Rob S

And that's the point. For those living in WA, access to Cocos (Australian Territory and closer than QLD) probably means WA is a contender for Winter kiting. Having said that it's probably cheaper to go to QLD. westfire, If you want to do some travelling around Australia it would be well worth your while to understand wind roses. It's unbiased statistics and takes just a few minutes of looking at them to understand. I've added some notes to the pdf file below which shows how the wind rose is useful to me. From the length of the different colored bars you can determine the percentage of days expected for each color bar / wind range. Cocos - 3pm Aug Three kite quiver.pdf

OK. Strictly speaking winter is May / June / July Winter is ok. What about April / May?

This Cocos WR for August is a better than the Cooktown WR above. White colored sections above 40 kph. Both directions good for kite beach. But I think the Cooktown WR is measured at the airport and not indicative of the stronger winds at Hope Vale / Cape Flattery and Lizard Island. Both spots are hard to beat.

Selleys Urethane Bond. About $20 from Bunnings. Might not be worth the effort as old kites don't bring much money these days.