Woody Point Jetty

[shayned]

Woody Point Jetty has been closed to public access apparently until the safety of the structure can be determined.

[Bundy_Burp]

Sad to hear about the closure of the jetty spent many a night there many years ago .
Hopefully they can sort things out soon and reopen the jetty before too long .

Bundy 8-)

[puks]

i read that the other week in the bayside herald
what a bummer wanted to take my brother and my cousin from germany there
but well as long as they fix it and we will be able to enjoy it again i can live with the closures


anya

[bidkev]

At least the mullet'll get a rest from those big blokes ;D

kev

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. (Voltaire)

[maztez]

This jetty must be pretty aged .I used to fish there some 50 years ago with my Pop Caught many a good fish there .Hope they fix it good so itll last another 50
cheers Terry

[HarryO]

Reminds me of an old tale my dad told me of
a small rocky headland not far north of Brisbane
in the early 1900's, where on dusk, all the old salts
would gather for hours to watch the naked mermaids
frolick in the water.....

Always wondered why they called it Woody Point. ::)

[finding_time]

Giday shayne

The woody point jetty is one of your regular spots isn't it? It's got structural problems hey, now i wonder why that happened!!! ::) ::)

Ian

[land_based]

WHAAAAAAT??? I never heard anything about this! I was about to head out there tomorrow night to wet a line, i hope they fix it.

[shayned]

Giday shayne

The woody point jetty is one of your regular spots isn't it? It's got structural problems hey, now i wonder why that happened!!! ::) ::)

Ian

Buggered if I know???? ::) ::) ::) :-X And before you ask I also fish off the old Hornibrook bridge and look whats happening there. ;D ;D ;D
PS Have you checked the hull on the mighty south wind. :D

[Lone_Wolf]

Looked ok last time we were there. I wonder what the drama is? I can only think that there needs to be some fencing included around the end.

Maybe it's local developers not wanting the fishing population tainting the image of their high rises??

[puks]

oh lone wolf
i do hope your just cynical ( no offence)
i'm too blueeyed to consider they would do somehting like that
denial can be a pretty place you know ;)

i hate the highrises that popped up since i got here 6 years ago
but love that lil old jetty more then the redcliffe jetty
i think it has mor character

[Lone_Wolf]

Puksy,

I am in total agreeance with you. I grew up fishing Woody Point and the old highway. It was always a safe structure.I think the issue these days is public safety and that's about it.

I have seen developers "pull strings" before to improve the aesthetics of an area. However this was only a light hearted suggestion with no basis.

LW

[lock]

It is a sad day when places like this get shut down hopefuly they fix it and it is reopend soon.

[puks]

lone wolf
first of all
puksy is very sweet thanks

and i thought as much that it was a suggestion otherwise im sure you would have put some link in or something
of course public safety comes first seeing everyone is sueing so quickly these days and i dodnt think redcliffe could afford having to pay a major settlement to someone who got hurt

i have yet to get to the old highway for some fishing my spik keeps telling me its hard work because of the height to get somehting up
but i think once he gets some off time to recoup i can coax him into a session there


as for the developers (as is said i sometimes live in the land of denial) they should do somehting to make redcliffe more liveable for everyone thatll be fine by me and not trying to turn it into another surfers paradise >:(

i know im not alone with my thinking there but i dont think i have much say in it ( well not until iam allowed to vote anyway)

i hope they fix the jetty and we can use it again
:D

anya

[Got_the_Fever]

I caught my first fish off that jetty nearly 40 years ago, I really hope they fix it properly. Not like the redcliffe jetty. I can remember walking along the woody point jetty during the 74 floods trying to find the end of it without falling off. We where young dumb and immortal back in those days.

Kel

[cuzzamundi]

got my first shark there - a small bronzie years ago. vrey special place. the b-gee boys used to fish there as kids too. i hope it's gonna be reopened soon, and there isnt some other conspiracy behind it. it's a great place to get some livies before goen to one of my favourite jack haunts near there. always herring there in summer. hope it aint too long!

cuzza

[robersl]

i fished there for years even fell off the end into the jelly fish when i was younger they used to have some boards you could stand on below the top of the jetty and be able to sit on them and fish but they should blow it up now it is full of concrete corrosion make a reef out of it and build a new one out from the end of the road onto the reef

shane

[robyoung1]

Hate to be too cynical, but ever noticed those great blocks of land that front the water at the end of the Jetty there?

