Bendigo

Hi guys,
I'm off to Bendigo for a six week rotation. Anybody know any good places to sail? a) given the lack of water in most lakes and b) close enough to bendigo for an afternoon sail. Or should i just not bother taking my board up?

Cheers

Can I add Ballarat? Chance I might be there for a few months (yay).

I lived in Bendigo for many years, and Lake Eppalock used to be good, now it's good for moto-cross. It's only 1.5hrs to Geelong and Pt Henry, or Torquay a bit further. You can also get to the bay, say St.Kilda pretty fast. There's also a big lake called ? on that highway heading NE, maybe an hour or so away. RalInn sails / used to sail it a bit - not sure of water supply there these days. Of course sailing inland lakes invariably involves gusty shifting winds, just head for the coast!

hey there clay, good luck finding water up that way, tho years ago i sailed at waranga basin which is fairly deep, so it may have water, and it was awsome.... big lake, strong winds and heaps fun, as for ballarat panda, lake burrumbeet about 15 kms west of ballarat may still be ok but not sure, but lake wendouree was dry as a few weeks ago. probly ok for scavenger hunting tho, apparently when doing a clean up of the lake bed the locals found some good stuff including 3 guns.... 1 that was linked to a murder!!!!

There is a irrigation channel nearby - google earth it...?