Don't get me wrong guys, the first thing that I owned on the water was a Kawasaki 650SX stand up jet ski. Wotto - I cut my teeth out in the surf at Bellambi for many years. That's the real deal, jet skiing on a stand up in the surf but something like an RXP can be just as cool and takes you places and on waves that the stand up couldn't - you can't fall off em.
You are mostly spot on as well Wotto. I stopped renewing my PWC licence and sold my ski when all the prices went up. The fines are also double in NSW compared to vessel offences e.g. tow without an observer vessel = $250 PWC = $500. There have been injuries and fatalities in NSW, typically in places Revesby Beach - Georges River where Aussies using ski boats no longer exist. Was the whole thing a knee jerk reaction...yes and no, was it politically motivated by politicians who resided on or around the harbour - yes.
There are plenty of small waterways out in the sticks here where I rarely patrol, as you mentioned, the locals look after things very well themselves.
Am I a fan of PWCs - hell yes but the cowboys have simply ruined it for others.
Attached is a toy I get to play with at work, it is an old pic but you get the idea.
