I spent about an hour driving around the lake (gear in car) on my last visit to the ACT, there are a few reasonable launching spots... but... and it's a big BUT... there is a whole lot of shore that is just down right BAD. Most of the lake is either banked by stone wall or has trees right to the shoreline, and in a lot of cases both. Then there is the bridge, fountain, museum, gallery, carillon, etc, etc.
Basically what it boils down to is, a mess of potential trouble.
I've spent a fair amount of time kiting on inland lakes, and have learnt first-hand how fickle and unpredictable inland winds can be... you need lots of contingency landing spots, and even have to be prepared to downwind to the other side should the wind drop/swing (and it will, at the drop of a hat)... Lake Burley Griff' just wasn't designed for kiteboarding. It's a crying shame, but a fact of life.
The only "good" sailing there is in a dingy.
Now, of course, the "
look at me, look at me, my balls are out" crowd will say "
go hard or go home, that lake needs doing"... but Burley Griff' is one man-made dirt hole that has some serious neighbours, like
www.afp.gov.au/ and they aren't likely to be very helpfull getting you and your kite untangled from that big funny houses'
www.aph.gov.au front yard. And then there's that misserable $^&* that wont share anything with anyone, let alone a decent launch spot
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Profile/Details.aspx?member=waveslave OOPS sorry, I meant
www.pm.gov.au (it's hard to pick 'em apart really
).
