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Brilliant... I suppose the big question is should I upgrade my buggies tyres to midi's/midi xl's? Looking forward to giving the beach there a go... Gareth

Devastatingly I wasn't able to fit my buggy or kites in the car so they're going to have to stay in brisbane not good. Oh well... i'll have to figure something out

Hi guys! I'm going to be coming through yeppoon a little earlier, so the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of october... I shall see you both there! Lets carve some tracks!

how long is the beach at that point?

the beach at port douglas looks amazing... i guess it would be the game of dodge the tourist though... I just did a bit of a scout on the always amazing google earth... and nothing around cairns except some big playing fields. Either way there's lots of options it seems for kitesports.

To you both, the move just became a whole lot less daunting. Here's to a future of epic times. The big question is... where does one buggy in the cairns area?

Also roblukin, where does that mean you are coming from?

Hey Goz, Im going to be driving from brisbane to cairns between wednesday 5th of october to sunday 9th of october... which means Im going to be going perilously close to Yeppoon with buggy and kites in the back of my car. Could you handle having another drop in that following weekend as well?

Okay I should be able to get to this one... yeah... I should be able to.

sorry I won't be able to make this one... I doubt that i'll be able to get the time off so early on with new job damn and blast.

okay wait... how on earth am i going to get my little zebra buggy to this one?

Hi BobM, My buggy will need to go from brisbane to Stockton and be able to get back there again. My plan as it stands is to drive my car to cairns on the wednesday/thursday, and jump on a plane either thursday night or friday morning from cairns to newcastle via brisbane. Spend the weekend buggying and hanging out, and then get back on a plane and fly back to cairns in time to start my new job. The other option I have is to let it go, and make it to speed week... i think thats the next big event.

Hi everyone... I have run into something of a dillema. My first day at my new job in cairns is on the 10th of october. I would like to be coming to this event, however, my problem is getting my buggy to and from stockton. I need some advice re how to do that. Also, who is organising the weekend/would there be anypoint say coming down thursday to mess around on the beach and get some quality time with my buggy on my first beach runs? Looking forward to reply, Grasshopper

am i going to be able to get away with narrows on this beach?

looks like i'm applying for leave

just wondering if we're coming close to dates? So much keeness right now.

I just want to get back out there!!

I was hoping someone might be thinking about something for the long weekend!

okay then here goes: A noobs eye view - buggies on the darling downs With the kites washed and hang out to dry (with only water, thanks Wolfie!) and having a chance to reflect, three things spring to mind to describe the weekend just past. Amazing hospitality, an introduction to kite buggying and power kiting and food, glorious food! I arrived on friday to get some more tips regarding how to use a traction kite from wise, and I was taken out to a 300 hectare field with a 200 metre wide strip of chained earth in the middle of it. Once there, the kites were up and some time was spent scudding and learning how to control a kite on brakes. Watching Wise float a 4 metre beamer about a metre from the ground through the middle of the window with it barely moving was certainly an eye opener in relation to control. The next morning was started with a fantastic breakfast of bacon and eggs... after that it was loading the gear and heading back to the field to actually get stuck into the buggying. The new guys at this event - myself, monkey and buzz, first got our kites in the air (a pair of 5m beamers and a 4) to feel the wind and then get going in the buggies. I wander off downwind which was great, until I realised i didn't have a chance of getting back upwind (light wind and lack of experience saw to that) complete with a long walk of shame. During this amateurish error I turned around to see what the others were up to and I had the eye-opening experience of seeing a 9.5 montana taking off and then sweep across the horizon with a wolfie in a buggy on the end of it. Awesome. Just awesome. Made me feel real sheepish walking back with my buggy in tow. It got better when a second montana went up with Wise at the end of that one, and a peter lynn blade II go sauntering across the sky with sluggo at the business end. So thats how you do it. The day was rounded out with a magnificent lunch and a roast dinner... fantastic. The next day started with much more promise. A good wind was up. With all enthusiasm we went to the field and got rolling... The new guys got out swift with a pair of 4 beamers and a 2.5 imp. Movement. Awesome. Flying across and actually up wind... fantastic. Getting rolled by a beamer and ending up with it nose down and me with a buggy on my head? not so awesome. It was slightly mollifying to hear that wolfie had a similar experience courtesy of an overpowered montana 9.5. Bouncing around in a buggy scooting across a stubbly field with a powered beamer 4 was an experience I will not forget. Looking up at my kite and seeing a 9.5 creep into view above it and saunter past my lines was just incredible, thanks to wolfie for that one. Watching wolfie and wise thunder around in their buggies under big depowers was lesson in what hopefully one day I will be doing. To sum it all up I couldn't have asked for a more entertaining and welcoming introduction to a sport. Very sincere thanks must go to wise and his family for their tireless and extraordinary hospitality (provision of endless food and a field with a tilled strip to learn how to use a buggy on... the work to prepare that is very very much appreciated) to wolfie for his sardonic humour and experience at construction of buggies and to sluggo for some wonderful photos, and to all three for lessons on patience, humility and how to fly a power kite for more then seeing a big sheet of nylon in the air. Thank you all for an amazing weekend and an introduction to a sport that is amazing for what it is and is made even better by the people that do it.

I might wander back to toowoomba maybe at the end of the day if there isn't enough room...

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. I and a mate work at the hospital in toowoomba have been feeling a little left out... he's getting into land boarding, and I'm getting into buggies, we should be there.

Hi! is the kite still available for purchase?

Hi! I was wondering about contact details to have a chat about this kite, cheers!