(Sorry if this has been discussed before, I missed it)

What do you make of this?:
www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/error-404.html

It is the masterplan for the Southport Broadwater Parklands.
"The Train" is #21 on page 1, now marked as a Water Garden. There is a semblance of a carpark at #20 and at least a nice looking rigging area at #43.

Ohh, they've thought of us: "18. Launching Beach: Open area for launching non-motorised water-craft (wave skis, kayaks, etc)."

It will certainly make our sport more visible. Actually the plan looks OK to me, except for the perhaps lack of parking/replacement with boat trailer parking and that swimming area and small pier, right where I get blown downwind in a S/SE. Looks like will still be good in a NE.

17. Clubhouse: The re-located fishing club will be housed in a new clubhouse with improved facilities,
including an area for small events and meeting spaces available for use by other community
groups.

lets form a club dudes before it's too late.

the current shack is two stories and has a bar!

remember it is about to be built our rigging lawn!!!!!!!!!!!!

the train.........beautiful one day, demolished the next.

don't forget when this stuff starts you won't be able to sail there for a year!

seems like a lot of work to get the hoons out of the BWCP on a Saturday night.

There's quite a few potential or old spots in the Broadwater, some just need the right tide, usually very high.

Burrows St - funnels a Southerly very niceley, but needs 1m+ tide to get all the way across.
Lands End - What is that like on a NE?
Hollywell - picks up a NE brilliantly, but needs a high tide, those banks are shallow.

Where'd you see people sailing at Paradise Point? Ah, I call it Hollywell.

Anyone ever sailed Hinze Dam? Gusty? Would be rather picturesque. Theres a lot of terrain around it though.

Clubhouse - could watch movies while we wait : )

You could always skip across the channel to the train from Sea World during construction.

Maybe the council could consider some statues?

My guess is that after all the hype, it will be just like rigging up near across the road from Australia Fair. There will be metered parking and assortments of people enjoying the FREE outdoor activities (with their beers and 7 kids).

fitz66 said...



I just wasted 2 mins 15 secs of my life watching a train.

What, that's all? Just a train moving along? Damn, why'd you have to go and spoil the ending for us? I was just about to watch it...