Hi,
Just Wandering and as a rook, went yesterday to Sandgate on what seemed like perfect wind conditions regardless of the rain . however, no one was kitting... am i missing something ???
on the same page, where close to brissie would be a good spot for the weekend?
I was thinking the same thing.... Then checked out the forecast for the weekend..
Is anyone hitting Sandgate this weekend with
the winds forecasted?
Looks like its going to be crazy....
It's all about the tide at Sandgate - wont see many out if the tide is high enough to cause the chop to bounce back off the wall - becomes virtually unrideable.
Fabs as I local I was keeping an eye out. On sat there were some guys out at decent tides, no-one at other times.
There was one dude out at 5:45 am!! That's what I call Keen as. 
PS didn't see anyone today, probly good.
Some bright spark went out at Brighton and did a self launch, kite ended in power lines and around a tree. Then had a bystander help remove it from the power lines to rig up again and went out. Residence were not to happy about another kite hitting the lines. I think this guy was a blow in and had no idea of the area.
There were a few of us out on Friday and again yesterday (Saturday) at Sandgate. Wasn't till around 11/12pm both days.
Maybe he was 1/2 way along or something, that would tie in with self launching too +no kiters around to help...
There is gunna be a heap of ****e pushed out into the bay from the rivers flooding. Trees, cows, fence poles and so forth. It usually floats just beneath the surface as well. Keep an eye out, nothing like hitting a log at 20 kts.
dave where exactly was that, curious now.
And dl33ta I agree but why kite in that sewerage soup? There was heaps out on Monday. I was watching them, and where I was standing there were 2 dead birds on the high tide line and all sorts of other rubbish. I find it hard to believe people are that desperate for a kite? Maybe I'm spoiled by being a local, maybe I'm just old and feeble, but I'd rather wait a week or maybe 2, let some clean tides come thru.
Yeah Dave, I've been sitting on the sidelines as well. Just some advice for those who are glass half full types 
Bloody gagging for a session though I tell you.
Thinking of heading down to brighton tomorrow afternoon any idea on how the debris is going in the water. Im only a learner so probably be sliding around for a while.
Cheers
Mick
Mick,
I was down there over the weekend to check it out, and there is heaps of crap on the beach.... I think it will be out of action for a least another week.
The council will have to get down there and clean it up first I reckon.....
Maybe a local will be able to tell when its fixed up...
NR as far as the little kitebeach goes, I agree, if you wanna use it then maintain it don't just expect locals to do it for you.
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However last flood, 2011, there was a whole bunch of people cleaning up the whole length of the beach, picking up debris, getting muddy.
Next few days a couple of bobcats came in and did the bulk of the work in 1/10th the time.
Made the hours and hours the people spent hauling 1 muddy stick at a time look... a bit silly really.
makntracks as for as water goes - it's the stuff you can't see that worries me. In the last 2 years I've had en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastocystis and another water borne gut infection (forgotten name now). Bay water is my main suspect.
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public liability is only an issue if we sue the council for breaking our pinky..
Unfortunately, the top 5 states in the entire world for litigation cases per number of people are: First 3: Florida, California, Texas (forgotten the order of who has most) Number 4: NSW and Number 5: QLD!
This is why I have liability insurance for my business and highly recommend joining your local kite surfing association with their liability insurance too.
Having said that, if anyone is keen to organize a local "clean-up" day (Sunshine Coast) I'd be more than happy to come along and lend a hand. You even have the offer of my trailer to put the full bags in and I'll pay the costs to get rid of it at our local TIP!
