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1916ft/584m ASL PG: Intermediate; Restricted if under supervision of Instructor or Club SO. HG: Restricted
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Gold Coast hinterland. Sealed road to the site along Main Western Rd Mt. Tamborine (Refidex Gold Coast Map 23, L4).

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Mt. Tamborine

Open to club members and visiting pilots. A Weather Talker can be accessed on UHF Channel 25, Tone Squelch 97.4 (6 clicks) or via phone on 0408 744 791 (partially funded by the Gambling Community Benefit Fund).

Takeoff

Prime spectator spot, but please park in the designated areas! Note that the police is actively issuing tickets for parking violations. Toilets at launch site. Shops within 5mins drive north.

Landing

  • Main area straight out from launch.

    Please note: as of April 08 there's a horse paddock taking up a substantial part of the parkland that made up much of the bombout paddock. The area at the corner is now quite essential for a safe approach and mustn't be used for packing up. See the diagram for details.

    Main bombout can be accessed from Traveling down through Canungra then following Mundoolun rd and turning right into Wagonwheel Rd. Access via first vacant block of land on the left after Fenwick drive.
  • Cat motel
  • Paddock at Wonglepong / Mundoolun Rd junction.
  • Top landing at Long Road Paddock, about 1km behind launch.
No Landing:
  • Anywhere between the Wonglepong paddock and the concrete bridge toward Canungra.
  • No landing at the Old training hill, now Polo field.
  • No landings in the Horse paddocks to the East of the Bombout.
  • There is a new No Landing area west of the Model Airfield. On your GPS you might program a 1200m circle around 56 J 508938, 6906688; The Canungra waypoint file has this as XANGRY.

Flight

CTA: 7500ft

Hazards/Comments

  • Spring and Summer see strong thermals with the possibility of major sink cycles
  • A common situation is a westerly wind in the morning and a SE or NE sea breeze reaching Tamborine launch in the early afternoon. Once you are about to launch a Hang glider it is hard to see the wind streamers behind you and it is worthwhile to be assisted by a sensible person who can watch behind you for the onset of tailwind.
  • Be aware of the wind strength and the distance to the bombout areas.
  • Beware the level and degree of the sink cycles.
  • Launch slope is shallower than ideal and is troubled by turbulence from the shelf in front of the launch and from the trees on the sides of the launch.
  • Face landing for Advanced pilots only when there are no public or Hangliders on launch.
  • Refrain from setting up landing approach low over houses near main bombout.
  • The trees on the north side cause turbulence and wind shadow in a northerly wind.
  • Beware of 7500ft height limit. See airspace map.