Fun at Hillarys boat ramp today..Picture says a thousand words!

Fun at Hillarys boat ramp today..Picture says a thousand words!

Had to laugh today, as they say "A picture says a thousand words"  

Note the poor barstard in the background, that was waiting at least 20 mins, for the fiasco to end!


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looks like a shambles!

Sun, 2009-09-06 14:12

I now know why I avoid NOR ramps! LOL

At least the ramps SOR are somewhat organised chaos.

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This would make a great live action TV series

Sun, 2009-09-06 14:20

Just image tuning in to "Hillarys Boat Ramp"
I reckon it would out rate Bondi Rescue.

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worst ramp

Sun, 2009-09-06 15:46

last time i was down there retrieving my boat i got abused because i was trying to retieve my boat in the retrivel lane whilst some idiot was trying to launch in the same lane. I pointed out to him that it was a retrievel only lane and he took that as "fighting words". Some clueless people around thats forn sure!!

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half the problem

Sun, 2009-09-06 16:04

as i see it, half the problem would be solved if that bloke put some pants on!

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Yeah i bet it's only a

Sun, 2009-09-06 16:12

Yeah i bet it's only a "small" problem though.

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NFI....

Sun, 2009-09-06 16:43

Some peole just don't get it..

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most annoying.....

Sun, 2009-09-06 17:03

sure someone in the background was throwing a sinker or three......

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The question I have is which

Sun, 2009-09-06 17:18

The question I have is which ski belongs on which trailer?

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This is my local

Sun, 2009-09-06 18:12

This is my local ramp.
Unfortunately , as funny as it is, this is the norm dowm there.
Big signs telling you where u can and cant go , people just dont care anymore.
Spend 1 hour at the table next to the ramp, beteer than a night at the comedy longe up the road.....

Seriously ....., how hard is it to reverse atrailer????

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Funniest thing the other day

Sun, 2009-09-06 19:41

I saw a guy backing his boat and trailer down the concrete between that lady and the guy in the red shorts

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yep, weekend nightmares at hillarys

Sun, 2009-09-06 19:46

looks like gentlemens hours though, the guys that know what theyre doing should have been outta there at sun rise :)

too many idiots, not enough bullets

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can you imagine waiting for

Sun, 2009-09-06 19:56

can you imagine waiting for this guy to retrieve,,,

 

 

LOL...

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as i see it, half the

Sun, 2009-09-06 20:04

as i see it, half the problem would be solved if that bloke put some pants on!

 

Id have fisheries downt here checkin him for smugglin cackers

 

Jet skiiers are pretty common launching in the retrieval lane for some reason. Maybe its a newbie thing.

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It was

Sun, 2009-09-06 20:06

It was funny, as i heard the young pommy guy, say to his mum, when he was trying to back the trailer in with the green car... say. "how can the trailer turn, when i keep the car straight"
I just pulled the piss out of him and said " The ramp shuts at 6pm mate, you have plenty of time"

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Wade! Shame on you, I

Sun, 2009-09-06 20:26

Wade! Shame on you, I thought a nice friendly bloke like you would have offered some free reversing lessons. You think you know a bloke!

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Ha ha

Sun, 2009-09-06 20:29

ha ha ..nah not today Mick! Had to have a very quick retrieve this morning, as i had a new tooth coming thru.

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hopeless is all i can realy

Sun, 2009-09-06 22:08

hopeless is all i can realy say, but what are these nobs doing there in the first place , too bloody cold, unfortunately the jetters seem to think they own the ramps, have seen them push their way in front of boats down rocko before

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First

Mon, 2009-09-07 08:22

First bit of sun and the poms think its summer!

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That looks like madness Did those jetski

Mon, 2009-09-07 08:42

guys have rods with them Wade?

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Those jet skis look brand

Mon, 2009-09-07 08:48

Those jet skis look brand new, maybe its the first time in the water,,

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thats guy should have been

Mon, 2009-09-07 09:07

thats guy should have been fined and jailed for what he was wearing in a public place LOL

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Those launch and retrieval

Mon, 2009-09-07 10:55

Those launch and retrieval lanes are funny business at boat ramps,,although i never use boatramps myself i was at Pt Peron one day,,a dozen boats quequed up to launch with the retrival bays lying unused at that time of morning.

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long weekends

Mon, 2009-09-07 14:09

was told once that if you want a great entertaining day, get a deck chair, eski /drinks and set up next to any boat ramp on a summer longweekend around 10am

 FRom slips and falls, fights, road rage, boat rage, parking meter rage, jack knifes, collisions, boats stuck on trailers, bungs left out, wheres the winch handle??, boats slipping off trailers into the ocean, boats slipping off trailers into the concrete and all kinds of other entertainment.

But i could imagine laughing out loud you could have some silverback gorilla in speedos chasing after you.

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I like the worried look of the guy on the left ramp in

Mon, 2009-09-07 14:15

the red shorts. He looks like he chewing his nails to the quick (Lol).

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How come the first jet ski

Mon, 2009-09-07 15:27

How come the first jet ski as rego numbers,,do you need them now ?

 

Whats the small green car actually doing ? still coming down or parked there ?

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the

Mon, 2009-09-07 16:51

The green car is trying to back down, but couldnt get the trailer in the water!

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ramps

Mon, 2009-09-07 16:48

come on guys, its not the locals its all the drop ins

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Flamin' Jetskiers!

Thu, 2010-11-04 13:06

Flamin' Jetskiers! Wink

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The other ramps look free

Thu, 2010-11-04 16:39

The other ramps look free why dosen't he bloke waiting use the other few ramps?

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My boat backs directly onto

Fri, 2010-11-05 09:22

My boat backs directly onto the mindarie ramp. Many afternoons we will sit and watch the entertainment. Sorry to say guys but its more often the boaters that cock it up than the skiers.

 

Often you feel for life and limb as people throw themselves at the jettyies with a rope, only to have the boat still in gear or reverse. On a few very busy occasions have jumped and loaded boats for people before they lose their heads from other locals..

 

Theyre not new ski's, very old infact. I'd say one goes onto the back of the truck as well as trailer so thats why he's locked it over.

 

My pet hate for hillarys are the tools who shoot behind you as your reversing. Bikes, other cars or walkers. Also i always stop at the first point just near the ticket machine and access the ramps and others, at this point i will normally have two or three people drive staright past me and just push in..Thats annoying also.

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Very Entertaining

Fri, 2010-11-05 09:31

I know what you mean Rod ,I used to own a 28' that was penned at this ramp .

You couldn't have got better entertainment on a nice sunny Sunday afternoon than

sitting in the back of the boat with a few brews .

 

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