Fred Wilson <<email>> writes:

Best club / site / informative website? Hint? Australia/Monarca combined.

My vote is for: http://fly-killarney.com.au/  SE Queensland Oz + the Monarca comp info ie: at http://www.eagleparagliding.com/?q=node/202  (Comp HQ at http://www.eagleparagliding.com/?q=node/201  )

If we all could combine the local info at Killarney's site with the house thermal details at the Monarca site (+ the tourist flying info at (plug) http://www.flyok.ca/phpBB2/index.php?c=5  ), we could all benefit from the tourism revenue/positive local publicity that Godfrey (Manilla) and Horchner (Killarny) have intelligently generated. (Big Kuddos!)

There are two great suites inland from SE Queensland's Gold Coast (so named cause its so expensive, me thinks) Mt Tambourine is nowadays more commonly known after the town - Canungra. Http://www.chgc.asn.au/  and http://www.canungracup.org/

Tambourine is Oz's equivalent of BC's Wasa with launch in the middle of a huge bowl. Ie: If you can't soar here, you're in the wrong sport. Probably the best/easiest launch on planet earth too.

The other one is close, by - one I have not seen yet, but fans say its as good as or better than Manilla. Http://fly-killarney.com.au/ and like Manilla, most launches are owned be a local pilot. Pissed that I missed this last trip - came real close but baled to take a couple of fried-ends to the airport. Everything I have heard is awesome about this site. Hope you git there.

The Manilla NSW titles is at a hard to find site Manilla (NSW Champs B) 31st Jan - 7th Feb 2009 http://www.williamolive.com/nswhgstatetitles/index.html.