Anybody know if you can kite at Fraser Island? Looking at going end of July and want to know if it's worth taking my gear....

If not, know of any other resort style islands - not Cairns or Pt.Douglas as I'm going there before hand.

Thanks!

take the scenic flight off the beach on fraser island and play count the sharks..

youll be thinking, that its not possible to spot so many, they must be rocks/seaweed or something. and then they move :)

I can 2nd that comment about the sharks. I went to fraser... they said "don't swim in the ocean". I thought "****! who do they take me for? some japaneese tourist????".

Then I went for small aircraft joy flight. Just past the break there were so many 5foot plus sharks that my wife though it was weed or an illusion, until the pilot corrected her.

mike

winter is goooooooooooooooooood taylor fishing an the sharks are full ( maybe )

I've got a storey for you Crack.
I grew up around that area as a you fella, Take you're gear and use it with caution. As a 12 year old boy my mate and i took a 100mtr swim into shore from a boat we were fishing from. As we approached shallow water we stood up and got the shock of our lives. A shark much much bigger than us was following us in for i don't know what. It took me 20 years and a kick ass sport to get me back in the water. I'd give it a miss, but try Hervey Bay, that could be a hidden gem.
It's always worth taken you'r gear.

Hey kiter01 what the wind in hervey bay like through winter

ummm not sure but it should be alright

yeah i reckon you could kite on the lakes there, so long as the wind was clean and from the right direction.

I used to windsurf (pre-kiting) regularly a few years ago between Inskip point and Fraser Island. Fraser Island and Double Island Pt are much windier than other spots and the out-going tide was a big bonus although you had to make sure you could get home.

Lots of dugong and sea tortises. I didn't see sharks except once something huge surfaced behind me, I think it was a baby humpback.
The biggest worry about biting things were the bloody March Flies, they would chase me over the water!

I'd love to go kiting there now, it is definitely windier there than the Sunshine Coast because it sticks out more.

Simon

hay Kiter01,some of us goldy and Sunycoast kiter,s were thinking about a weekend up your way (uragun pier),heard its a great spot,what winds work there and could we get close accommodation there,would be good to hang out with your mob,maybe a few social drinks,kite together and chill out....Roo

any good this time of year
going insain thinking of a place to go
keep swinging

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Originally posted by rooey

cheers Mrbonk,would be a dandy weekend with you lot, some Harvey Bay hospitality and clean flat water would be a recipy for fun !

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I'm living in Bundaberg these days, kiting at Elliott Heads, so I'm spoiled now I'm sure the 'Bay guys will agree that it's a much nicer spot up here. Extra ~120kms to drive, but thoroughly worth it IMHO. There's a caravan park at Elliott where you can just walk across the carpark to the beach.....throw up your tent for the weekend and you're set.

Just have to pray for some more SE winds.....we've had nothing decent since just after Easter

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Originally posted by rooey

I lived at Agnus Waters/1770/Round Hill many years ago Mrbonk, when Ray and Betty Black owned the only shop! is there much of a kiteing fraternity up that way these day,s anyone kiteing Murrimbula and is it sharky? as my babe and I are thinking of coming up for a holiday during winter from Noosa...Roo P.s what we did up there you would not believe

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There's a small group of (semi)regular kiters here (Elliott). Having said that though, sometimes my GF and I can be the only ones on the water....got this whole awesome spot to ourselves

I've only ever seen smallish bullies, mostly out the front of the mouth itself on the changing tide, but I *have* seen a couple further down the river. 99% of the time they're gone before you can be sure you've seen them, but I *did* run over something awfully big the other day, over the Coonaar side and out the front. No idea what it was (general consensus on here was that it was probably a large 'ray), but I got the fk out of there pretty quickly regardless

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Originally posted by rooey

will definately call in to Elliot Hds on the way up,sounds like a great place to kite,be good to spot you guy,s there and maybe chill and kite together..regards Roo

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No worries....give us a shout when you're heading up this way. I'll see what I can do about conjuring up a nice solid SE for the day