2019-04-25 Brisbane Water National Park (VKFF-0056)

Today was ANZAC day. As such it's one of the days that we can use an AX prefix instead of a VK prefix; so today I was operating as AX2MG/P. As I left it late in the day I decided to re-do a relatively close by park. I even remembered to enable APRS not too …

2014-04-20 Worimi National Park (VKFF-0614)

So after qualifying Worimi Regional Park (VKFF-1788), I went for bite to eat at McDonalds Williamtown and then on to Worimi National Park. APRS This is the same image from the pervious park as I only turned on APRS on leaving VKFF-1788. The McDonalds was on Lavis lane just to te east of Cabbage Tree …

2019-04-20 Worimi Regional Park (VKFF-1788)

Today I wanted to polish of the two Worimi parks (there are three) that I had not yet done. Adam (VK2YK) had pointed out a car park that was inside Worimi Regional Park (VKFF-1788), but I had some trouble working out how to get in. This blog will document how to do it and it's …

2019-04-14 Seaham Swamp Nature Reserve (VKFF-1994)

Last week I noticed a tiny little park that I had driven by that looked really very convenient and easy to activate. So, that's what I did today. Unfortunately I missed getting VK4SYD/P as I was packing my gear and he was spotting at that time. I got him later, but not in a park. …

2019-04-06 Columbey National Park (VKFF-0581)

Before I start on this one, it appears I was giving the wrong park out over the air today. This was due to me posting an alert in a hurry before I left and then having folks re-spot based on that alert as I didn't have internet access. The actual park I was in was …

2019-04-03 Munmorah State Conservation Area (VKFF-1361)

As I didn't get out last weekend I wanted to see if I could get a quick activation in before work today. This should be my fifth visit to to this park to bring it in to play for the Boomerang Award. Set the alarm for 5am and managed to be fed and on the …