Walkerville Fliteboard with Greg #28

Fliteboard session #28.  Lots of carved turns on smooth water up to Walkerville South staying out of the wind.  I passed Greg on his wing foil.

VIDEO https://youtu.be/zaVO2SIkgGw

Motorbike tour - North East Victoria and South Gippsland

Motorcycle tour through North East Victoria and South Gippsland with great roads, lots of twisties and not much traffic. 

Day 1.  Broadford to Myrtleford - 305 km, 4 hr [GPX file]

Mostly on quiet roads. Coffee and pitstop in Mansfield.

Day 2. Myrtleford to Bairnsdale - 342 km 5hr 24 min [GPX file]

Endless curves, watch out for bark on road and damp corners in forest areas.

Mitta Mitta for coffee and Omeo for lunch.

Day 3. Bairnsdale to Walkerville - 4 hr 26 min [GPX file]

Back roads in rural areas and forests of Strezlecki. 

10km of dirt road (good condition) from Carrajung to Tarra Bulga NP on Grand Ridge Road.

Lunch at Inline Cafe, Balook.

Tarra Valley Road to Yarram is sealed by very narrow with tight curves.

Day 4. Walkerville to Burwood - 3 hr 26 minutes [GPX file]

Very scenic back road route, good for motorbikes, no freeway.

Map

Fliteboard Walkerville catching some swells #22

Ripping session on the Fliteboard riding some swell that was wrapping around Bird Rock down past Walkerville North.  Not riding unpowered (yet) but definitely feeling the power of the waves.

 

Sandy Point kitesurfing with good wind and waves #577, 578

Sandy Point delivered again!

First session

Second session

Kitesurfing the Flinders reef break

I took this video of the crew kitesurfing the reef break at Flinders on Sat 18 December.  I have tennis elbow so was unable to kite this time.

Flinders is a great place to kitesurf when the wind gets in there but its for experienced kitesurfers only. It is a long swim back to the beach if you tangle your kite or have an equipment failure.

Fliteboard at Walkerville up and going - best session so far

Session 6. Best Fliteboard session so far!  

Flat water and very little wind made it very cruisy. I launched at Walkerville North and cruised up into Walkerville South and out to Bird Rock. 

I was cruising most of the time on power setting 6 and was able to stay on the foil. Lots of carved turns and no crashes.

This was definitely a magic carpet ride.

Getting back to shore at Walkerville North is tricky - there is a very narrow corridor of sand near the ramp to beach.  I bumped into some reef with the foil - next time  I will invert it when coming in.

Apollo Bay Fliteboard session #6

Session 6. Launched off the beach next to the harbour breakwater pier. There were some good swells rolling through. Up on the foil going into the wind (northerly) then touching down when going down wind.

There was some surface chop that made planing a bit tricky.

Getting the hang of this.

Great session, but a bit chilly.

Kitesurfing at Waratah Bay in some nice waves #518

Session 518. Nice session in the surf at Waratah Bay with three windsurfers.  The easterly was a bit gusty on the beach but nice and consistent on the water.  There were some good waves to surf. 

A downwinder to Walkerville North would have been on but a car shuffle would be needed.

The waves at the beach close to Waratah Bay township are more regular and predictable than those at Sandy Point.

Very happy to get this session in before thunderstorms and 100mm of rain arrived over the following 2 days.