Our next activation for Friday, 1st November 2024, was the Little Donkey Woman Swamp Wildlife Reserve VKFF-5379. The reserve is located about 27 km northeast of Edenhope in southwest Victoria.
Above:- Map showing the location of Little Donkey Woman Swamp Wildlife Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.
The reserve is located on the eastern side of Goroke-Harrow Road, south of the Wimmera Highway.
Above:- An aerial view of the Little Donkey Woman Swamp Wildlife Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth
The reserve is about 11 hectares in size and was established on the 22nd day of November 1983. (CAPAD 2022)
This was an easy park to access, with a track leading into the park. We ran the Yaesu FT-857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.
Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3CMC
- VK3PF
- VK3KAI
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK3CEO
- VK4SMA
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK3ACZ
- VK2IO/P (VKFF-4382)
- VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-4382)
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3CMC
- VK3PF
- VK3KAI
- VK5LA
- VK5KAW
- VK3CEO
- VK4SMA
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK3ACZ
- VK2IO/M
- VK2GEZ/M
- VK3APJ
- VK2LEE
- VK3VIN
- VK3GJG
- VK3UH
- VK2MOE
- VK1MO
- VK7PJM
- VK4DNO
- VK3DNO
- ZL/VE6TC
- KD1CT
- VK5DW
- VK3JMF
- VK3WRD
- ZL2STR
- VK2YK
- VK5QA
- VK3DL
- VK2IO/P (VKFF-4382)
- VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-4382)
- VK5PE
- VK5SPJ
- VK2YES/P
- VK2YW
- VK7MAD
- VK2SS
- VK2TLE
- VK5MK
- VK7NRT
- VK2USH
- VK2MG
- VK5OG
- VK5DAD
- VK3AMO
- VK2WAN
- VK2LDJ
- VK4EMP
- VK4TI
- VK4GKO
- VK7AAE
- VK2LQ
- VK2PCT
- VK5HS
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 10 Jun. 2025].
VK5PAS 