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Mr float
NSW
Australia
2478 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2010, 6:14 pm
   
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hey Canberra riders time to get the clubhouse/bar built .your gonna have enough water for glassy flatwater riding for a couple of years at least.
Also One of the guys from here is moving to Coober Pedy and wants to get the Lake Eyre club rolling .
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waxman
SA
Australia
1340 Posts |
Posted 05/09/2010, 6:29 pm
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I spent a fair amount of time around Coober Pedy working, i think it would be a dodgy place to kite. the wind changes direction all of the time, its not uncommon to see a dozen whirly winds coming your way. The wind can be hard to see coming, some of the damaging winds i saw up there were powerful enough to knock over buildings. If you did get a breeze worth kiteing it would be gusty as hell.
There is one activity up there that everyone does, drinking beer. Tell your mate to get some practice he will spend a lot more time doing that than kiteing
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Mr float
NSW
Australia
2478 Posts |
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colinwill78
VIC
Australia
1391 Posts |
Posted 06/09/2010, 7:35 am
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I'm in Central western Vic.
When i got here at summer there was nowhere to kite. The it rained and they filled up two little lakes for ski boats
Today i passed 3 great flatwater spots just on the way to work and there are confirmed sightings of pretty much all lakes filled up.
Water is Gooooood!!
Most of the usual lakes have trees all around them (not good news for a cabrinha rider ) But these new ones are clear and beautiful. waist deep, 6-700m across
No wind forcast for a week
I could pioneer a kite club here if i can recruit some interest.
Any one wanna come up for the great lake bulloke down winder? |
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Albos
VIC
France
144 Posts |
Posted 06/09/2010, 9:59 am
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| anywhere near Ballarat is underwater at the moment, you could start a clunes kiteclub in the main street, its about 3ft under water |
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colinwill78
VIC
Australia
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schmik
NSW
Australia
231 Posts |
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Mr float
NSW
Australia
2478 Posts |
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schmik
NSW
Australia
231 Posts |
Posted 06/09/2010, 1:26 pm
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Sweet! I always wanted to kite lake george.
In the summer it gets the NE sea breeze. It just comes in very lake. 4 or 5 pm.
ROAD TRIP!
mike |
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Mattress
NSW
Australia
111 Posts |
Posted 06/09/2010, 2:27 pm
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| Is there a weather ob station close to Lake George. I never thought I'd ever consider taking my kites when I go to Canberra. |
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Mr float
NSW
Australia
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siny
ACT
Australia
96 Posts |
Posted 06/09/2010, 5:22 pm
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| last time i tried to access lake g the gates were locked . but if you can get in , check braidwood obs , wind will take 3 to 4 hrs after braidwood gets it , its not ne its se - e , used to windsurf out there when it was full , nearly landed on a star picket one day , but odds are , good theres not that many there |
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Mad Dog Morgan
NSW
Australia
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Posted 07/09/2010, 2:45 pm
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It takes the NE sea breeze 2 hours to get to Canberra from the coast and the best weather station to look at on the coast is Bellambi point.
In the early days before access to this weather station someone would call the life guard at Thirroul and find out what time the NE came in. From that call you knew what time you had to be at Yarralumla bay.
Lake George would be an awesome place to kite, but growing up I was always told it was a dangerous place and the army cadets that drowned there in a yachting accident kinda confirmed that for me as kid. Next time in the area with me gear though and shes got water I'm definitely going to have a crack.
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zedder
Australia
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Posted 07/09/2010, 7:37 pm
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Lake George - another perspective.
I stopped at the Look out on the Canberra end of the Lake today and took a couple of crappy shots with my phone - sorry about the quality !
It seems the water is still a long way from the car park and the only way to get to it is via Bungendore about 6.5k's out along Torago Rd. Never tried it, don't know if there is a gate or not but it looks like a dirt road on the left. Also, don't know if it is private property or not?
I'll give it a go in the next few weeks and report back!
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