I have no idea what it is that extremely wealthy have against us poor sods having fun, but if they're going to build on those blocks, they probably don't want the horrors of kids enjoying a "jetty jump" on a hot summer day. Or to cast their eye on smelly old salts floating half pillies out for choppers.. Look how they chase all the people off Morteon, and then land prices went through the roof, even old Koringal shop became a bloody night club! Ya gotta get rid of the commoners if you want land to be worth a quid.

I'd say it's a building push comming up.

Then again, although it was a very long time ago I fairly smached my father's 14 foot fishabout into that jetty. Not just once, but I got myself all muddled up underneath there, and smacked it against one pillar to another at least a dozen times. My mate I'd dropped off at that ladder, so he could race off to the tackle shop at the end of the jetty for minute refused to look back, but reckoned I was shaking the thing like an earth-quake as he walked the whole lenght of the jetty. Reckoned it sounded and felt like a wrecking ball at work under the thing. All it was one of those days it was shoulder to shoulder with people hangin hand lines into the drink to boot.

I can laugh now, but hell I was panicking. Slam! into the pillar in front, and as I waited for the engine revs to drop back enough to engage reverse, so I could try and get out; without looking, I'd gun it in backwards and slam into the pillar behind me.
The percussion sent me forward, and as I panickily messed with the controls, waiting for the revs to drop again, to engage forward, I didn't notice I'd drifted right up against the pillar in front again. Revs dropped back, I slippped it quickly into forward without looking up, gave it the gun again; BAM! into the front pillar again. I mean like hard as hell too.

No crap, I did it at least 12 times. Pieces of jetty falling into the boat, filling it up with chunks of history..I had rusty pipes and rat shit falling into my hair, mind screaming in madness as I set about smashing dad's nice Quintrex into a chunk of alloy.

Yeah, come to think of it, it was prob my fault they've had to close it lol.

sorry all
rob

[Got_the_Fever]

Well it is official, the poor old girl has been condemed. The redcliffe city council has applied for $2.5 million to replace it. Lets see if that happens. I hope it will be, a lot of ppl grew up on her.


Kel

[shayned]

Seeing its been quiet on top of the jetty has anyone snuck in close with a tinnie and had a fish around the pylons of late??? If not someone should, well anyone except Rob probably. :D Oh, here's a thought, they'll have to let out a contract for the demolition of the thing soon,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :-X

[Bundy_Burp]

The jetty at bribie island was repaired a few years back lets hope the redcliffe city council can get its act together and give the old girl a face lift .
It would be sad to think the old girl could be knocked down just to make way for a couple of holiday units .

Bundy 8-)

[Feral]

I have fished there a few times, she looked a bit dodgy, but not bad enough to close!

MAybe they might build a new one for us? Hopefully beside the old one, leaving the old piles in place for some structure to fish!

[longtail]

it's a shame the jetty has been condemed :'( i spent many hours fishing on it with the folks when i was growing up.

guys keep us informed.



Jason.

[Got_the_Fever]

Jason I will keep my eye on the Redcliffe Herald. Hopefully the council will get the money to replace the old girl.


Kel

[Bundy_Burp]

GTF if you live in redcliffe with the elections coming up I'm sure the council would be only to glad to suppy you with any info on what is happening to the jetty.

Bundy 8-)

[Got_the_Fever]

Bundy I will give them a call in a couple of weeks to see if any progress has been made on the application they have made for the money to replace the old girl. You know the wheels of gov mostly grind in reverse so it will take that long at least. Too many ppl cut their teeth with fishing on that jetty and it deserves more than being demolished without being replaced.


Kel

[truck_hunter]

i hope they make it out of concrete so it lasts forever [smiley=furious2.gif]

[Dignity]

Condemned????? So the council spent good money in recent years on a nice new shelter and cleaning tables, maybe it is more years back than I remember but would have thought that the jetty would have been surveyed before the shelter was built and that the structure would have to have a life expectancy of more than 4/5 years or am I wrong. Could very well be the new exclusive high rise about to be built want it removed. No rentals in this place I believe, have to all be owner occupied and the prices for a ground floor unit start in the $800k plus. Would think the jetty an asset to such a property, would be most upset if I had bought there and the jetty disappears. Hope that the money is forthcoming from the council. This place is the only place I can take my father in law for a trip, he can't fish anymore but it brings him fond memories. If they tear it down and don't rebuild it we will not be going back there.

sam

[DICER]

I saw people cueing up to go fish today!

[aussie_true_blue]

I remember back in the late 60's when the waves from cyclones would break over the woody point jetty and we would walk out, with surfboard under arm, to near the end of the jetty and jump of and surf back in. But then we were young and stupid then.

Now we dont get any cyclones and they have closed the Jetty "temporarily". What next??

bob