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Cal
QLD
Australia
244 Posts |
Posted 04/09/2009, 8:30 pm
   
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| The mrs and I are planning a romantic week (within next 2 months hopefully) around the whitsundays, got some diving planned and of course kiting is my next thought. We are thinking about camping at northern end of Hook Island; can anyone suggest a good spot for some flat water for me to enjoy whilst the other half goes bushwalking or reads or whatever. Alternatively, is there a better place to go camping where I get best of both worlds (less crowd and nice wind on flat water) preferably with somewhere to snorkel. |
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sleek1
VIC
Australia
654 Posts |
Posted 04/09/2009, 8:51 pm
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| From Hook Island head directly west till you get to the other side of Australia.Not a joke. |
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jackgearo
NSW
Australia
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Posted 04/09/2009, 9:41 pm
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| im going to be there from the 5th of oct for a couple of weeks. is there usually any wind? and what size kite should i be taking? |
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mikeb
QLD
Australia
126 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2009, 8:35 am
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Hey mate,
Im a charter boat captain up here and can give you a good heads up, FIRSTLY DO NOT CAMP at the north hook camping spot, there is no bush walks and the mosquito and midgey problem is massive, Most boaties anchor well away from the land and on a calm night still get attacked, secondly your camped in whats known as the narrows passage and even in a howling 50 kn is calm.
If your hearts set on camping go for the south whitehaven spot, at least then you have access to a stunning beach and if there is wind you can walk to the north end of the beach(whitehaven inlet) and kite your arse off. There is also a few new tracks which link the beach with the south bays and toilets, (however they are rebuilding them at the moment) The sand fly situation is still pretty bad but at least your in paradise. This winter we have had no wind, so october might be great, or it might not be.
Hope this helps.
have fun and enjoy yourself, I would highly recommend to use MV SCAMPA as your drop of vessel, its run by a highly skilled captain called warren and is good for a laugh. |
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Cal
QLD
Australia
244 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2009, 9:19 am
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| Thanks Mike, heart not set on camping, so if you have a tip on where to book that would be great. We are just not into the whole resort commercialisation thing, prefer the natural settings. Thanks for the warning about nth Hook, we heard it is not crowded and great snorkeling so that is why we were considering it. Also, just found out our sailing / diving trip does not get to outer reef, any suggestions fora dive boat to get out there for 1 days diving? |
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Beersy
Canada
442 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2009, 11:27 am
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Crayfish bay on hook island is good for snorkeling and bush walking, but not good for kiteboarding. Still, if you want an awesome camping experience, me and my girlfriend stayed there for 3 days last summer and we were finding new places to snorkel every day. Plenty of fun. |
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Cal
QLD
Australia
244 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2009, 3:34 pm
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| thanks Beersy, sounds like what put us onto Hook Island in the first place, you didnt have problems with the midges etc? |
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hookworm
VIC
Australia
522 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2009, 3:48 pm
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| yeah my island is awesome have fun |
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Beersy
Canada
442 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2009, 5:21 pm
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| Na, no midges and mosquitos weren't bad either. There were Green ants though, but we just made sure all our food and scraps were sealed in eskys and didn't have a problem with them after the first day. |
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sleek1
VIC
Australia
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bargearse
QLD
Australia
80 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2009, 8:12 pm
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| whitehaven fringing reef is actually a pretty good snorkel. hill inlet good kiting on northerly. only other place would be to stay at hayman and get dropped at the sand cays (for kiting) and a short courtesy boat ride to the northern part of hook which is the best snorkelling. There aren't lots of good places to kite and most of the camping spots are on the lee side of islands out of the wind and surrounded by mountains. |
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mikeb
QLD
Australia
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bargearse
QLD
Australia
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