this was real, and terrifying.
I was in a tent.
Not long dropped my 16m.
Tall trees came down all around us.

kiteboy dave said...

this was real, and terrifying.
I was in a tent.
Not long dropped my 16m.
Tall trees came down all around us.

that is so weird hey! it would scare the crap out of ya!

Surely at some wind speed green arrows need to turn back to red??????

you should be at newcastle the station at nobbys is never f#$ken accurate
unless you don't go out

I had probly packed up from kiting 1/2hr before, was working on cooking dinner. No sign of it coming.

They called it a mini cyclone and it went thru back of noosa/cooroy/tewantin etc. We were camping at lake cootharaba.

Some tents with gear in them were lost from the campsite never to be seen again.

We were in a large dome tent with 3 rooms, we were in the middle section. One entire side was collapsed against us with the force of the wind, and the hail was hitting us thru the tent wall as well as flying sticks etc. We were basically holding the tent down.

My car was near us as well, somehow it came thru totally unscathed. There were big trees dropped all around it and us, had to move some to drive out.

My plastic kite gear box got nearly 1/2 full of water and ice in 15 mins.

We stayed and drove out 2 days later, the SES were still out in a few places clearing the roads.

Probably the scariest experience of my life.

kiteboy dave said...

this was real, and terrifying.
I was in a tent.
Not long dropped my 16m.
Tall trees came down all around us.

Wow it's a small world after all... I was in that same storm at Lake Cootharaba!

Here's the worst picture in the world of a car that got hit by a falling branch:



I was one of the lucky ones that saw those big nasty green clouds approaching from the south, and madly derigged just in time...

nebbian said...

Wow it's a small world after all... I was in that same storm at Lake Cootharaba!

Here's the worst picture in the world of a car that got hit by a falling branch:

I was one of the lucky ones that saw those big nasty green clouds approaching from the south, and madly derigged just in time...

Heh small world indeed. I've got some more aftermath pics, same quality as that. On some dodgy old drive tho, I might be able to dig some up.

Awesome camp spot that eh? Still one of my favourites. We always drive down into the tall trees near the lake, rather than up on the grass, it's quieter but it was a bad place to be that day.

Were you in your tent or car when it hit, or did you take off before?