This afternoon myself and a fellow kiter took off from the northern bank of Georges River near the bottom of Napoleon St and kited upwind to the sandbar near the entrance to Wooloware Bay. On arrival, we were greeted by two very agitated poleys, one who shouted something about 'illegal' and another who simply screamed 'F*CK OFF!! F*CK OFF!!'.

I stopped riding and flagged down the more coherent of the two for an explanation. I got an explanation, delivered in an aggressive tone, the gist of which was, 'you're not allowed to kite here in the smooth bit, so go back over to the choppy side'. Okey-dokes, I thought, I'm out to kite, not to fight, and they did seem pretty worked up for a Sunday arvo, so I kited back to the north side and had my session there. Fellow kiter continued kiting at the sandbar until the poleys started aiming their boards at him.

For future reference, I just wanted to know if anyone can tell me 1. If that spot is pole-only, no bags 2. If so, who says 3. If so, on what grounds (other pole-only areas make good sense e.g. near the airport, Narrabeen Lakes, but a sandbar in Georges River that's smooth in a southerly? Hmm) 4. If so, how was I supposed to know about it? Fellow kiter has shared the spot with poleys before with no hassles. My instructor started me from that sandbar on my second lesson ever. The NSWKBA map shows a delineation between not-recommended purple and no-kite red near that sandbar. How close are we allowed to go?