Buckleys Hole Conservation Park (VKFF-1488), Bribie Island, QLD

A very easy location to access with a few short walking tracks from the car park to Red beach. The area known as Red Beach is a name carried over from the Second World War when Australian and American troops practiced beach landing craft training at various beaches around the island, given colour-coded names. Red beach was the only name that stuck after the War, being close to the settlement of Bongaree.

I setup just inside the Conservation park area about 30 metres from the ocean.  I would have liked to have tested my home made linked dipole but the trees were really not high enough and too dense.  The vertical worked well which I’m sure being so close to the salt water helped with. It was a fine day but the winds became stronger and quite cool as the morning went on. I commenced operating around 9am and worked 20 and 40 metre bands. I finished operating at around 12:45 pm after making 51 contacts. 






























 













Contacts made (51 in total)

Prior to UTC rollover - 20 metres 
VK3ANL - Nick

40 metres
VK3PF - Peter
VK3ARH - Allen
VK7PSJ - Steven
VK2IO/P - Gerard in VKFF-0307
VK4TSB - Stewart
VK4SYD - Rob
VK2ABT - Mike
VK1DI - Ian
VK4CAN - Robert
VK4JWT - John
VK2OMG - Rob
ZL1TM - Andrei
VK7QP - Linda

Post UTC rollover - 40 metres
VK7QP - Linda
VK2XAM - Max
VK3CMC - Michael
VK4PAS - Paul
VK1DI - Ian
VK2EAC - Des
VK3KYF - Garry 
VK2LX - Grant
VK2IO/P - Gerard in VKFF-0307
VK2GST/P - Glenn

20 metres
VK3PF - Peter
VK4SYD - Rob
VK4CZ - Scott
VK7RG - Rod
ZL1TM - Andrei
VK3MPR - Steve
VK4PNS - Pooyan
VK3AQZ - Lou

40 metres
VK2USA -Dallin
VK4MGL - Scott
VK1DA - Andrew
VK4KLA - Lew
VK4MAP - Darren
VK2XAM - Max
VK5HAA - John
VK1MA - Matt
VK2ELO - Ray
VK4CZ - Scott
VK4HDC - Darrell
VK2FF - George
VK3HRA - Allen
VK3ARH - Allen
VK2LEE - Lee
VK2MOH - Mark
VK4NJ - Andy
VK4PHD - Peter
VK2QK - Kieran











Location: Buckleys Hole Conservation Park, Bongaree QLD 4507, Australia

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