Hi all

I will be coming to Perth/WA for a 3 week holiday in half January.

I am planning to bring my kitegear, but given the low baggage allowance (20kg) I will have to choose between my RPM 12m and RPM 9m.

What's the best size to bring? I was thinking of the 9m, i am 70kgs of weight.

Mate, leave your clothes at home all you need is tee,s shorts, rashies and your kite gear, you'll be pissed if you don't bring it, trust me

Hey thanks guys.

I'll take my 9m then, RPM has less power than equivalent delta kites. I ride compfortably in all conditions, up to 40-45 with a smaller kites.

i'll take as little clothes as possible, otherwise additional sporting equipment will cost me a leg and an arm with pretty much any airline.

Also, I am planning to rent a campervan. Is it worth driving up to Broome in wet season? Or flying to Broome and driving back down with a van?

What is the furthest I can drive up north in Jan?

Thanks again!

40-45 you can get that in south spain and canary islands... or during some proper gales here on the english SE coast

ok gotcha Weta, it doesn't make much sense to drive up to broome then

i was curious to visit the north during the wet season but if you say it's a no-go i'll stick to your advice. i'll go through a lonely planet guide in the next days to have a better idea of the trip

Thanks!

Broome is a great place but during the Wet season its going to be pretty uncomfortable. If you are happy with 42 degrees and 95% humidity and you camper has good A/C then go for it. You have to be careful about the jelly fish are that time. Cable beach is "closed", although people still swim in there.. Im sure if you drove to Sharks bay or Exmouth you would be happy.

If you really want to see the Kimberley in the wet fly up into Broome for a couple of days, have a look around then fly back down south, you can score some very cheap flights and accommodation at that time of the year. It's a far more efficient use of your time and $$$. You can drive all the way through to Broome from Perth in as little as a day and a half with two experienced country drivers but you are still talking 2200km.

I worked with a couple that could do Perth to Halls Creek in 30 hours (3000 km) but that is a serious undertaking

If you only have three weeks keep your road trip to the south west at that time of the year, probably no further north than around Geraldton. Any further north and it will probably be too stinking hot and chew up too much time.