Soaring at Mt Oates

I rushed up the hill when I noticed that the wind was blowing pretty much right on the face at a soaring strength (very rare except just before a thunderstorm hits). Didn't get much height as I flew away from launch until I got out over the main face, then the lift was good with a nice wide lift band.
Some pics...

Take-off is the bare patch on top of the hill (plenty of room hey?) in the center of the pic.

Looking down the valley...

Recently repaired dam (wall damaged by flooding, we cleaned years of accumulated silt out of the bottom as well).