Awoonga Speed Limits

[Magella]

Can anyone who has been to Awoonga lately tell me is it true that they have placed a six knot speed limit on the lake due to the low water level.

Cheers Foxie

[Ben G]

Not that i have heard, was there on Saturday and didnt see any signs.
i doubt that would be the case
Cheers Ben

[Awoonga]

That new sign on the left hand side of the ramp.....The one that replaces the old one that used to say recommended speed 6 knots... that now says 6 knot limit ... nope never saw it .




.....Ok...had a closer look at the sign...its the old one with some of the words removed l think.... Who,s gunna ring em ??....

[Owen]

That'll make it interesting for the ski'ers
Need a cut lunch to get to the far end too

[Magella]

Thanks fellows clears up a bit of confussion, coming from tourist who are thinking and saying that all the lake is 6 Knots.

Cheers foxie

[barkers creek]

i dout it
iv lived in this area for the last 16 years and when it was extreamly low..(when the middel of the dam was a bacnk about 1.5m above water level)there was no speed limits, so if there going to put one in now i personally think its a wast of time.no accidents happend for that large periode of time when it was sooo low that the old boat ramp was nilly out of the water by 2 feet so y would ther ebe accdents now when its no were near there.
but i guess u have to take other things into note....such as the amount of people fishing there now to the amount fishing there 8 years ago
but the carravan parkl should be albe to inform u on that ...all i know is the barra are on the bite and im not out there

cheers nath

[Luc]

I was up there a couple of weeks ago and the according to the sign at the boat ramp, the 6 knots limit only applied to areas near the boat ramp and other areas such as where people swim.

No restrictions on the rest of the dam.

Luc

[mylestom]

I was up there a couple of weeks ago and the according to the sign at the boat ramp, the 6 knots limit only applied to areas near the boat ramp and other areas such as where people swim.

No restrictions on the rest of the dam.

Luc

Was under the impression that the 6knot limits is within the buoys area only.

But things change.

Maybe a call to the onsite rangers to clear up, they are always more than helpful.


Trev

[Barraboy7]

Was on Awoonga yesterday and the sign appears the same old one, its a little inconclusive, mentions hazards etc, but its certainly not a new sign in the sense of some new rule. And for sure noone is doing 6 knots, you would never get anywhere like that with size of the lake, and masses of deep open water.
Barraboy

[the_matrix]

Just to clarify, no 6 knot limit on Awoonga apart from the bouyed area (which is pretty much non existant). The skiers love that area, its protected.
The signage is the same as its always been, and warns of submerged hazards.
Jas

[Barraboy7]

Thanks Jas for clarifying that...
Mate the non double leader setup with the slim beauty worked fine, thanks for your good advice you gave. We boated 5 beauties no problems
barraboy7

[the_matrix]

No worries mate, it hasnt let me down once, Ive been using this setup for over 2 years now.
Good to see you got amongst 'em.
Jas