The results are out for day 1 of Canungra. The task was a short one for today (54.8km) with Trent, Scott Barrett, Peter Dall and Andrew Barnes all making goal. Great news for day 1 and we hope that they can keep it up for the rest of the competition. Results have just been posted and they can be viewed at:

Canungra results – Day 1

Congratulations to all the guys, especially Scott who came in second. More updates tomorrow as I receive them hot off the press from Trent.

Ed, Ryan, Dan, John, Dave and I met out at the lake yesterday afternoon in the hope of picking up one of the first sea breezes of the season. We were not disappointed.

Like clockwork the westerly was replaced by a smooth but strong sea breeze at about 4:30pm.

Almost 2 hours in the air later we all top landed in the fading light. Many happy faces – It’s seabreeze hunting season!
Memorable bits for the flight include:

• First flight in my new Scorpion 2 RR harness. This is an awesome piece of gear and is now set up great for Canungra next week.
• Dave and I following lift lines way out over the lake. Trying to see who would chicken out and turn back first. Dave won.
• I clocked 154km/h over the deck on the way back. As fast as I’ve been in a glider. Dave managed even better cracking 160km/h (100mph) at the same time. That’s moving.
• Grant and I made it up to the tower near Collector. Dave pushed on another 6km further to make it his furthest sortie north along the ridge.
• Ryan managed a nice top landing despite not being able to get his legs out of his harness due to a broken zipper. A ballsy manoeuvre.

The local boys are doing Canberra proud up in Canungra.

Craig is in first place after the first task!

Also flying great are Peter – 5th and Stewie Dennis in 12th.

Great flying guys!

Results from the first day are up here

Phew… Will this wind ever stop!?!

After a blown out long weekend filled with non-flying activities it’s about time someone turned that bloody fan off.

In the mean time check out the new functionality added to the BOM radar images. The most useful of which is the visual representation automatic weather station observations. Put a check in the “Weather Observations” box down the bottom of these pages and look what appears on the map.

This has turned into a great resource for tracking those sea breezes.

Click the image for a larger version. Links to the radar pages are located below.

128km Canberra (Captains Flat) Radar Loop

256km Canberra (Captains Flat) Radar Loop