As far as reels go I take a Tynos 30 loaded with 60lb braid (50lb mono backing) and 50 mtrs of 100lb leader. have TLD25 as backup. Take plenty of line with you as you may need it if the sharks are around. Nearly got spooled last time but managed to get back the $300+ line that was taken after 2 hours fighting a 12 ft Bronzie.

As far as rods go I normally use my boat rods ie Shimano Tcurve - but finding that sometime it is not long enough when fighting a fishing close to the rocks. Need something around 8-10ft.

So I will interested to see what others recommend for rods.

The southerlies usually start up this way around mid August and that closes out a lot of the better ballooning spots so think about taking some spinning and bottom gear as well.

Agree with carnarvonite. Get your self some 85g slices and spin!!

 Agree  get a really good spinning setup and alot of lures etc , ive made the mistake of going all out on ballooning gear , then getting there and having shit winds , at least you can still spin if the winds going the wrong way

cheers guys,

i think ill take you advise then and get something like a tld25 and balloon where i can but focus on spinning. ill klet you know how we get on

If the wind is in about the only spots where you can get a balloon out are High Rock [extremely dangerous in big swell as the marker states] and Red Bluff