Anyone thinking of coming to Marrawah in Jan for the fun week in the waves 8th - 16th have a choice of camping at Greens Beach, Arthur River or Sundowner. Greens is usually the most popular as it's close to the action, shop and the pub.

Those of you not too keen on roughing it have a choice of quite a few different styles of acommodation from pretty rough to 4 star.
Google 'Marrawah acommodation' you'll find most of the houses and shacks available.
I suggest if you're interested in acommodation book early as you'll miss out.
Prue and I have booked the Beach Cottage at Greens and Rob Lakin & Jane have booked one of the Ann Bay Cabins.

Should be a fun week, Marrawah has never let us down. Don't be daunted by the waves, as you can see from some of the photos posted recently anyone can have a crack at this so long as you can water-start, if you're not that good at jibing it doesn't matter.
If the waves are too big it is a 45 min drive to Stanley for smaller waves and flat water, so there's really something for every level of sailor.

Cool I'll be there. Got leave booked already

Gonna see how it is living out of the van. I've got the big one.

Maybe I should let wifey know we are going for a week camping and sailing.

Fos I usually camp at Greens in the van or a tent, Prue said she would only go up this time if we stay in acommodation, so that'll be a luxury for me.

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houston said...


Prue and I have booked the Beach Cottage at Greens

I've stayed there with the family and it's a great spot.

Found a photo of the view out the front door. FoS, the camping area is just near that tree.

I'll be camping....cheap holiday then.

Easty, I showed Prue that photo, it put a smile on her face

Looks like a few of the Vic boys are coming down to Tassie in Jan, I posted onto the Vic site.

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1 question from SWMBO. Where are the toilets?

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1 question from SWMBO. Where are the toilets?

About 50m down the road to the left.
Good old Rumpole eh!

Well done easty. I was wondering if anyone would get that.

So there are regular toilets, that's one hurdle over.

Yeah Fos, toilets pretty clean, also round shelter on the beach with permanent gas BBQ

Well for my 2 days laboring up here in the north, I've picked up a chem toilet, a new tent and some other camping bits and pieces. So we are all go for marrawah.

Just one little thing is the beer fridge, still working on that one. I used to have an old gas fridge, but it's gone now

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FoS said...

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1 question from SWMBO. Where are the toilets?

About 50m down the road to the left.
Good old Rumpole eh!

But do you know where Rumpole got it from? (he didn't make it up - he read it in a book) :-)

So share then brass. Where did it come from ?

Yeah, spill the beans. I don't remember much of the show, just his accurate portrayal of lawyers drrinking heaps and SHMBO.

2 things,
Where did the SWMBO come from that Rumpole used ?

Are there showers int he toilet block, or do i need to bring my own ?

Also I have just updated the events for seabreeze so when Laurie approves them they will appear in the right hand pane int he forums list (events on the right).

No showers in the toilet block but there is a cold water shower next to the carpark.

ok - I'll just get one of those shower bags then.

you know you heat the water and put it in the bag, then hope it doesn't run out before you're finished

I was going to join you camping at Marrawah but my brother is coming down from QLD for a holiday and we will be going around with him. Good news is that we may be over that way so keep an eye out for a blue rodeo ute. Will be good to catch up.

I got this made a sticky until end of feb so we can keep track of what's happening.
Looks like I'll get there for the Sunday. I hope all the good camp sites aren't gone.

Hey guys, I have never been to Marrawah and pretty keen to come over for the week. Is there usually plenty of availability at the camp site for a late booking?

Good opportunity to sail with some folks that know the ins and outs of the spot.

Stuey, great to see you down here, there's a few other guys coming over from Vic so should be fun time.
Don't have to book or pay for camp site, just rock up and pick a spot, pretty basic but has got shelter hut with bbq, toilet bolck also.

Sweet sounds like a plan, will see you guys down there booking the boat ride over and hoping for some swell and wind.

this is starting to get intresting

really I'm just trying to keep the thread going

Will be there Sat and Sunday..cant get the rest of the week off but hopefully there will be some wind on at least one of the days. Will be camping at Greens and probably drive over on Friday night after work.

Starting to look really good for Marawah. NE Friday and saturday with very little to no swell but really windy. I recon I'll be sailing at Stanley before heading onto Marawah Sat arvo, or heading straight to Nettleys to try it out as a speed spot! Sunday Arvo onwards wind turns more to the south and should be real good at Nettleys if the pattern continues the way it is

I don't know the 1.5 Waves on saturday are my speed, might try the 2 m on sunday

Dave, when it blows NE at Marrawah the swell is non existent normally. If you look at the swell direction it's from the NE(coming from the land). Then Sunday the swell builds after the wind swings back to the S.

But Dont get too excited the Forecast has gone to crap!!

Who forgot to book in the Marrawah fun week with the wind gods.

yep the swell will be nufin, the wind looks like nufin, even in stanley.

Maybe a chance of a southerly on sunday, but even thats gonna be lite