New WWFF parks for the ACT

The World Wide Flora and Fauna (WWFF) program is an awards program to draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora and fauna. It encourages operating amateur radio in parks

For more information refer to http://www.wwffaustralia.com/

Here in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) we used to only have one park, VKFF-377 Namadgi National Park, however thanks to the efforts of the Australian WWFF awards manager Paul VK5PAS, 33 new parks have recently been added.

These are the Canberra Nature Parks:

Aranda Bushland Nature Reserve VKFF-833
Black Mountain Nature Reserve VKFF-834
Bruce Ridge Nature Reserve VKFF-835
Callum Brae Nature Reserve VKFF-836
Cooleman Ridge Nature Reserve VKFF-837
Crace Grassland Nature Reserve VKFF-838
Dunlop Grassland Nature Reserve VKFF-839
Farrer Ridge Nature Reserve VKFF-840
Goorooyaroo Nature Reserve VKFF-841
Gossan Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-842
Gungaderra Grassland Nature Reserve VKFF-843
Gungahlin Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-844
Isaacs Ridge Nature Reserve VKFF-845
Jerrabomberra Grassland Nature Reserve VKFF-846
Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve VKFF-847
Kama Nature Reserve VKFF-848
McQuoids Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-849
Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve VKFF-850
Mount Majura Nature Reserve VKFF-851
Mount Mugga Mugga Nature Reserve VKFF-852
Mount Painter Nature Reserve VKFF-853
Mount Taylor Nature Reserve VKFF-854
Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve VKFF-855
Mulanggari Grassland Nature Reserve VKFF-856
O'Connor Ridge Nature Reserve VKFF-857
Oakey Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-858
Percival Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-859
Red Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-860
Rob Roy Nature Reserve VKFF-861
The Pinnacle Nature Reserve VKFF-862
Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-863
Urambi Hills Nature Reserve VKFF-864
Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserve VKFF-865

These can be found on the ACT Government website http://www.tams.act.gov.au/parks-recreation/parks_and_reserves/canberra_nature_park

7 of these parks also contain SOTA peaks

Black Mountain Nature Reserve VKFF-834 Black Mountain VK1/AC-042
Isaacs Ridge Nature Reserve VKFF-845 Isaacs Ridge VK1/AC-041
Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve VKFF-850 Mount Ainslie VK1/AC-040
Mount Majura Nature Reserve VKFF-851 Mount Majura VK1/AC-034
Mount Taylor Nature Reserve VKFF-854 Mount Taylor VK1/AC-037
Rob Roy Nature Reserve VKFF-861 Mount Rob Roy VK1/AC-031
Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve VKFF-863 Tuggeranong Hill VK1/AC-038

Lots of these parks are very close to where I live, should be fun activating them