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evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
16 Dec 2008 8:12pm
At least for the Cold Ghost. Certainly more sandbanks than the previous photos.

Especially this one:
www.google.com.au:443/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode&q=Southport,+QLD&sll=-27.468107,153.243999&sspn=0.02239,0.030599&ie=UTF8&ll=-27.926493,153.411627&spn=0.011148,0.015299&t=k&z=16
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
17 Dec 2008 12:02am
north end of wavebreak - i think that's been like that for quite some years now
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
QLD, 5283 posts
17 Dec 2008 12:47am
just checked out my house from evl's link and the additions i added less than a year ago are there, so yes updates have been made and i am nude sunbaking next to my pool.....whoops.
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
17 Dec 2008 1:57pm
Haircut said...

north end of wavebreak - i think that's been like that for quite some years now


Gets worse by the day actually.

Looks like would be good in NE'r. Noticed a few kites there of late. Gets crazy crowded with boats some days but they are all parked downwind of that bank.

High tide you can go all the way across with a nice little lagoon effect. Next high tide, NE I'm going there, just to break monotony of the train.

Reminds me ... this is a bit odd.
... stuff I said
Edit: forget I said this, I'll check for bodies if boat is still there.
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
17 Dec 2008 6:47pm
i've been told it's proppa name is windsurf island and they've loaned it out to the kiters for a bit until the redevelopment starts, and then they have to give it back
aus301
aus301
QLD
2039 posts
QLD, 2039 posts
17 Dec 2008 8:19pm
that's where we used to sail many moons ago, from Burrows street.

I'm talking well before kiters existed, back when the Cochrane brothers thought they were fast, and a certain Mr Brown was often seen on flat water.

And GreenLeader...not to worry, the microscopic version of google earth isn't out yet, so nothing to see here.
tonyd
tonyd
QLD
400 posts
QLD, 400 posts
17 Dec 2008 8:28pm
Sail there quite often. Kites have kind of claimed it.
eggs
eggs
QLD
246 posts
QLD, 246 posts
17 Dec 2008 10:37pm


"High tide you can go all the way across with a nice little lagoon effect."

On sunday i sailed the lagoon at jumpinpin in the north-westerly-great uncrowded spot! only a few moored boats to dodge.
then sailed 8km back down the Broadwater but ran out of wind at Tipplers and had to swim the rig in at south straddie. next time will have to take a bigger board to get through the lulls.
tonyd
tonyd
QLD
400 posts
QLD, 400 posts
18 Dec 2008 8:10am
Can I come next time?
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
18 Dec 2008 9:27am
and me me me
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
18 Dec 2008 12:31pm
^ A BBQ Boat is about $180 and carries perhaps 10 people.
Leaves from Haircut's back door too.

Eh, eh?
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