http://goldcoasthgpg.com.au

We are staying in a room at Raef's house (one of three available for rental), which is not far from the launch sites near Canungra. We are up from the Gold Coast (as you can see using the link above) and down a bit from Beechmont and Mt. Tamborine. It's about half an hour to Beechmont and similar to Mt. Tamborine.

You launch from Beechmont in south east or east south east conditions, and Mt. Tamborine when there is a west component. Looks like it is on for the next three days, with the hot days being Sunday and Monday. Jonny just flew back from New Zealand, missing the last day of the Nationals as it looked bad for the rain there and it looks good for flying at Beechmont. He said be ready to be at launch at 7:30 AM on Saturday. Be ready to go big distances on any of the three days.

We're enjoying our stay here visiting with Lee and Kathy as well as Judy Durand. John's got a new heavy duty massage chair (for his birthday). After pounding in hard the other day in the long grass, he can use it. We had a great time in it.

We are enjoying our stay with Raef and Tracy (his wife), with only a wireless server missing (we plug into the ADSL server) and Belinda and I have to take turns. Raef is great cook (his mother bought a restaurant half a year ago) as well as being the president of the Cunangra Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club.

If you are coming to the Gold Coast and want to go hang gliding, check in with Raef and stay at his place if you like. See the URL above.