Greenroom said...


An hour and a half for you south of the river red neck out casts...
An hour for those of us who are privileged to live in the northern suburbs

I thought you were a Southern Fairy too Greenroom, why did I think that? Go the Northern Monkeys.

Greenroom said...

stribo said...

The windsurfing conditions outway any problems Perth may have.Within an hour and a half drive you can be sailing a world class wave.Who gives a rats nut what Perth is like[}:)]

An hour and a half for you south of the river red neck out casts...
An hour for those of us who are privileged to live in the northern suburbs

Harsh.....
Hope your dreddys get caught in your paddle wilst your getting pitched over the falls[}:)]

Thanks for the advice and help.

I am not sure if its on or not as my wife has not persued it further. I will chat to her about it and see whats happening.

I would like a bit of a holiday anyway so hopefully she will work there for a couple of weeks and I can tag along.

Ok dreds in the clew wilst being mercilessly thrown to the ocean floor by an SP bomb....[}:)][}:)]

Whats the Mandurah railway line like as in frequency of trains, reliability, prices and safety?

It looks like the closest railway station is at Bull Creek. Is that a reasonably safe area? I guess buses would go to the Booragoon shopping centre.

It looks like the train goes to Rockingham from Google Earth. Rockingham looks like a great windsurfing place from Google Earth. How long does it take to get from there to the city by train?

I take the Mandurah train every day. To and from Mandurah it's every ten minutes, but since you're looking at Bull Creek they get trains every five minutes.

Trains are reliable, clean, new, the best trains I've been on out of any city in Australia.

You might not get a seat if you're getting on at Bull Creek at around 7:50 (that's when I go through there). Train from Mandurah to Esplanade takes around 55 minutes.

http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablePDFs/Mandurah%20Line%2020080316.pdf

the only pokies in Perth are at the Burswood Casino ... which is a good thing in my book.

the ethnic mix is pretty evenly spread IMO, which is another good thing

stribo said...

Lots of euro chicks in hotpants windsurfing , taking your waves and jybing in front of you all the time.....

Yeah I'll tell them to go back to their own country. Don't like foreign girls gybing and doing tricks in Australia, making me look like a kook.

Tiddlywinks said...

digital said...

On behalf of all us sandgropers too any one who is thinking of migrating to WA ....

F**K ORF , WE`RE FULL !!

we better keep quoting Tiddly because we`re losing posts quicker than droids on a X-wing fighter





Well said, I second that motion..

Tiddlywinks said...

digital said...

On behalf of all us sandgropers too any one who is thinking of migrating to WA ....

F**K ORF , WE`RE FULL !!





Well said, I second that motion..

I don't think you guys have any problem with that. When I have been there a few times over the years I have been telling everyone I have met what a great place it is to windsurf. Quite a few have replied with 'it's so boring here, we want to get out'.

I wouldn't be surprised if there were a lot of younger people that moved from Perth to Melbourne or Sydney.

On the otherhand, there are a lot of people from the UK there... I thnk they all fell off the boat at Kwinana.

grumplestiltskin said...

The taxi's SUCK big time, if you can even get one
You WILL need your own car for anything outside of peak hours.

I agree, the taxi system is terrible!! I called for a taxi about 6-7 times. The operator hangs up without telling you if a taxi is coming, requiring you to either call back or wait aimlessly. And despite calling back and she telling me twice that a taxi is arriving…it never arrived even after 1 -2 hours of waiting. In the mean time, I tried without much success to flag down one by the side of the road. The taxis were all empty but they were refusing to stop...why? I am sure 2 young girls look harmless enough.

Finally managed to flag down a taxi after ages and the trip from Swan River to Ellenbrook cost me about 70AUD. Apart from this, and the crazy houseflies buzzing around during summer, I love Perth! I was really reluctant to leave after 9 days of absolute bliss.

You get narrow minded people everywhere. We were living in a small country town a couple of years ago where you were not a local unless your grandfather had his name on the war memorial.

Looks like we will be moving there. My wife has been offered a very generous package to relocate there. She will be over there for a month for work and I will come over for a couple of weeks at the end of August and the first week of September. We are getting a car provided so I'll have some wheels to check out the place.

I'm starting to apply for jobs there. Sent my first tonight.

Is there anywhere windsurfing gear can be rented? If its blowing I wouldn't mind going for a sail and I'd like to post some GPS results for my team.

Do they still make that beer in the red can and the bloke with a beard holding a beer on the label? Emu Bitter or something like. I love it!

Mobydisc said...

You get narrow minded people everywhere. We were living in a small country town a couple of years ago where you were not a local unless your grandfather had his name on the war memorial.

Looks like we will be moving there. My wife has been offered a very generous package to relocate there. She will be over there for a month for work and I will come over for a couple of weeks at the end of August and the first week of September. We are getting a car provided so I'll have some wheels to check out the place.

I'm starting to apply for jobs there. Sent my first tonight.

Is there anywhere windsurfing gear can be rented? If its blowing I wouldn't mind going for a sail and I'd like to post some GPS results for my team.

Do they still make that beer in the red can and the bloke with a beard holding a beer on the label? Emu Bitter or something like. I love it!

2nd wind hire out gear, but it might all be in Cocos this time of year.

In summer there is hire gear available at Pelican Point, but in the off season I doubt it. If you do take your own gear you can rent a van to get around in to make it easier. Get the van instead of a car.

It will be interesting to see the conditions that you get over there in August/September. I was there in March this year and was surprised at how different the conditions were compared to December/January. I can sort of understand why a lot of the locals don't sail at all in winter.

You may as well sell your big sails now. In a year or two you will be refusing to sail unless it is better than 20 knots, and using the Safety Bay sandbars to turn around

You would think the fronts would be awesome over there. There is no land to mess up the wind like you get on the east coast, so westerly fronts would be similar to southerlies over here. Am I wrong?

I know when I was there 10 years ago I only used a 5m and 4.4m sails and a Bic Saxo 254, which was a pretty rad board for the time. However I enjoy sailing in lighter winds of around 10 to 12 knots so I will keep the bigger gear.

Mobydisc said...

You would think the fronts would be awesome over there. There is no land to mess up the wind like you get on the east coast, so westerly fronts would be similar to southerlies over here. Am I wrong?
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Nup, winter fronts can be wild, just a tad cold.
But September/October is a bit in between winter fronts and summer seabreezes. Along with April/May they're our doldrums.