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neb AP Forums Full Member Offline I Love AP Forums! Posts: 198	Possible Play Wave Melb Apr 30^th, 2012 at 10:51am http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=-37.952607,145.230546%20%28Stud%20Road,%20Dand... Anyone checked this out? It was running on Friday Arvo which is about 6 hrs after it last rained in the area. I only checked it out from the road, but it looked ok....
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mustard AP Forums God Offline Nourish the Mouse! Posts: 619 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #1 - Apr 30^th, 2012 at 12:04pm I personally have never looked too much at it, but a mate of mine has looked at it at a few different levels and said he never saw anything good to play on. There does look like there would be potential there though.
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DanK AP Forums Senior Member Offline Posts: 368 KPD4x4.COM Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #2 - Apr 30^th, 2012 at 12:57pm its probably worth checking out everything from eastlink down on the dandy creek. I've always wondered about what might be down along that creek as everytime it rains it's pumping. Also the spillway at carrum watersports cenre if we get BIG rains makes a 4 foot wave maybe even bigger.
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Tim_Field AP Forums Senior Member Offline Posts: 323 Brisbane Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #3 - May 1^st, 2012 at 12:24pm That'd be ideal hey Mustard... just meet at Brady Road as usual...
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mad possum AP Forums Senior Member Offline ah, mice and possums Posts: 471 Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #4 - May 1^st, 2012 at 6:41pm it's a big catchment too, all the way up to olinda. be sweet if there was something there. water quality mite be worse than gardiners tho....
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drifta AP Forums God Offline Liquid K-os Posts: 547 SE melb Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #5 - May 1^st, 2012 at 8:00pm Worse then Gardners? not possible!!!!
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Re: Possible Play Wave Melb
Reply #6 - May 3^rd, 2012 at 6:16pm

theres a great looking wave not far up from carrum watersports, you can get to it along dandenong creek bike path- theres a huge weir death hole when its cranking but if you follow the bike path theres a really nice looking hole, when its dry there is a concrete wier there that creates this feature, unfortunately theres a bit of rio poking out of it Sad

always be worth checking these sites when they are dry. haven't you seen the adds. storm water can be very dangerous including untreated sewarage, toxic waste, debris, rottingt animals and i think the add says there is something else as well. so most of all watch out for something else!

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Re: Possible Play Wave Melb
Reply #7 - May 3^rd, 2012 at 9:03pm

I have checked out the creek/storm water waterway meantioned above. It is a fast, flat/long wave which is good for sitting there for a photo. Not really retentive as such. Down stream has some deathly strainers, and coke bottles.

The Dandy Ck/Carrum/Bangholm playwave is a deathly hydraulic stopper with any water going over it. I will get there tomorrow and take a pic for you all.

That water course does have potential if modifications are made, but.... if you like paddling in water that is next to the eastern water treatment plant (Bigger than werribee- and 100000 times worse than gardiners)... It would be kinda ok

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Yak Attack AP Forums God Offline Wet spots are always fun :-) Posts: 753 South Australia Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #8 - May 4^th, 2012 at 12:39pm You'll find this one better to review it www.nearmap.com It's better than googlemaps for looking at this sort of stuff in metro areas. No good in rural They have timeline shots every 3 to 6 months which is helpful. Have fun with the floating logs
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Matty AP Forums Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1 Gold! Posts: 41 Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #9 - May 4^th, 2012 at 6:21pm connor knows the wave I am talking about, which is a sweet little hole much like the ones at gardiners, but definately has some rio poking out of it, nothing a angle grinder wouldnt fix
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mustard AP Forums God Offline Nourish the Mouse! Posts: 619 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Possible Play Wave Melb Reply #10 - May 5^th, 2012 at 12:55am I own an angle grinder...
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