Port Douglas is where it's at!

Ashkiter,

Do you head across from the mainland or do you have to get a boat across, it only looks like a couple of kms?

It does look pretty awesome, that's for sure!!!!

Boyler

Cairns can be touch and go depending on the timing. You can get there and have a week of solid wind or it can be 8-12 knots every day for a week.

Try get up to Cooktown or Cape Flattery if you get a chance, it has much higher reliability of wind. Alternatively look at Kitesurfari who do a 4 day kiting trip which is almost guaranteed to be 15-35 knots every day.

Port Douglas is great, good clean flat water and a beautiful beach.

Yorkeys/Cairns is over-rated..........

Boyler said...

Ashkiter,

Do you head across from the mainland or do you have to get a boat across, it only looks like a couple of kms?

It does look pretty awesome, that's for sure!!!!

Boyler

Hey Boyer, Just Set up and kite across from Palm Cove and cruise back - if the wind craps out then its a down winder to Ellis Beach and a chat to a nice local for a lift back :) - only happened the once.

Also hear the crew do the odd down winder from Yorkies to Double Island - hoping to get a crew together for Sunday if keen???

What date is the event on?

Glad to hear that Port Douglas has clean flat water, I thought it was like Yorkeys.

I'm a french student coming to Sydney at the end of July to study, I will land at Cairns on June 24th and was looking for a beautiful spot for beginners. Port Douglas seems to be a good compromise for beauty and accessibly (no driving license, and not enough $$$ for a kitesurfary).

Cape Tribulation also looks great...Good for beginners?