Tiger37 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 I am heading up to northern NSW next week spending some time between Mylstrom/Urunga and Coffs Harbour. May get up to Byron Bay. North Beach looks promising from Google earth. I appreciate winter winds are not ideal and have not checked tides yet. However, just wondered if anybody can recommend locations in that area for buggying - is it worth me taking my kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy666 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Can't buggy on main beach at Byron and the others are crap. The 4wd beach at Lennox head (north of the lake) is ok but busy. The beaches in ballina are all decent and not too busy. Just a little short and mostly face SE. The 4wd beach at south ballina is great. Nice and wide and pretty quiet. Need to take a car ferry across the river to get there though. The beach at Evans head is the best and is where I usually kite. Go to the 4wd access. Beach is wider then south ballina and with very few people. Faces E. For offshore winds try the rugby grounds in ballina. Or if you are really keen, the sand bar in the river at low tide (under the bridge near the ballina skate park). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger37 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks for the advice Andy - just what I needed to confirm thats its worth taking the buggy and kites just incase wind and tides are right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igeighty Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Hungry head to urunga is a good run. hungry head is south of urunga, which leads up the beach to the urunga river mouth and back its pretty nice run. (its been a few years since being there though). another is south from sawtell down to the hippy farm at bundagen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger37 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hungry head to urunga is a good run. hungry head is south of urunga, which leads up the beach to the urunga river mouth and back its pretty nice run. (its been a few years since being there though). another is south from sawtell down to the hippy farm at bundagen. Thanks for the advice. Am likely to stay at the caravan park by the beach at Mylestom for a few days so Urunga will be close and will give it a go if I get any wind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger37 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Thanks for the advice. Wind was NE yesterday about 8 knots. Had a great cruise from Mylestom down to the river mouth at Urunga. Sadly wind increased to about 10/12 knots but turned N, straight down the beach so it was a long walk home! Worth it though for somebody who spends most of his buggying time on ovals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mfwetu Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 It's been a few years since I was there last but if the Northerly is blowing and you've got somebody willing to drive for you, one option may be to get on the beach at the boat launch site at Wenonah Head (South from Urunga on Hungry Head Road then Left into Osprey Drive & follow to the end) and there's a nice run South to Valla. Just before the point at Valla there's a path going up to the road where your driver can pick you up again. If the wind's from the South just do the reverse. Keep on doing the loop till your driver's sense of humour starts failing I don't buggy so just check out if buggy access on the Valla side is possible before committing. Access on the Wenonah side is no problem. During the week you may come across a few folk walking from Valla or the occasional fisherman's 4x4 but being out of holiday season you should have the place pretty much to yourself. There's definitely less vehicle traffic than the Mylstrom to Bellinger River stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger37 Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Mmmmm. I don't think I dare ask "she who must be obeyed" to drive me to and from start points on the beach for buggying! I reckon I'm lucky to get away with sneaking off to buggy for a few hours whilst "her indoors" sits by the caravan with her oil painting! Today the winds were NE at 17 knots gusting much more, so walked up to the rocks north of Mylestom and came all the way back along the beach tacking to and fro. Great fun using my 8m Apex rather than the 9m Flysurfer Peak. With this cold front coming through there are 17 knot plus WNW winds predicted tomorrow afternoon with a late low tide so hoping to get a good run in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mfwetu Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 It's all about the art of persuasion - "Why dont' you go and do a bit of shopping in Coffs and see if you can find something nice to wear? Oh, can you just drop me off at Sawtell on your way?" . . . . good run all the way back to Mylstrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger37 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Not wanting to risk the wife spending money in Coffs, I walked down to North Beach again this afternoon and pursuaded her to bring her camera. Low tide is of course later and the winds were quite strong although all over the place. Took out my 5m Frenzy and had a decent run down the beach. The cold front is predicted to come over tomorrow and it looks as though winds are not good. Also tides are now not so favorable. However, well worth bringing the buggy and kites along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger37 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Now at a caravan park at the southern end of 9 mile beach at Tuncurry. Sand is a bit soft making me once again think about a buggy upgrade - Sysmic 2 with midi XL?! About 100m on a sand track to this beach but no wind so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy666 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Wow, your finding some ideal beaches. Just a shame about the wind. You will have to plan the next trip for summer, when there is better chance of onshore winds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger37 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Definitely Andy! Hope your job search is progressing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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