yeah mate, that was us. we went from aspendale to frankston and then myself (yellow 7m slingshot) and another mate on the red best tried coming back on the westerly change, but only made it to keast park before we got blasted off the water, luckily our mates came and grabbed us. should have gone out. it was really good up until the storm came in. ah well, looks like tomorow should be good anyway

haha. head on down to gnotuck carpark any south/ southwesterly. theres always someoe down here. c ya out there soon

FWIW there were 2 of us out at Rosebud from around 9am...flat flat water & not another kiter in sight Had about a 3 hour sesh.

Bit gusty to start with but later in the morning it settled down and was fairly clean.

Aspendale, Gnotuk etc are OK but not flat.

Managed to get off the water before the storm fronts hit, fortunately...it was going ape **, hail & all.

is melbourne any good around january?

if i go down there i will be near st. kilda.. is that crowded thou?

St Kilda is good as a last resort IMHO

Lots of obstacles e.g. boats, beginners, lessons, mooring points, dogs, onlookers, rock walls...

...and the biggest bummer of all - you have to PAY for parking...what the !!!

Counted 50 kites in the air the last time I was there in summer...havent been back since.

Some of my kite buddies swear by it tho...so suck it & see.

Bondo - I think we got the pick of the day. I cruised home up Beach Rd and stopped at St Kilda for a quick look. There were lots of poleboarders out around Hampton & 2 kites out at Brighton. Watched them from the car for a bit -looked gusty as and in the swell wouldnt have been a lot of fun.

Cant go out this weekend coming, but have the last week of Sept & first week of Oct off, so looking for some good kiting over that time. Here's hoping theres some good spring conditions on the way.

Southwest is kiteable at Altona...would be side on to sideshore...westerly there is side off. Anything with North in it - forget it.

Best wind direction is thru SSW-ESE. True easterlies there are rare

Just dont fall off near the stormwater outlets. Oh and when its blowing hard sometimes the jetty jumps out at you!


EPA did a report on Melb bay beaches for water quality and only 2 failed. Altona & Rye. Cant see how Rye failed myself as it looks so clean - but maybe its due to being so close to the shipping channel? Or maybe its all the Mornington Peninsula Poodle **.