The local shire is probably the best bet as first port of call

Looks good though

Down load "google earth" ya bugger.
160 kms SE of Geraldton.

Hopefully in about three months on my way back.

aus230 said...

Hopefully in about three months on my way back.

Plug it in you diary Vic , its the only way we'll ever know, local knowledge can be patchy in farming country, as the closest thing to a landyacht they will have will have tyres from a John Deere or Inter
we will be expecting a report.
there is a bitumen access road most of the way to the lake , certainly to the lookout. also a road that goes straight in just south of town and has a track along the lake edge, the salt looks good and thisk , although that doesnt neccessarily equate to hard

Finaly got set up on the beach at Yeppoon, did not get to sail as the wind was not there. It has to be the best beach I have see on the east coast.





Some info on the beach and sailing at yeppoon



www.sandyachting.info/

There where a few blowies there, they where strugling in the wind to.I think the skinies were not the best fit for light conditions in sand plus a tire that kept going flat every five minute's did not help

Oh well I will try another beach further up.

cheers















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now that is nasty, actualy I could not repair it as it was leaking at the valve stem.
Cheers

aus230 said...
Oh well I will try another beach further up.

cheers.

Pretty much the only ones further north are Bucasia Beach at Mackay, Cape Hillsborough and Conway Beach.

The blokart people have regattas at Hillsborough quite often, their next one being on the weekend of the 20th of October.

If there is any sort of southerly blowing, Conway should be good as it runs east - west. Can be a bit wet though due to the stingray holes.

Very good van park there and if the wind don't blow, plenty of other things to do there. There is a magnificent waterfall in Conway National Park well worth a visit.

Beyond there I think the only beaches with a chance of sailing (in an east or north east breeze) will be Mission Beach and the beach at Port Douglas. They used to drive tourist buses on the beach there so it should be hard enough.

Gy Goerge! colk,
Aren't you the clever one then?? You got it in one. Yup! You are right though.. Our Stingrays are after small crustacean, (We have a Yabby species here that live in the sandflats which Stingers are fond of), worms and any other food sources they can get out of the sand or off it for that mater. They tend to use their Flaps to suck stuff out of the sand and in the process can form substantial bowls in the surface of it. Believe me they are not something you'd want to hit at low tide at speed. Sand flats can be left quite Pot Holed after a school of rays pass through when the water is high. I do not know how many types of Rays you guys have up in the UK? We have several types From the "Devil Fish"/ Manta Ray, Angel Ray down to the average little Skate. Some of the Big Rays, I have seen them and Hooked them when fishing, Can get up around 2 to 3 mtrs across the Manta can get quite a bit larger.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_ray
Ron