Well this is how I spent my day
First I went to visit some friends on the tablelands, in their little piece of paradise.
On the way home I stopped at the Cathederal Fig, in the Danbulla State Forest
I called in at a bush lookout over the Gillies Hwy
This was first put in by the Cairns Hangliding Club, & they used it to launch themselves from this slope
But I don't think they're allowed to do it anymore, as it's now considered to be too dangerous.
I know you had to have a lot of experience (& guts) to do it, as once you stepped off the ledge, the nearest landing ground was 8klms away & 3500 ft down! I knew a guy in the club who'd jumped it, & he said it caught the best thermals in Nth Qld, & you could get high enough from there to need oxygen. But not for this little black duck.
There you go. That's what I did today. What did you do?
& as I've stayed away from all controversial opinions, please try to tell me without getting this thread closed.
Ride Happy
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First I went to visit some friends on the tablelands, in their little piece of paradise.
On the way home I stopped at the Cathederal Fig, in the Danbulla State Forest
I called in at a bush lookout over the Gillies Hwy
This was first put in by the Cairns Hangliding Club, & they used it to launch themselves from this slope
But I don't think they're allowed to do it anymore, as it's now considered to be too dangerous.
I know you had to have a lot of experience (& guts) to do it, as once you stepped off the ledge, the nearest landing ground was 8klms away & 3500 ft down! I knew a guy in the club who'd jumped it, & he said it caught the best thermals in Nth Qld, & you could get high enough from there to need oxygen. But not for this little black duck.
There you go. That's what I did today. What did you do?
& as I've stayed away from all controversial opinions, please try to tell me without getting this thread closed.
Ride Happy
Scratch