^^^ Super, great points you make.
The council need to get of thier well fed rumps and make everyone aware of what the score is imo. Not go down there with a big stick , just public awarness for everyone.
It wasnt till my daughter, then my wife decided theyd like to learn to do it , then myself that i realised it was a gazetted beach for that activity.
I just thought it was bunch of ppl having fun in an area suited to it. Unless told i dont think normal beach users would know either.
No jokes i been going to the beach there for about 16 years and never once really took notice of kiters, cant even remember what year i started seeing them there, untill i became interested late last year.
The swimmers example in the middle of the bay was just that, just an example. It actually says only powerboat and pwc must drop to 5 knots and stay 50mtrs away, not sail craft of which kite boarding is classed under (sail vessel).
Liners come under the vessels with restricted visability catergory and have to give way to nobody. Well i reckon if i saw someone walking on a freeway , id be slowing down a bit to be able to avoid them.
Everyone needs to work together to make things work, council need to properly let ppl know whats acceptable and what isnt for all involved
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(I assume they have eyes as these days their clad in impact vests, with polarised glasses and helmets.)
