Anyone kited here ??
www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=5386
It's in W.A. and it goes off.

looks real retro! like a 1960's photo
nice little swell lines too

Is that an Oil Derrick? or an out of commission Whaling Station?

looks nice for a kiteloop over the bridge

It's those bloody greenies taking out another messy oil drill with their secret rather large swatter

Noice place to kite maaaate

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Originally posted by getfunky



Noice place to kite maaaate

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Too true, but where is it ???.

A few privileged W.A. kiters may have shredded here.

Didn't think you could really have a 'secret spot' in the kiting community. Big colourful sails in the sky is kinda a dead give away.

One of Barrow Islands' nodding donkey's!

No. Heaps more accessable than Barrow.
Here is a shot with a little bit more of the BIG picture

See how this spot will work from various wind directions with beaches to launch from on both sides of the rigs groyne. (Yes it is a rig) And yes it was wiped out by that big fly swatter.

Its doing my head in
First guess would be 'foolishly' woodies from many years ago but i am probably wrong.
No idea other than that.

It's woodies you kooks lol.

yeah i've kited here...

back in '77

Who woulda thought, one of the best kiting locations in the world was man made back in the 1960's and by the navy (fishermans groyne) and an oil company (Wapet, northern groyne)
Amazing how much the place changed after the groynes were built, if yuo go into the scrub near the large pipie thing at the bay 1 carpark you can plainly see the spot where the two groynes started, rock walls and all.
Hooray for Wapet.

Pic from 1967 www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=5425

Pic from 1976 www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=5426

and 2007

Now Im off to Wapet groyne for a kite.

for all the people that do have a secret spot keep it that way....

Heres one that shows where the groynes started.



Now im off for that kite.