Goolwa Lake filling rapidly

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divaldo
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1 Sep 2009 10:39am
Just had a chat with Kyms dad down at Goolwa, the lake is filling rapidly, 700mm of water higher all over the lake, more by the weekend.

Not sure if enough for a slalom comp on weekend, but not far off.

They held a yatch race there on the weekend, was shallow in parts but sailable,

russh
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1 Sep 2009 11:10am
Be great to have the barrage area back to get the wife and kids out there on the Funster - really miss it as learning spot - I reckon most of us have spent some time there catapulting and getting our first few planning runs when we were learning.

all fresh rain water - how friggin cold would it be!!!!!!!!!!
SailOn
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1 Sep 2009 1:48pm

All over red rover for Alha & Grungys
SailOn
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1 Sep 2009 1:49pm

All over red rover for Alpha Channel & Grundys
choco
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1 Sep 2009 3:26pm
Even with the lake full you should be able to sail in some reasonably flat water,might be a bit gusty but shouldn't be a problem.
SailOn
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1 Sep 2009 5:07pm
No problem for semi Professionals like yourself & Kimba

What about normal wanna be's like Me!!!!!!!!!!!!
tt
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2 Sep 2009 5:07pm
Carl and me sailed goolwa on sunday all the exposed banks are covered over but only ankle to knee deep at the moment not long though till its deep enough to sail everwhere again.
russh
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2 Sep 2009 5:13pm
tt said...

Carl and me sailed goolwa on sunday all the exposed banks are covered over but only ankle to knee deep at the moment not long though till its deep enough to sail everwhere again.


Back to the barrages to try and learn how to do some freestyle moves this summer while the kids float around on the funster

we should have a welcome the water back blast and bbq!!!
choco
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2 Sep 2009 5:50pm
Those tube worm coral are going to be a BIG problem can't believe how big they can grow,with all that extra water it's going to be a minefield.
choco
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2 Sep 2009 5:53pm
SailOn said...

No problem for semi Professionals like yourself & Kimba

What about normal wanna be's like Me!!!!!!!!!!!!


Semi professionals $hit haven't got a semi license yet but when i do will that make me a full pro
bubs
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2 Sep 2009 8:41pm
Thats great news.... used to love sailing at the aqua cafe and barrage. Will miss the speed stip but theres always the Murray mouth for a good SW'er.....
Kimba
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2 Sep 2009 8:49pm
Hey Bubs do you still browse the forums? - its been a while. You wouldn't have gotten all of your new sails wet yet would you?
Muzza12
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2 Sep 2009 9:27pm
I was down at the aquacaf last week, just for a look, not sailing.
I'm not sure if there is a bit of water flow over near rankines keeping the water quality ok, but I don't think anyone will get in at the aquacaf at the moment. The water at the boat ramp there is a bit of a toxic green colour!
Hopefully it clears up, I was hoping to take the kids down this summer for some 'fresh water' blasting!
Muzza12
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4 Sep 2009 4:51pm
The lake, surprisingly, looks much better than just a week ago!
The water has gone from the green muck of last week to it's normal brown.
Here's some photos of the spots mentioned over past few weeks.

Aquacaf looking across where the big exposed sandbank was.


Near the barrages, taken out the front of the jetski hire place... still needs quite a bit more water for this area.


Rankines. You could already see how the smooth water has become a bit choppy with the increase water level. It was blowing around 15 knots on a perfect angle for the speed runs, but the glassy water isn't there anymore. For everyone else it looked awesome... perfect for nailing your gybes etc. It was flat, just not glass.

divaldo
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4 Sep 2009 4:33pm
Great pics Tony, cheers for the update, will check it out after wave comp on Sunday
sharkbiscuit
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4 Sep 2009 4:36pm


When can we expect the first half decent sea breezes ?
bubs
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6 Sep 2009 10:12pm
Kimba said...

Hey Bubs do you still browse the forums? - its been a while. You wouldn't have gotten all of your new sails wet yet would you?


yeah dad and i go a bit quite over the winter months ever since that day at boggy 2 ha ha.... still getting about i guess. No the sails havent been wet!!!!! but the first speed/slalom day that chris organizes is usually the break of the season for us.... looking forward to geting out again, going to be sooooo rusty though, i was pulling off gybes resonably consistently and the end of our 2 week holiday in summer! Moving house has been a nightmare though, 17 years or crap seems like it will take another 17 years to sort through!!! keep in touch though i'm sure well catch you out soon...

Cheers
Hamish
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