Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:43 pm
Camping up the north end before the bogans cottoned on was epic.
Sounds like loof wants to camp up the north end.
Sounds like loof wants to camp up the north end.
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Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:47 pm
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:33 am
Don't do it Steve, loof is likely dripping with Monkey Pox.steve shearer wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:01 pmBit fruity Loof but whatevs.
As long as I don't have to wear the rainbow jersey it's all apples.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:15 pm
Just opposite the southern extremity of the new opening, there's a mangrove walkway. And south of that, open grassed areas alongside the passage just north of the Power Boat Club.
The first few pics show the grass covered in sand, the rest the sand invasion of the mangroves. Hopefully it won't have an impact on the long term future of the mangroves.
The first few pics show the grass covered in sand, the rest the sand invasion of the mangroves. Hopefully it won't have an impact on the long term future of the mangroves.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:31 pm
Looks ripe for a bit of 4x4 action or a motocross track.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:21 am
Just show us photos of the waves please Trevor.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:09 am
no waves Jimmy, only memories for a few kids.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:36 am
I'm told there's been some surfing going on but haven't found anyone who's actually bothered.
There's potential there for both a left and a right.
Yesterday I noticed waves breaking well out past the "bar". It looks like there's a slug of sand forming up maybe 200 to 300 meters further out.
The big plus ATM is that the massive sweep which uses to form either side of the tide for an hour or so, south of the KBG, has melted away due to the reduced water flow over the old bar.
Makes surfing the HV peeks more pleasant.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:12 am
This pic clearly shows how the run out from the increasing number of canals angles diagonally across the Passage and eats away at the inside of Bribie.
Note the sand slug, well out from the new opening.
Note the sand slug, well out from the new opening.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:51 pm
That's the tidal prism stuff we were talking about Trev.
And the water being lazy.
I expect the tides to get a bit messy for a while, as the main channel will drain more quickly now so the lagged outflow from the canals will be easier.
And the water being lazy.
I expect the tides to get a bit messy for a while, as the main channel will drain more quickly now so the lagged outflow from the canals will be easier.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:04 pm
I had no idea there was that much development there.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:50 pm
Well over 7000 people here now Steve.
Still no traffic lights but it's the roundabout capital of the world.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:57 pm
In Caloundra as a whole>?
Never forget the first surf I had at Moffats as a kid, it felt surreal to be surfing over rock bottom.
Never forget the first surf I had at Moffats as a kid, it felt surreal to be surfing over rock bottom.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:58 pm
No. That's the population of Pelican Waters.steve shearer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:57 pmIn Caloundra as a whole>?
Never forget the first surf I had at Moffats as a kid, it felt surreal to be surfing over rock bottom.
Caloundra is over 50,000 but that's including Pelican Waters, north to Currimundi and west to the new development at Aura near the highway and down to Bells Creek.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:01 pm
Moffs is as you say, surreal.
The rock bottom doesn't change but swell direction, tide, swell period all combine to produce totally different waves pretty much every day.
The rock bottom doesn't change but swell direction, tide, swell period all combine to produce totally different waves pretty much every day.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:02 pm
The rock bottom makes it very similar to Fairy Bower which was my go to spot in Sydney.
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:38 pm
Re: Bribie Island Breakthrough.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:44 pm
I agree it's a bit compressed but Lennox and Pelican Waters have about the same population.
Add in Ballina and Lismore and you've got a bigger population slightly more spread out.