scarbs where are we going to sail now?

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R1DER
R1DER
WA
1474 posts
WA, 1474 posts
11 Jun 2016 2:37pm
Do we go south and play with the kiters?
Went for a drive to scarbs and car park is closed and no access to the beach. They're putting in a pool.






^^^^This machine is ripping out all the huge pine trees. ^^^^




Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23651 posts
WA, 23651 posts
11 Jun 2016 4:57pm
Well obviously in the public consultation survey a year or so back, the vast majority wanted more commercialisation, less beach access and a swimming pool right next to 100 bazillion litres of water.

Yeah right.


Nah Rider, I reckon this summer everyone goes just a bit north to make a point.
Spotty
Spotty
VIC
1619 posts
VIC, 1619 posts
11 Jun 2016 7:55pm
Apparently the Norfolks would like to make a point too at the grand opening of the pool, I think they still make polly waffles...

Tardy
Tardy
5339 posts
5339 posts
13 Jun 2016 5:53am
That sux.
poor old Norfolk Island pines .they look to be 60 years old.or more
make way for a fresh water or salt water pool?
I hope they make the pool big enough for a gybe each end.
petermac33
petermac33
WA
6415 posts
WA, 6415 posts
13 Jun 2016 6:22am
Nearly all the outdoor pools in Perth have been closed over the last decade or so - to make way for 'healthy' meaning no sunshine indoor pools.

Sunshine is essential for life is it not.

What's next - chlorinated outdoor pools at our beach to eventually be followed by chlorinated indoor pools at our beach.

Least they'll have a large window at the ocean side.

Some owners of horses take their animals to the beach to absorb the minerals from the ocean.


elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
WA, 8890 posts
13 Jun 2016 8:09am
No probs, a potential win win solution

They find a shark in the ocean

Catch it

Release it into the pool

Every bodies happy
stehsegler
stehsegler
WA
3571 posts
WA, 3571 posts
13 Jun 2016 12:44pm
Building a public swimming pool right next to the ocean... that must be the dummest thing I have ever heard.

"It's behind you!"
whippingboy
whippingboy
WA
1104 posts
WA, 1104 posts
15 Jun 2016 9:42am
You see a pool.
I see kickbacks aplenty
R1DER
R1DER
WA
1474 posts
WA, 1474 posts
20 Jun 2016 1:37pm
Red cross is out where we used to sail, south is where the kiters rig and park we could join them and go down wind but a lot of the car park will be gone therefore limited parking


Better parking a bit north and rigging on the grass


Or maybe the contacio car parks but the coast curves so its a tad onshore also not sure how safe cars are




bodia1
bodia1
WA
9 posts
WA, 9 posts
20 Jun 2016 6:39pm
Any reason why we cant rig up to the south where the kiters are and just sail down to the normal spot. Am I missing something or is it just the carpark we lose?
markferdi
markferdi
WA
18 posts
WA, 18 posts
22 Jun 2016 12:38pm
I'm thinking parking will be the big problem! It already can be busy on summer evening, and now about half the parking is gone. The northern car park is also half gone, and that is a fair old walk to the water compared to the usual spot!
waveslave
waveslave
WA
4263 posts
WA, 4263 posts
22 Jun 2016 3:14pm





Can you see those 'dunes' between the super wide sandy beach and the carpark in question ?

That land would make an ideal carparking area for beach people.

Those 'dunes' aren't natural, you know.

They were man-made, planted out with sh1tty scrub and filled with snakes.

lol.
Troppo
Troppo
WA
887 posts
WA, 887 posts
27 Jun 2016 1:49pm
just wait til the parking meters go in!!

at least a pool might stop people swimming right in the break when there are 30 + sailors going back and forth on a 50m stretch of bank.
Underoath
Underoath
QLD
2434 posts
QLD, 2434 posts
1 Jul 2016 10:56am
Never in all my years have I seen 30 sailors st scabs.

10 max.

I have seen over 100 at Corros.
Stuthepirate
Stuthepirate
SA
3591 posts
SA, 3591 posts
1 Jul 2016 11:24am
Maybe we can get the council to add an extra 0 to the pool length and get a speed strip down there.
R1DER
R1DER
WA
1474 posts
WA, 1474 posts
21 Jul 2016 8:00pm
Went for another drive to Scarbs even more car parking has been removed. Also half of the lower car park in front of peters by the sea is gone and at 12:30 on a winters day there were hardly any spots left, they were used up by the people going to the cafes, and shops and accommodation there. City of Stirling have effectively reduced beach use for swimmers surfers kiters windsurfers etc just by digging up car parking areas, I think this will be a couple of years project. I will be using the triggs one and two car parks. Ideally the windsurfers should park and use the beach as far south as possible close to scarbs so the kiters will then go a bit north of us towards trigg and then we won't have to deal with crashed kites drifting down wind into us.
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