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Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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24 Aug 2026 1:27pm
jn1 said..

kato said..
And yes it can be transmitted to us humans. I guess it’s watch this space.










If that is the case, then we're all fcked anyway. My suburb is over run with bird life. During the algae bloom, there were 100's of dead marine animals washed up from my account. Species I never knew we had. The scientists said that was the tip of the iceberg. Most people abide by the health advice and stayed away from the beaches. But tell that to Windsurfers, Kitersurfers and the Dingers who were wind deprived. Last year was a sht year for wind. So, I found myself totally ignoring that advice, and sailing in the green water with the dead fish floating on the water, and washed up. Some riders said they suffered asthma like symptoms. I'm not saying you're wrong, and your concern should be not be considered. But I'm totally not bothered. We speed sailors sail in some pretty rancid sht. I sink in mud on a small lake nobody sails on, and I think how many geological periods is my foot going into ?. Who would do that ?. Only us. The only other sport I can think of that does that is those cave divers that swim in dishwater. Who knows the ancient pathogens in those waters. Nightcliff Gardener's Disease springs to mind.



Yeah, I've sailed in some pretty horrible stuff over the years. LG can get super saline with low water levels - i don't think much can survive in that.

I try not to stop or fall in at LG - the mud, the water, the weed and dead animals.

On the news last night, it was confirmed that a seal was washed up at Beachport with H5.

At least as far as I'm aware there has been no seals in LG


Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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21 Aug 2026 3:29pm
Yeah, i've sailed it all at LG. The last few years there's been a Roo carcass, just before a flat spot, it was a good marker to line your run up on.


Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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19 Aug 2026 9:05pm
kato said..

Mark _australia said..
Oh look if it gets worse we are all on half price roast chooken from Woolies.
im far more concerned about our mouse plague that is roughly 10x the mice per hectare than needed to declare plague.


And a little fertiliser shortage and diesel shortage at seeding time. Massive reduction in grain crop means less feed for all farmed animals as well as the primary use for us. But the news are picking up on a handful of petrels as it’s easier to scare people with bird flu than mouse plague.
quick buy dunny paper 🙄


Very true Mark, but they’re talking of mass deaths of black swans 99% and 60% of seals. Couple that with SA,s algae deaths, it just might tip a lot of other species to the brink.


KJ said..
Most of you might have seen it on the news last night - about 200 dead birds have washed up on Portland's beach's over the last week.

The spit at LG might be an interesting sight, the S&SE will wash all the carcasses up on there. Looks like I won't be launching from there


Yep….. this is just the start. Word from the experts is that year 3 is worse than the first wave of the disease. I hope that our experience is better than overseas.





Yeah, here we go.

Anyone got any knowledge about how it affected water uses overseas?
Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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19 Aug 2026 10:10am
Most of you might have seen it on the news last night - about 200 dead birds have washed up on Portland's beach's over the last week.

The spit at LG might be an interesting sight, the S&SE will wash all the carcasses up on there. Looks like I won't be launching from there
Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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17 Aug 2026 10:26pm
Had 7 of these washed up last week on a small patch of beach at the end of Gorman's lane (between Warrnambool and Port Fairy - Western Vic)






Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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10 Aug 2026 8:52am
There has been a good bit of rain over the last month and week. Any firsthand reports of the water level?

Not so good on the bird flu front. Portland /Port fairy and a mass mortality event at Cape Jaffa in SA (not far from LG)

In Warrnambool we had a dead seal pup wash up on a beach. Suspected to have died from H5 (being tested, yet to be confirmed.

The sub antarctic islands had about 75% of the seal pups die, approx 13,000.

The Gov has put out a species risk list.

www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/invasive-species/diseases-fungi-and-parasites/birdflu/understanding-risk

A bit scary if you are a chook farmer. It also jumped to Dairy cows in the US, severely affecting milk production and affecting farm workers. If this occurs big impact to the SW Vic / SE SA dairy industry

Might be needing bird fin instead of a weed fin at LG this year (i hope not)
Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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5 Aug 2026 9:40am
Portland has a lot of seals, particularly around lady Julia Percy island. A lot of seal pup deaths will most likely bring the sharks in (whites). Percy is only 8km off the coast and 20km from port fairy.
Reply in Topic: Vale Lake George
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31 Jul 2026 6:22pm
Got bird Flu at Portland now as well
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30 Jul 2026 1:32pm
oh thats not good. I wonder too Kato how it will affect sailors using the lake. It's been a bit gross the last few years due to the water level (even a dead roo close to a smooth spot), so i wonder how it will compare to all the other nasties that are in the water?
Reply in Topic: Severne Moto
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25 Jul 2026 6:55pm
Pensionado said..
Hi KJ more or less same issue here, old age;-)
Even bought a secondhand 7.8 Mach 5 to re-calibrate.
Heavy to carry around compared to my OD m2 7.8, especially when wet but a joy once planing, even better stability and the rotation is maybe a little smoother on the Mach.
Wonder why you are going for all the sizes, just the luxurious option or other reasons, shouldn't 8.4 7.2 6.4 do it normally so you stay away from all the what size to rig stress?
Please keep us updated on the bigger sizes, do like MOTO option with only three masts to cover 5,2 to 8,4m2 .


yes a bit of an obsession, no good logic. The 8.4, 7.2, 6.4 would be the best for my board options, however im not quite sure about the 8.4 yet (haven't got it). I like the 6.8 as its the max size sail that fits on the 430 mast and 160 boom and i like this size when i travel up to Fiji (pack a 6.0 gator and 6.8 for one board (which i have up there), then drop to a 5.3 & 4.7 for a smaller FSW board), its the best combo for me up there. I think the 7.8 is going to be the odd one for me. My 7.8M4OD is nice and the 8.6OD is great, but starts to feel big, so i tend to look for excuses not to go out on it. I miss my old 8.1 turbo (its in Fiji) where i could drop to a 7.0 (M, OD, or T). The change in sizing has mucked me up a little bit - i'll have to find out how it goes. The sails are hard to purchase if you don't pre order them. If you want a certain size and you didn't preorder it, you might have to wait another year before you can get it - time is short - particularly after watch the PWA racing in Fuert at the moment, there is no way i could handle that now.

I post once i get the 8.4
Reply in Topic: Boardbags
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4 Jul 2026 7:07pm
I tore my rotator cuff loading my 30kg roller bag onto the oversized scanner at Melbourne airport back in 2017. Im so careful now.

Totally agreed with the comments above. Buy an extra bag and keep them in the 20-23kg range max.