Genetrix said...
Hi guys, Ive stayed at port Broughton caravan park and kited out from it in a northerly wind, it was super sweet and I'll be going again soon I hope. I found that the spot between the boat ramp and the jetty was the best for flat water and no turbulence over the mangroves in a north to northwest winds. Try it out .
Tim,
I like your enthusiasm for the area.
Be aware that there are restrictions in this area as the Name suggests this is a registered Port and definately comes into the Marine & Harbours Regulations, particularly the following extract from the regs;
2—4 knot limit—all vessels
The speed limit in the following waters is four knots:
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(f) Port Broughton
The area bounded as follows: Commencing at the stick beacon without a topmark
situated approximately 655 metres north-north-west of the centre of seaend
of the Port Broughton jetty and between stick beacons Nos. 34 and 35
which are both surmounted by black triangles (the three beacons are on the
western side of the Port Broughton channel) then due east to high water mark
on the eastern side of Mundoora Arm, then generally southerly along the high
water mark to its intersection with the production westerly of the southern
side of Edmund Street, then west-north-westerly on a line parallel to the jetty
to intersect high water mark on the western side of the Mundoora Arm, then
generally north-easterly, easterly, south-easterly, north-easterly and northwesterly
along high water mark to a point due west of the point of
commencement then due east to the point of commencement.
This covers the area between the boat ramp & jetty.
One of the few Marine Safety Officers in SA ( the guys who will fine you for breaching the regs) has a shack in the area
The choices are always yours but I would rather not bring adverse attention from the local Council etc. even before kiting becomes popular in the area.
The bay around 100 mtrs south of the jetty is not in the exclusion zone, nor are the areas north of the broughton channel towards Shag Island, & north past Fishermans Bay.(launch & land not so easy).
Great to see another kiter from the Barossa heading north to
party kite
Regards
Fossil
Does the water go out a fair way like the rest of the beaches around here?
