Our fourth activation for Friday, the 7th day of November 2025, was the Polisbet Bushland Reserve VKFF-5732. The reserve is located about 37 km northwest (by road) of Swan Hill in Victoria.
Above: Map showing the location of Polisbet Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps
The reserve is located on the northwest corner of Stratford Road and Morren Road.
Above: An aerial view of the park. Image c/o Google Earth
The Polisbet State School No. 3786 opened in 1913. It briefly closed in 1926, then reopened in 1927. Enrolments at the school peaked in 1943. (Grokipedia 2026)
Above: item from the Quambatook Times, Wed 10 May 1916. Image c/o Trove
The reserve is about 22 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. (Dcceew.gov.au 2025)
This was an easy park to access, with a dirt track leading into the reserve. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.
Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3PF
- VK3KAI
- VK2VH
- VK4AAC
- VK3WSG
- VK2MAB
- VK3MIJ
- VK3DAC
- VK3EJ
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-
- VK3PF
- VK3KAI
- VK2VH
- VK4AAC
- VK3WSG
- VK2MAB
- VK3MIJ
- VK3DAC
- VK3EJ
- VK1AO
- VK2MET
- VK3MTT
- VK3CLD
- VK5QA
- VK2DBF
- VK2YK
- VK5GA
- VK3MGM
- VK3FFA
- VK2MOE
- VK1MO
- VK1CHW
- VK2CHW
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
- VK3MCK
- VK5HS
- VK2IO
- VK2GEZ
- VK2EXA
- VK5BRU/P
- VK3TDK
- VK3NYC
- VK5AAF
- VK4CK/M
- VK3VRL
- VK2NP
I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
I worked the following stations on 20m AM:-
- VK2VW
- VK2HFI
- VK2AKA
- VK2BUG
References.
- Dcceew.gov.au. (2025). Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database 2024 – DCCEEW. [online] Available at: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad/2024. [Accessed 18 Apr. 2026]
- Grokipedia. (2026). Polisbet. [online] Available at: https://grokipedia.com/page/polisbet [Accessed 18 Apr. 2026].
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