Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #475 (26 July – 1 August 2021)

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

 Andre Floquet – completed AFF

 Stacey McGlinchey– 200th Jump
 Georgie Johnston– 300th Jump

Monday 26th July – Cheers to a new week of sunshine and skydiving. Conor came along and completed B-Rel Stages 2 and 3. The rest of the jumpers were happy just doing some fun jumps.

Conor B-Rel 2 & 3 doing great – Photo by Sara
Drewy
Hunter going fast – Photos by Pat
Johnny just sitting around
Kyleigh having a great time – Photos by Shelby
Stacey and Pat tracking jump – Photo by Hunter

TuesdayAndre Floquet returned and did some solo jumps and also his AFF Stage 9 – completing his AFF Course. Congratulations! John Metcarf joined in for a Tandem skydive. Lisa completed B-Rel Stage 6 with John.

Andre AFF Stage 9 – Photo by Sara
John tandem freefall – Photo by Adrian
Lisa B-Rel 6 – Photo by John
Travis – Photo by Sara

Wednesday – A much slower day on the Drop Zone. First Jump Course today were Harley Schmith and Mitch Gowland, both completing TAF Stage 1 that afternoon.

Dan the man – Photo by Zea
Harley TAF 1 learning to fly – Photo by Sara
Mitch TAF feeling relaxed – Photo by Oli

Thursday – Another beautiful day in paradise. Tandem for today was Matthew Kearney who loved his skydive with us.

Harley completed AFF Stages 2 and 3. Chris completed B-Rel 6 with Adrian.

Harley AFF 3 – Photo by John
Chris B-Rel 6 with Dan and Len – Photo by Adrian
Matty tandem under canopy – Photo by Oli

Friday – Funtastic Friday was here and it turned out to be a great day of jumping. Harley completed AFF Stages 4, 5, and 6. Lachlan returned for a refresher skydive with Oli. Liam completed B-Rel 6 with John, Sam also completed B-Rel 5 with Adrian. A few fun jumpers came out along and kept the plane full.

Elle and Zea sit-flying – Photo by Hunter
Harley AFF 5 – Photo by John
Harley AFF 6 – Photo by John
James tracking for days – Photo by John
Lachlan refresher jump – Photo by Oli
Liam B-Rel 6 – Photo by John
Macca head down jump with Victor – Photo by Victor
Sam B-Rel 5 with Len – Photo by Adrian
Scotty and Rosie playing around – Photo by Adrian

Saturday – What a great day it was. Sun was shining, light winds perfect for jumping. Tandems for the day were Alex Kinsella, Christina Hill, Rosie Martin, Marcelo Ono, Maria ono, Jiaorong Li – Congrats to all that jumped.

Student for the day were Dan completing AFF Stages 4, 5, and 6. Hannah completed AFF Stages 6, 7, and 8. Jordi completed AFF Stages 7 and 8. New students were brothers Jasper & Edward Winter, both boys completed TAF Stage 1 that afternoon. The fun jumpers kept the plane full all day….Well, until 4pm! That’s when we went into a snap covid lockdown. See you all in a week.

Dan AFF 4 – Photo by  John
Dan AFF 5 – Photo by John
Drewy and Victor – Photo by Victor
Edward TAF 1 – Photo by Sara
Froggy having some fun
Hannah AFF 6 – Photos by Sara
Hannah AFF 7 backflips – Photo by Sara
Jasper TAF 1 fully concentrating – Photo by Oli
Jiaorong loving her jump – Photo by John
Jodie B-Rel 4 – Photo by Fisch
Jordi AFF 7 Backflips – Photo by Adrian
Jordi AFF 8 – Photo by Adrian
Macca and Froggy – Photo by Adrian
Paula thumbs up – Photo by Oli
Rosie Tandem – Photo by Oli

Sunday Lockdown 3.0 (see you all in a week).

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


Visitor Book Comments

 Matthew Kearney: “What a breath taking experience! All staff were amazing and I would definitely come back. Thank You.”

 Alex Kinsella & Christina Hill: “Adrian & Oli were fantastic, helpful, instructive & deserve a pay rise.”

 Jiaoring Li: “First time, so happy, very very happy. Will come back again, enjoyed every second in the air.”

 Maria Paula & Marcelo: “It was a dream that came true, really enjoyed the experience. All staff very friendly.”

Testimonials


DZ Flashback – Blast From The Past

Visit our Ramblers history webpage for more info…

1979 – Karen McEvoy’s 1st 8-way. Back row: Geoff Holmes, Dave McEvoy, Peter Nobbs, Graham Jeffery – Front Row: Alison Blackett, Karen McEvoy and Chumley Thornton. Photographer Tony Lee.
1979 – Karen McEvoy’s freefall 7-way star. Cameraman docked to make it 8. From the Cessna 402. Photographer Tony Lee.

(to be confirmed…)

Did my first tandem jump at Ramblers and one week later was back starting my AFF course. Awesome place and excellent people :))

“excellent people” – by Jess Reeves

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