9th March 2013.........Draft award presented to the AHARS Committee
15th April 2013..........The award commenced.
15th April 2013..........As of this date there were 21 National Parks and 262 Conservation Parks (CP)
July 2013..........new Regions adopted by DEWNR
23rd July 2013..........Park to Park certificate introduced
1st August 2013..........Breakaways Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 263.
22nd August 2013..........Bandon Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 264
19th & 20th October 2013..........6 month anniversary activation weekend
31st Oct 2013..........Ettrick Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 265
1 Nov 2013..........Spring Mount CP extended in size
28 Nov 2013..........Lake Eyre NP to be now known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre NP
30th Jan 2014..........Bullock Hill Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 266
30th Jan 2014..........Christmas Rocks Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 267
6th February 2014..........Cygnet Estuary Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 268
26th Feb 2014..........First certificate issued outside of VK, issued to Brian ZL2ASH (Bronze Hunter)
12th March 2014..........new website commenced, www.vk5parks.com
5th & 6th April 2014..........1 year anniversary activation weekend
1st June 2014..........1st ever Park/SOTA introduction day held by John VK5BJE & Paul VK5PAS, at Cleland Conservation Park/Mount Lofty, and at Belair National Park
27th June 2014..........Worked All VK5 Parks Region certificate introduced
21 Aug 2014..........Coongie Lakes NP, now to be known as Malkumba-Coongie Lakes NP
10th October 2014..........The award certificates were made available for FREE as PDF files
16th October 2014..........Mantung Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 269
16th October 2014..........Paranki Lagoon Conservation Park gazetted. Now CP number 270
16th October 2014..........As of this date there were 21 National Parks and 269 Conservation Parks
10th March 2015..........A total of 57 South Australian Conservation Parks are added to the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.
26th March 2015..........Mimbara Conservation Park gazetted. CP number 271
28th & 29th March 2015..........2nd year anniversary activation weekend
30th July 2015..........A total of 75 South Australian Conservation Parks are added to the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program. This leaves 139 of the 271 South Australian Conservation Parks.
15th January 2016..........The remainder of the VK5 Conservation Parks are added to the WWFF program.
2nd & 3rd April 2016..........3rd year anniversary activation weekend
1st & 2nd April 2017..........4th year anniversary activation weekend held.
10th & 11th March 2018..........5th year anniversary activation weekend held.
12th April 2018..........Spaniards Gully Conservation Park 5CP-279 & Wirrabara Range Conservation Park 5CP-280 added to the program.