Perfect day at Lennox Head

[petedaws]

Hi Folks

I managed to get to the slopes whilst camping at Flat Rock camp site this weekend gone by.

The weather was beautiful, clear skies and a fresh NE'er. Hang-gliders were loving it down at Lennox, so I thought I'd stay clear and try my hand at Skennars Head. This was about 4:30pm local time.

The cliff where I did the first throw was really steep with surf and rocks below. It was seriously nerve-racking but in the end I took a deep breath and let her fly.


I reckon you could do some sweet DS'n right here on the leeward side of the slope.


The lift gradient coming off the near-vertical cliff was massive, really exhilarating flying.


Later on in the afternoon (around 5:30pm local) we thought we'd head down to lennox to check out the hang-gliders. Fortunately, we arrived just as they were packing up which meant I had free reign of the slope.

Don't ask me what the wind speed was; all I know was that the lift was immense, I could have almost done with some more ballast in the Skua.


Until next time,
Happy flying,

Cheers all.
Pete

[chamm37]

that looks like a really sweet slope.....do you think that you could do some Scale flying there like is there a good landing behind the slope.......i wanna go and have a fly with ya there ;D

[thevon]

Hey great report Pete, great photos too, thanks! There are a few of us thinking of shifting down to the Northern Rivers area to live!

[petedaws]

Mar 9, 2009 22:42:33 GMT 10 chamm37 said:

that looks like a really sweet slope.....do you think that you could do some Scale flying there like is there a good landing behind the slope.......i wanna go and have a fly with ya there ;D

I was flying right on the front of the slope, there is heaps of room behind me where the hang-gliders land. I only visit the area once or twice a year so I don't know how often the hang-gliders use the slope, but I wouldn't fly if there were any hang-gliders trying to use the slope as it is a designated hang-gliding location.maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-28.807352,153.603222&sll=-28.807696,153.60319&sspn=0.006656,0.009656&ie=UTF8&ll=-28.807391,153.603008&spn=0.003328,0.004828&t=h&z=18&iwloc=addr

FYI, at Skennars head I was flying here: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-28.821876,153.606634&sll=-28.822093,153.606189&sspn=0.003328,0.004828&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr

Here is a good broadside shot (not mine) of the hang-gliding spot at lennox (Pat Morton Lookout). static.panoramio.com/photos/original/10643821.jpg

and another
www.panoramio.com/photos/original/12822998.jpg

[Pij]

That second link wasn't working, so I put it together this way, and it worked OK.
static.panoramio.com/photos/original/12822998.jpg