CJN
  21. VK3QHU
  22. VK3GJG
  23. VK3VMM
  24. VK3VIN
  25. VK3PF/P (Sandhurst Reference ARea VKFF-6334)
  26. VK3YV/P (Charcoal Gully Bushland Reserve VKFF-4757)
  27. VK1AO
  28. VK2MET
  29. VK2NRL
  30. VK7ALB
  31. VK3TKK/P (Mickey Mouse Hill Bushland ReserveVKFF-5477)
  32. VK2GQR
  33. VK3FFA
  34. VK3HAX
  35. VK2VAR
  36. VK2GOM

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2VW
  2. VK2HFI
  3. VK2AKA
  4. VK2BUG
  5. VK2KEV
  6. VK2LEE
  7. VK3TKK/P (Mickey Mouse Hill Bushland Reserve VKFF-5477)
  8. VK3YV/P (Charcoal Gully Bushland Reserve VKFF-4757)
  9. VK3TNL/P (Charcoal Gully Bushland Reserve VKFF-4757
  10. VK3FCC/P (Charcoal Gully Bushland Reserve VKFF-4757)

I packed up and headed back to the motel to have a shower and freshen up for the evening’s dinner at the Hotel Shamrock as part of the 2024 VKFF National Get-Together.

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 24 Mar. 2025.‌

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