Barnawartha Scenic Reserve VKFF-3588

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On Sunday afternoon, the 3rd day of May 2026, at the conclusion of the VK Summit event, I headed out to activate some parks. My first park was the Barnawartha Scenic Reserve VKFF-3588.

Above: Map showing the location of the Barnawartha Scenic Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps

The reserve is located on the eastern side of the Hume Freeway, between Plunketts Road and Oates Gap Road.

Above: the boundaries at the Barnawartha Scenic Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth

The reserve is about 131 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. (Dcceew.gov.au, 2023)

I accessed the park via Oates Gap Road and then a 4WD track that led into the park. It was quite a wet afternoon and the track was steep and slippery and only accessible via 4WD.

Above: an aerial view of the Barnawartha Scenic Reserve. Image c/o Google Maps

I ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation.

Unfortunately, 10 minutes into the activation, I had LZ5R come onto my frequency, calling CQ contest. Fortunately those that were calling me were much stronger so I remained on the frequency.

There was a very nice opening on the long path 20m into Europe. I logged a total of 130 stations for this activation.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK7PJM
  2. VK2IO/M
  3. VK2GEZ/M
  4. VK3ZSC
  5. VK3TKU
  6. VK2AIH
  7. VK4VHW
  8. VK2VH
  9. VK4AAC
  10. VK2VW
  11. VK2HFI
  12. VK2AKA
  13. VK2BUG
  14. VK3FB
  15. VK4NH
  16. VK4DXA
  17. VK2MW
  18. VK2HSV
  19. VK2OM
  20. VK2XWB/P
  21. VK3PF (VKFF-5788)
  22. VK3KAI (VKFF-5788)
  23. VK3VBA (VKFF-5788)
  24. VK2EXA
  25. VK3CEO
  26. VK1AO
  27. VK2MET
  28. VK5DM
  29. EI6KV
  30. VK3CWF
  31. VK2JHJ
  32. VK5FANA
  33. VK3WRD
  34. VK3TVG
  35. VK3HHE
  36. VK2AXV
  37. VK2IO/P (VKFF-4631)
  38. VK2GEZ/P (VKFF-4631)
  39. VK3AMO
  40. VK5KVA
  41. VK3CJN
  42. VK3QHU
  43. VK3VIN
  44. VK3UP
  45. VK1CHW
  46. VK2CHW
  47. VK5FL
  48. VK3MB
  49. VK2NWT
  50. VK3UH
  51. VK3MAY
  52. VK2ICW
  53. VK3PJT
  54. VK2LEE
  55. VK2DG
  56. VK2YW
  57. VK2MAB
  58. VK2LUE
  59. VK5HS
  60. VK2MOE
  61. VK1MO
  62. VK4SYD
  63. VK1KEP
  64. VK3TUN/P (VKFF-5798)
  65. VK5DG/P (VKFF-5798)
  66. VK5ANB/P (VKFF-5798)

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. KG5CIK
  2. VK3AP
  3. YO3AEK
  4. 9A8DX
  5. IC8CUQ
  6. IU0PXO
  7. KE3GR
  8. F5NZO
  9. UT5PI
  10. F4ISZ
  11. OZ6CM
  12. OK2ZV
  13. F5PYI
  14. NU6C
  15. OH1MM
  16. UY7VV
  17. IU6JMK
  18. SQ7KM
  19. ES6RW
  20. DL8UP
  21. SP5HRX
  22. E75RN
  23. SV5ADM
  24. OE3MGS
  25. K7DHX
  26. R3G
  27. VK4EW
  28. VK5HS
  29. VK3PF (VKFF-5788)
  30. VK3KAI (VKFF-5788)
  31. VK3VBA (VKFF-5788)
  32. EA5IPC
  33. VK5WU
  34. IW2MJQ
  35. VK3SX
  36. VK4NH
  37. VK4DXA
  38. VK5PL
  39. VK7AAE
  40. PD5S
  41. PD1AT
  42. DG0OBU
  43. LZ3TY
  44. IK3PCZ
  45. EA3MP
  46. IZ5JMZ
  47. OK7WA
  48. EA5GVV
  49. S54X
  50. VK5DDD
  51. SQ9CWO
  52. IK1GCB
  53. VK4ERC
  54. F1EMX
  55. F4GYE
  56. F6KBK
  57. IZ5ILF
  58. SM1ALH
  59. F4GYM
  60. VK3IFR
  61. VK3TKU
  62. TA4YMA
  63. DK3TG
  64. DJ1SD

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.

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