Lenswood Centennial Park VKFF-4040

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Our second park for Saturday, 23rd November 2024, was the Lenswood Centennial Park VKFF-4040. The park is located about 28 km east of Adelaide.

Above:- Map showing the location of the Lenswood Centennial Park. Map c/o Google Maps.

The park is located on the northern side of Lobethal Road at Lenswood.

Above:- An aerial view of the Lenswood Centennial Park. Image c/o Google Earth.

Prior to 1917, Lenswood was known as Jerry’s Flat, which was surveyed in 1850. Lenswood was named in 1917 after a World War One battlefield near the town of Lens in northwest France. (Wikipedia 2018)

The site of Jerry’s Flat School, the original public school for the area, can be found just outside of Lenswood.

The Lenswood Cold Stores Co-operative Society was established in 1933.

The park is about 17 hectares in size and was established on the 26th day of June 1991. (CAPAD 2022)

Prior to European occupation, the Peramangk Aboriginal people occupied the Lenswood area.

If you take the time to walk across the bridge over what is known as Cock Wash, you will be rewarded with some amazing bushland and a Heritage Trail featuring a series of interpretive signs and life size silhouettes.

This is certainly a very pretty park.

This is an easy walk that takes about 20 minutes. Some of the interpretive signs relate to the gold panner, the timber cutter, and the Charcoal burner.

We set up on a wooden table and benches in the park. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.

It started spitting with rain midway during our activation, so we had to deploy the bothy bag.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF/p (VKFF-5038)
  2. VK3KAI/P (VKFF-5038)
  3. VK3PWG/P (VKFF-3781)
  4. VK5AYL/P (VKFF-1005)
  5. VK3WSG
  6. VK3BEL
  7. VK5DW
  8. VK3MGM
  9. VK3TDX
  10. VK3SPX
  11. VK5QA/P
  12. VK2DBF
  13. VK3CLD
  14. VK3KYF
  15. VK5FANA
  16. VK3GOW
  17. VK3GJG/P (VKFF-0132)
  18. VK1RF/P (VKFF-0847)
  19. VK1CHW/P (VKFF-0847)
  20. VK2IO/P (VKFF-0347)
  21. VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-0347)
  22. VK7MAT
  23. VK3CWF/P (VKFF-2339)
  24. VK3KLI/P (VKFF-6008)
  25. VK3MCA/P (VKFF-5231)
  26. VK3APJ
  27. VK3GJG/P (VKFF-2042)
  28. VK3UAO
  29. VK5DU/P (VKFF-0826)
  30. VK3ZK/P (VKFF-0747)

Marija worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK4NH
  2. VK4DXA
  3. VK2VW
  4. VK2HFI
  5. VK2AKA
  6. VK2BUG
  7. VK3ZK/P (VKFF-0747)
  8. VK3CEO
  9. VK5UK
  10. VK4HRE
  11. VK3PF/P (VKFF-5038)
  12. VK5DU/P (VKFF-0826)
  13. VK4SRC

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF/p (VKFF-5038)
  2. VK3KAI/P (VKFF-5038)
  3. VK3PWG/P (VKFF-3781)
  4. VK5AYL/P (VKFF-1005)
  5. VK3WSG
  6. VK3BEL
  7. VK5DW
  8. VK3MGM
  9. VK3TDX
  10. VK3SPX
  11. VK5QA/P
  12. VK2DBF
  13. VK3CLD
  14. VK3KYF
  15. VK5FANA
  16. VK3GOW
  17. VK3GJG/P (VKFF-0132)
  18. VK1RF/P (VKFF-0847)
  19. VK1CHW/P (VKFF-0847)
  20. VK2IO/P (VKFF-0347)
  21. VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-0347)
  22. VK7MAD
  23. VK3CWF/P (VKFF-2339)
  24. VK3KLI/P (VKFF-6008)
  25. VK3MCA/P (VKFF-5231)
  26. VK3APJ
  27. VK3GJG/P (VKFF-2042)
  28. VK3UAO
  29. VK5DU/P (VKFF-0826)
  30. VK3ZK/P (VKFF-0747)

I worked the following stations on 40m FT8:-

  1. VK3UAO
  2. VK3WSG
  3. VK5HS

I worked the following stations on 20m FT8:-

  1. VK4MGL
  2. VK2VAR
  3. VK2GOM
  4. VK4HX

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK4NH
  2. VK4DXA
  3. VK2VW
  4. VK2HFI
  5. VK2AKA
  6. VK2BUG
  7. VK3ZK/P (VKFF-0747)
  8. VK3CEO
  9. VK5UK
  10. VK4HRE
  11. VK3PF/P (VKFF-5038)
  12. VK5DU/P (VKFF-0826)
  13. VK4SRC

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 10 Jun. 2025].‌
  2. Wikipedia Contributors (2018). Lenswood. Wikipedia.‌

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