This is not good.
For the interests of factual information, I have NEVER sought for the CB area to be excluded (get ya facts correct Corey) and have only ever attempted to keep the place incident free, mantain safety, happy beach punters and avoid exactly the troubles like we now see..
The fact that I posted a Flozzer thread yesterday was a bizarre coincidence.
Sigh..
The shame of this new launch exclusion area(Nth of Nth groin) is that it is the only part of the beach wide enough to accomodate full line lengths, multiple kites and not be right in front of a steel walkway structure.
Generally there are not many beach punters there and when the wind is on they tuck in close to the groin for shelter.
I
mostly agree with the exclusion of kites in the other zones (particularly in front of Floreat kids beach/surf club), however with the existing launch area
now banned it does seem a real shame that the vast open area just south of the Nth groin is not available for kites. 90% of the time there is not a single punter on that section of beach when the wind is on.
The downside is any dramas on launch would mean a
potential tangle with the groin and light pole (happened a couple of seasons ago). The upside is MUCH more space for kites, punters etc etc and if dramas there is a bit more room to move (than the existing launch area) before clobbering anything big.
Perhaps WAKSA need to really step up and challenge the exclusion just south of the north groin? I am talking about the
northern 20% of the exclusion between the two groins BTW.
Fingers, toes and nutz crossed that this will sort itself out. With a 9 month exclusion i can't see it reversing tho. Time to get onto the council - pronto!
Bloody pity some minority idiots made a habit of fanging through swimmers, boogers and the kids beach area. Hope they are stoked with this result.[}:)]
We need residents of Floreat and City Beach on our side, we need high profile supporters, and we need total support behind WAKSA. Just like at Mullaloo, non-kiters' support is worth gold. It's essential to stop irresponsible kiters and practices at the beach, and NOT airing them on a public forum.
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