www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6039715/when-will-the-mysterious-lake-george-do-its-disappearing-act/





"When the normally barren surface became a small inland sea in 2012, water birds returned to the site and locals began to chatter about using the lake for windsurfing and other water sports."

And a cranking easterly 3 days a week in summer.

Would be awesome! But too many hidden obstacles. Spoke to many locals about it when I lived there - reckon I was mad to even think about windsurfing in it.

If there was no Fences or other obstacles - then would be an awesome location!!!

But how could we sail so close to those "awful, ugly, noisy wind turbines".

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AusMoz said..
Would be awesome! But too many hidden obstacles. Spoke to many locals about it when I lived there - reckon I was mad to even think about windsurfing in it.

If there was no Fences or other obstacles - then would be an awesome location!!!

I sailed there a couple of time before it dried out. And drove around on it after that. Very few obstacles. An old campfire (with a lost fin lying beside it) was all I found. Sail between the fence posts, the tops are visible. If you saw the shallows of Lake Illawarra dry you'd never sail there.

When its deep enough to sail on let me know! I'll do a special trip!

We (the Canberra Sailboard Club) had a few races there in the mid 80s. We marked gaps in the fences with broken mast sections.

My enduring memory was the mud, and the problem that caused. If you fell off, avoid, at all costs, standing on the lake bed, because your feet would then drag globs of mud onto your board, and it took ages to wash off, and, in the meantime, was very slippery.

"Don't fall" was the best option; water-starting a close second.

One non-race day, I planed my Bombora Tri-fin to the eastern side, and back, a round-trip of about 18k. Ah, memories.

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Bristol said..
We (the Canberra Sailboard Club) had a few races there in the mid 80s. We marked gaps in the fences with broken mast sections.

My enduring memory was the mud, and the problem that caused. If you fell off, avoid, at all costs, standing on the lake bed, because your feet would then drag globs of mud onto your board, and it took ages to wash off, and, in the meantime, was very slippery.

"Don't fall" was the best option; water-starting a close second.

One non-race day, I planed my Bombora Tri-fin to the eastern side, and back, a round-trip of about 18k. Ah, memories.

Sounds like the other LG.. also if the top of the sail fills with mud don't try and flick it off.. It breaks battens..

Have some local sources who live at Bungadore and surroundings who tell me its filling up more! Seen some pics - its looking positive.
I have started planning a trip!