Welcome to Leading Edge Kites, Australia’s Favourite kite store!
What kites would you like to look at today?
Kites for Kids
young girl running along the beach flying a rainbow diamond kite

Easy-to-fly Single Line kids Kites.
Ideal for Children of all ages. Made with fiberglass and nylon.
Many shapes, sizes & designs but all great kites for kids 
(& adults who want to be kids!)

Dual Control Kites
colorful kite in the sky

Dual control Stunt Kites to steer through the sky.
Perfect kites for Teens & Adults.
Fast, agile, accurate and powerful.
Models & sizes from Beginners to Expert.

Kits for teachers & Schools
school children doing kite making workshop in class

‘Make your own’ kite kits.
Ideal for Schools, OSHC, & Clubs.
Excellent medium for many different learning environments
(or a great fun way to fill an afternoon!)

Other Stuff Maybe?

10kg kite line
Windsocks
pair of 65lb kite flying lines
Banners & Flags
25kg kite line on orange plastic spool
Spares
Father and son flying a children's single string kite
Secondhand Kites

Leading Edge Kites

Australia’s Leading Kite Store Online

Looking for Kites for sale in Australia?

Welcome to Leading Edge Kites and thanks for dropping by our on-line shop. We send kites all over Australia from our shop at Burleigh on the beautiful Gold Coast. We’ve got single string kites for kids, dual control kites for teenagers and adults… heaps of great kites for sale! And lots of information to help you get into the kite that’s best for you. (we’ve been doing this for over 30 years so we reckon we’ve learnt a bit!) All our kids kites are super easy to fly & come with handles and strings attached. Our stunt kites will give you excellent performance and years of fun flying. We’ll give you all you need to get you up and up n’ flying! (ah….except wind, you need to bring your own wind!)
So, if you’re looking for the best kites for sale in Australia, check out our pages

on Kids Kites, on Dual Control Kites or Kite Kits for Teachers, Schools & Groups. We’re sure you’ll find the kite you’re looking for…

Kite Festivals

What to see, when they are on and how to run your own festival

crowd watching big kites at kite festival
we fly some seriously big kites at kite carnivals
crowd watching big kites at canberra kite festival
yeah, not many people come to kite festivals 🙂
families enjoying kite flying at Brisbane Rotary Festival
great day to be out with the family flying kites
large kites flying over harden racecource
hard day at the office for us kite flyers!
large kites flying over canberra arboretum
Canberra arboretum kite festival 2025

Kite carnivals, they look spectacular, they’re a great family day out with the kids and a great means of local promotion (and income) for your community.
Click here to see when they are on and to learn about running your own festival.

read on…

Australia’s Kite Makers

A celebration of one of Australia’s best kite makers

Roger Martin flying Spongebob quadline kite
Roger Martin and his world famous Spongebob trick kite
Roger Martin flying Spongebob quadline kite
Trent Baker did his time at the world renowned Peter Lynn factory
Roger Martin flying Spongebob quadline kite
Sarath Kingsley sculpts some beauderful framed kites from everyday materials
Roger Martin flying Spongebob quadline kite
Mike Jenkins has been invited to fly as far away as Uzibekistan
Roger Martin flying Spongebob quadline kite
Andy flying one of his ‘soft’ kites in 2025, he’s been at it for decades!

Australia is home to some of the best kite makers in the world and here at Leading Edge we would love to celebrate them. World renowned makers like Rob Brassington, Roger Martin, Trent Baker….
Click here to see their work and learn about them.

see more about ’em…

What our customers say about us

Keenan Williamson

The kites are great quality and the person that runs the place is a top notch bloke. Definitely one of the better places I’ve been.

Keenan Williamson

Jodie MeEwan

Couldn’t have been more helpful when we had a query about a kite we’d purchased. Thanks so much for your knowledge and excellent service.

Jodie MeEwan

David Hayes

Friendly and professional service. I was also grateful that they kept their shop open for me when I was caught up in traffic.

David Hayes

Hapman

We had a small issue with a part not being in the kite we purchased. The team went to great lengths to sort the issue straight away for us.

Hapman

This weeks Specials – some great kites for sale

young girl flying rainbow colored diamond kite at Burleigh Heads beach on the Gold Coast

Looking for help and advice about buying a kite?

We have over 30 years of experience of kiteing here in Australia so we’ve learnt a thing or two.
If you have any questions about kites, kite flying, kite repairs or which kite to buy, give us a call.
We’d love to help (and show off what we know!)
Contact Us