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Old 3rd Oct 2019, 06:00
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Sunfish
 
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Pretty obvious light aircraft are not wanted at Mildura.

There is a certain redeveloped cove in a harbor surrounded by four or five very pricey restaurants. The local council made it very, very difficult to arrive and tie up at this nautical destination. They fitted lots of “faux” marine bollards and cutesy stuff for the rubes to marvel at, but the place was basically unusable as a destination for large power boats. They added parking restrictions too.

I was one of the few who worked out how to tie up there.

‘’I had several conversations with restaurant owners as we watched sixty foot power boats with half a dozen suits on them try to tie up during weekday lunchtimes only to leave in disgust after a couple of attempts. We reckoned each boat that left was good for at least a thousand dollar lunch bill.
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