Monday, November 27, 2017

Kitesurfing Tasmania 2017 - trip summary

This is summary of our late spring kitesurfing trip to Tasmania.

The wind forecasts shifted a lot during the preceding week.  Initially Marrawah looked good but closer to the date a large high pressure system in the Tasman resulted in a northerly air stream along the East coast so we booked a large house in Stanley to sleep eight.



Day 1. Friday 24 Nov

Flying over the Tamar, looking back to Port Sorrell in the distance where we kitesurfed last year.



On arrival, we found the Kia Carnival seat configuration did not fit us and our gear well, so we were lucky to swap it for a Hyundai iMax.


There was no wind so we drove to Coles Bay and hired a double kayak and a SUP and paddled across Honeymoon.[link]


We checked out the Friendly Beaches on our way back to Swansea - looks promising for kitesurfing!


We had a great house in Swansea that slept all eight of us and had plenty of room and good views across to the Hazards.



Kiters & boards - Taz, Mike, James, Anthony, Peter, Dan, Stu S, Stu W.


Lots of kangaroos and wallabies close to roads

Day 2. Sat 25 Nov.

Session 425 [link] - First kitesurfing on our 2017 Tassie trip cured my cabin fever - a nice downwinder from Peggs Beach to Stanley East Inlet


Session 426 [link] - East Inlet speed runs


Day 3. Sun 26 Nov.   

Session 427 [link] - Douglas River surf then a downwinder to Bicheno.



Five had another session at the wonderful Friendly Beaches, while three or us returned to Bicheno to order pizzas.




Day 4. Mon 27 Nov

There were some storms about in the morning


We scored some nice pancakes and jam at Kates Berry Farm near Swansea.


We drove to Coles Bay then walked to the Wineglass Bay lookout in Freycinet National Park, some continued to the beach and back.  Its a very popular walk for tourists.

Wineglass Bay
Then it was a quick dash to the airport with a 5 minute lunch stop on the way.  A final bag pack and we were on our way home.


Wilsons Prom and Shallow Inlet look great from the plane on the way home, its good to have a window seat.




Map




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