Ryan Newis – Certificate A Tayia Merrett – Certificate B Kristina Hicks – 1st Time Meet Director Shane Turner – 1st State Medal Natisha Dingle – 1st Speed
Monday 9th September Slow start to the skydiving week as the westerly winds were still blowing. No jumps today. Weather looking better for tomorrow.
Tuesday 10th – New student for today was Rosie Dodgson. Rosie completed her classroom theory with Adrian and did Stage 1 of his AFF Course that afternoon. Good turn out for fun jumpers. Johnny lead Elle on a back tracking jump. The local residents kept the plane load full. Total of 6 loads today.
Wednesday 11th – Finally the wind had ceased. Tandem for today was Tony Lenton – congrats on taking the BIG leap. Rosie Dodgson was back at it again completing Stages 2, 3 & 4 of her AFF Course with Darren and Adrian. Once again the jumpers had a great day and kept the plane turning.
Thursday 12th – Another beautiful day for skydiving. Old faces on the Dropzone were Louis Potvin, Tomic Kluzniak and Troy Watt – welcome back. 6 awesome loads too to the skies today.
Friday 13th – Funstastic Friday the thirteenth – Student Ailin Shao returned and completed Stage 8 of her AFF Course with Darren. Another great skydiving day filled with laughter and joy.
Saturday 14th – Tandems today were Zachary Wassenberg and Joel Doherty – congrats. Jarrod Potter, Scott Pont and Brenden Pont returned and completed Stage 4 of their AFF Courses and Jarrod Potter and Brenden Pont did Stage 5.
South Qld Parachuting Council (SQPC) held their yearly skydiving State Championship today, what a great turn out with 174 jumps made. Big congrats to all participates. A total of 17 loads took to the skies. Then as the sun set, we set out for 2 night loads, which were awesome to see – congrats to those who gained their night crests.
Sunday 15th – Perfect conditions yet again for skydiving. Tandems for today were Timothy Johns, Brad McLaughlin, Ryan McLaughlin, Kellie Wardman, Dave Clayton, Ray Ratcliffe – congrats to all. Steve Thomas went for an observation flight. Patrick Baumann did a refresher and got 2 jumps in that afternoon.
Qld State Skydiving Champions were still going hard. Keep your eyes peeled for the results.
Luke smashed out his B-Rel Stage 6 jump with Adrian. Tom Sawyer completed his B-Rel Stage 6 and Ryan Newis completed B-Rel 2 with coach Robin.
"Thank you Skydive Ramblers for providing me with an amazing experience. This was my first tandem skydive. All staff are friendly, professional and highly experienced. The environment felt like being apart of family, so thank you again. Highly recommended..I’ll be back again 🙌"
“professional and highly experienced” – by Anita Moore