How bout Australia day long weekend..? 26th is on a saturday this year so we'll get the monday after off as a public holiday

bummer his cat would be handy. You should be fine with water depth on twin tips but if your using surfboards the area near mandu george may be a bit shallow on low tide. I went through there on a 0.4m tide and it was pretty shallow so if you aim for neap tides you should be right to stay inside the reef. Also not sure if you you were thinking you could get all the way to Exmouth but I can't see you getting past the lighthouse.
Personally I would prefer some shelter at nights and don't forget the ghost crabs can be a pain to sleep with that time of year.
As for whoever said it would be a good side business just ask puppet about all the red tape that would be involved.
enjoy

TurtleHunter said...
bummer his cat would be handy. You should be fine with water depth on twin tips but if your using surfboards the area near mandu george may be a bit shallow on low tide. I went through there on a 0.4m tide and it was pretty shallow so if you aim for neap tides you should be right to stay inside the reef. Also not sure if you you were thinking you could get all the way to Exmouth but I can't see you getting past the lighthouse.
Personally I would prefer some shelter at nights and don't forget the ghost crabs can be a pain to sleep with that time of year.
As for whoever said it would be a good side business just ask puppet about all the red tape that would be involved.
enjoy

Dunes etc? Just need to end up in the general area.

These are the packs we are using. Easy access for quick water/food stops, has a sternum strap which helps quite a bit. And the waist strap is remove able so we can slide the handlepass leash or some strapping through to intergrate it into the kite harness and transfer some of weight. The daisy chains look perfect for securing pump/spare bar etc and also for attaching everything if we found we had to walk everything out to the road or around an unmake able headland or something.

http://www.exped.com/exped/web/exped_homepage_int.nsf/0/E6C2EEA1110C4289C1257848002378FE?opendocument

bolgo said...
i had a 18m kite once
was like an aircraft hanger

kite during day = peg it down= shelter for the night for the whole crew

Dont think you'd want to be out on an 18m kite with 22 knot winds though

All those GREEN thumbs Eppo...?!

Yep Mick the instructor has an old surf cat that he has modified, I think he made it a bit narrower.

The kite CL is shackled to the front cross bar and one guy sits up there controlling it whilst another is on the tiller.

Wicked fun and can power upwind in light wind.

Edit: you beat me TH.

stevabeva said...

Dunes etc? Just need to end up in the general area.

the sou wester often doesn't get past the lighthouse point. it can be 25 knots at hunter's beach (at the lighthouse) and dead calm at dunes even though they're only a k or so apart.
sounds like an awesome trip- hope you score good wind

You should be able to land at hunters right at the lighthouse but phone reception is very hit and miss unless you walk up to the lighthouse.

Many years ago I got interested in the idea of "Sea trecking "(with windurfers cause Kites werent invented)and doing a run with a support vehicle. I spent a lot of time fishing and working along the coast between red bluff and Exmouth and I reckon you could easily do an absolute EPic mission if you were well prepared and worked up to it. I initially thought that Coral bay to Exmouth would be good , but depending on your adventure level and your confidence to get outside the reef (when you had to ) it would be possible to kite a big section of this coast.

I think if you dont have either a support vehicle (to meet you at set points with at least some basic comforts -like plenty of drinking water) and or a support vessel , I think you would be limited to a couple of days at most , mainly because of the water supplies. Remember that you really need 5 litres of water per person per day (you can sweat 2 litres per hour if you are REALLY hot).

That said well planned and prepared almost anything is possible.

Maybe doing a shakedown trip to troubleshoot (like a day or an overnighter) before you commit to the epic would be a good idea...


Then when your ready, Contact Red bull and tell them your sailing from Carnarvon sharkbay Geraldton to Exmouth ...YEW!!!

^^^+1

Kakkerlak said...
What do you do for water?

you could always top up your water from where the kangaroos dig up their water.
Lefroy bay has shallow bores you can fill up from. Tastes better than town water too.

Awesome topic guys. I'm superkeen for that sort of adventure here in nz.

Ok,

I've locked in leave from Fri 25/01 - Mon 28/01. That's the only time I could get off so if anyone is free to join we'll start making a plan.

stevabeva said...
Where do you get those small swags from? We slept in sleeping bags on a tarp but was too hot and a lot of bugs/spiders. Would be nice to have something with a cover.

As AndyHansen showed its easy to turn you kite into a tent. Can also use one as a groundsheet if you dont like the sand. I know I had mentioned towing a inflatable tube or sled if carrying lots of weight (water) for extended trips. One other item I was looking at to reduce weight was a portable desalinator

http://www.katadyn.com/sgen/katadyn-products/products/katadynshopconnect/katadyn-entsalzer-manuelle-survivors/

Although these were a little pricey for me, but at ~ 1kg for unlimited drinking water. Certainly seems like a worthy investment if your going to do this regularly or for extended periods.

If you ever plan on doing this on the east coast (particularly the Whitsundays) would be happy to join. (ps. I also spear)

Cheers