Perth - Pelican Points 'Jagged Pole of Death'

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SaveTheWhales
SaveTheWhales
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1908 posts
WA, 1908 posts
28 Mar 2009 12:58am
Certain death or destruction ! This has gotta go ( nasty yellow dot )







Midway through a jump today I looked down & noticed something in the water. Went back for a closer look & FFFFaaaaRRRkkkk It was a jagged marker pole of some sort maybe 30cm accross that was only exposed in between waves.

It wasnt drifting either as i gave it a kick... it looked as if something had crashed into it, which would explain why it was just below the water line. I can see an accident waiting to happen - someone being ripped to shreds if they hit it / land on it or ripping the hull out of a yacht / pleasure craft.

I saw it at about 6:30pm which would make it a Fremantle tide height of .63 metres, a slightly higher tide & youd never no its there till you hit it

Does anyone know who to report this to & has anyone else seen it

Cheers

Ps If any of you GPS speeders see it - can you plot its exact location....
snides8
snides8
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1731 posts
WA, 1731 posts
28 Mar 2009 8:45am
where you in deep water? i.e did you walk up to it on the peli shallows? or sailed/kited back ppast it?
or was it further out? it looks to be where Nedlands spit is aprox.
if it was 30cm across this would be fit the description of a decent size spit post.
did anyone notice the spit missing yesterday? a white post with a red marker on top?
i hope it wasnt the spit post! that could create some havoc!
Dip916
Dip916
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122 posts
WA, 122 posts
28 Mar 2009 10:02am
Needs to be reported to DPI (Dept of Planning & Infrastructure) I think.
AUS1111
AUS1111
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WA, 3621 posts
28 Mar 2009 10:41am
You win the "most exciting forum thread title" award for March.

Congratulations to you!
SaveTheWhales
SaveTheWhales
WA
1908 posts
WA, 1908 posts
29 Mar 2009 7:44am
Hey Snides8

Im guessing that it was at the edge of the spit & deep black water +- . One of those marine departments or older nav charts must have it plotted & just taken for granted that it fell over or just disappeared...

By the way, I first saw it from 20ft in the air, spotting my landing point and as i said its rock solid. After giving it a karate kick it didnt budge - super powers dont work after Sunset

I'll just have to keep Kiteboarding till they send me more fuel for my Buzz LightYear jetpac
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