point peron ramps
Submitted by petermac on Sat, 2018-08-25 20:34
all the ramps at point peron have been covered in sand , making it hard to get up the ramp when retrieving your boat , just saying i had to put my hilux into low 4 and engage the rear diff lock to get up the ramp , a bloke with a claytons 4x4 hyundi was stuck and geting quickly swamped with the swell , lucky a bloke with a nissan 4x4 unhitched his boat and yanked him out good on him ,
Faulkner Family
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not good, ive seen the end
not good, ive seen the end closest to the rocks sand up down the bottom of the ramp but not all of them . would be frustrating for the ones without a 4x
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
petermac
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mentioning the elephent in the room
i am guessing the contractors doing the earth works at point peron have bugger all to do with amount of sand on the ramps there now, just my conspiristy therory but boat launchings would never hold the up their trucks coming past the ramps or would they or not ??? the thing is there is so much sand on each ramp its hard to believe it all made its way past the groin and directly onto the ramps
Tim
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Every Year
Happens every year after the storms
When the swell gets big it surges around the corner into the launching area bringing in tonnes of sand and weed
Usually the worst ramps are the northern most ones
Scotte
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Are you sure Tim.ive never
Are you sure Tim.ive never seen sand on the ramp ever.
Tim
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Sand
Have seen sand up the ramp before. Also plenty of build up at the bottom that makes launching almost impossible at times.
Went for a drive through earlier today and there is more sand at the top of the ramp than I have seen before though.
Scotte
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Oh yep , a bit of sand on
Oh yep , a bit of sand on the concrete I've seen it like that. At least were not slipping on all the slime on the corrugations like we normally are.
Jackfrost80
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Looks like you get what ya
Looks like you get what ya pay for
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Scotte
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Something is going on down
Something is going on down there.ive launched down there probably 15 times in a month as I've been on a break from work and I've seen the earthmoving equiptment cleaning it out 3 times.
One of the days was a good day and there was literally no one in the carpark lol. This weekend it wasnt even half full.
The ranger must be hating it as they normally are giving out parking fines for guys parking on the grass.
Never seen the ramp covered in sand like it is now.
meglodon
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Sadley after each decent blow
The ramps get coved in sand and on a few occasions I have helped pull people out who have launch with 2 wheel drive vehicles.