Bellevue,

I think a couple of guys used to go out and make a lot of trouble for themselves and others at Rose Bay and ticked a lot of people off. The harbour is intensely busy and if I were you I would go elsewhere.

Wind is often gusty, too much traffic, no where to launch, ferrys, sea planes, yachts, 18ft skiffs, ships like floating apartment blocks creating massive wind shadows, choppy water, booze cruising luxury motor boatd with drunk ass#$es at the helm.

All in all a great place to kite don't you think??? Make your way to the Bay or to the ocean beaches like Long Reef.

Good winds and Peace

cheers for that,
where is long reef? im staying in darling harbour sat night & am keen to kite sat morn & sunday luch-arvo before i head back to newcastle,
daz

Hey,

You can Walk up to Castlereagh St from Darling harbour and catch the 302 bus to Sans Souci (Ask the bus driver where to stop for kiting)
You can only kite from the Baths infront of the Novotel and to the right of the airport(looking out to sea)

I remember hearing somewhere that Kiting is actually banned in the harbour anyway.

Winds should be light this weekend so hope you have a big kite or big board

hey,
A friend who lives in the vicinity of Rosebay just told me that there are kiters who kite there in the past. I believe that kiting is banned in the harbour, can anyone confirm this? or advise otherwise

i launch from the ophra house and then ride under the harbour bridge and try to launch the ferries before i go out the heads.

Seriously, no you don't want to kite the harbour. If you are thinking about it you should probably have a lesson where you would learn how to do a proper site assessment!!
it is banned as well as bondi and coogee for good reason as well.
Rich

Hey dudes,

Manly is strictly prohibited from flying ALL types of kites. Even if you launch a single line kite at Manly, "the man" will be on you in minutes and can confiscate your kite (yes, even the little single line diamond one with the bow tie tail) and can issue you a fine.

You wont even get your kite pumped before the clubbies and ranger are on to you. ALL KITE FLYING ON MANLY BEACH IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED!

Forget the Harbour area, it has been banned for windsurfing for years so why do you think that the kiting would be exempt?

This is why there are only limited spots in Sydney for kiting and also why those few other spots are so crowded, for one there aren't many good spots with clean wind and beaches facing the right direction and for two, some of the beaches that are good are too crowded ie Manly, Bondi etc.

The same idiots that got it banned in the Harbour were the ones who got it banned at Bondi. A selfish "look at me everyone" attitude. One of them even admitted they kited there because "more chicks watched you" LAME!

Talk to the locals or clubbies if no one else is out and play by the rules in Sydney .... or anywhere for that matter.

Darren Marshall
Australian Kiteboarding School

Hey, As much as it pains me to say. There is nothing illegal about kite surfing in Rose bay or any part of the harbour. And there is nothing that can stop you from launching from ANY beach! As a "kite surfer" you are classed by-law as a "water vessel". Everything else is a "guidline" and with good reason because any one who launches in either a populated area or with-in the harbour should be locked up!

I would like to praise the work of the AKSA. But when fools kite boarding in Rose Bay in a gusty on-shore can't be stopped it shows that their work is not complete.

www.rms.nsw.gov.au/maritime/index.html


Ben