The Otway Ranges produce plenty of good wave. I tend to think it is shear wave because it works when there is no wind on the ground - as well as windy conditions. The best flight has been with Geoff Vincent in my Taifun. We pulled out at 18000 ft. because we were using cannula, the wave was still working quite well. I can find wave of some type on most days and it is only 10 minutes flight from YOLA. One spot is known as the elevator. Sometimes wave can be out to sea and others inland. My first encounter with wave over the Otways was in an Auster with Gordon Wilson. Finished up pointing at the ground to get home.
One unexpected wave I came across was between Flinders Island and Lady Baron Island, about 6 -700 ftpm over the water - quite narrow and long. Happy flying, John. On 10 May 2015 at 13:02, John GWYTHER (BigPond) <[email protected]> wrote: > Apart from the Grampians, Victoria also has good wave from Mt Donna > Buang near Warburton and Mt Useful and Mt Wellington North of Sale. My > best height at the former is FL250 twice in my Ximango (entry at around > 4,000’) and FL220 from the later (ditto). I’ve had a few climbs to > FL16-180 in my ASH26E but its not as useful because of strong cross-winds > on landing at home. > > With strong NW winds, the arch cloud runs as far as the eye can see to the > NE but I haven’t yet explored in beyond about 50nm. > > Cheers > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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