Rambling On ⭐️ Drop Zone Action e-News #558 (1-7 May 2023)

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Completed AFF:

Renee,Marcello, andSam

Milestone Jump:

Emily – 800th

First Night Jump Course:

Adam, Chase, Chris M., Chris G., Daniel C., Daniel W., DylanEmmaJoelJustinMaximilianRivaSijian (Sid), Thomas, andTobias.

Australian Women’s Total Break Sequential Record:

Kristina Hicks, Caroline Loh, Kristina Provci, Nicole Kearns, Anna van der Vlugt, Maria Rau, Terry Irving, Kelly Brennan, Emily Hatfield, Catherine Brown, Laura Fitzpatrick, Jiayu Li, Dawn Adams, Karen Fuller, Cheri Bullen, Janine Hayes, Emily White, Marcela Lima, Natascha Wirz, Zhi Jun Wei, Kyleigh Driscoll, Melissa Porter, and Mildred Spinoza.


Monday 1st May – 42 fun jumpers were still here and 5 loads done. Our Tandem today was Matthew. New AFF students Marcello and Simon did TAFF Stage 1. Patricio did a B-Rel Coach jump with Reece.

Simon TAFF Stage 1 – photo Adrian
Patricio B-Rel 6.3 – photo Reece
Exit – photo Skydive Ramblers

On Tuesday the 11 fun jumpers got 3 loads done. New AFF student Marcello did Stages 2, 3 & 4, and Dominic did Stage 8 of their AFF Courses.

Marcello AFF Stage 2
Marcello AFF Stage 3

Wednesday 12 fun jumpers got 3 loads done. Our Tandem today was Alex. AFF student Marcello did Stages 5, 6 & 7 of his AFF Course.

Marcello AFF Stage 5
Marcello AFF Stage 6 – photos by Sara
“Cello” AFF Stage 7 – photo OliM

On Thursday 23 fun jumpers got 4 loads done. New AFF students Levi, SamOliverRandall, and James did TAFF Stage 1. Renee and Marcello did AFF Stages 8 & 9 – completing their AFF Courses. Congratulations! Bryce did a B-Rel Coach jump with Reece.

Levi TAFF Stage 1 – photo Adrian
Sam TAFF Stage 1 – photo by Reece
Randall TAFF Stage 1 – photo by Reece
Renee AFF Stage 8 – photo by OliM
Renee AFF Stage 9 – Congratulations! – photo by Reece
“Cello” AFF Stage 8 – photo OliM
Marcello AFF Stage 9 – Congratulations!

Friday 83 fun jumpers got 18 loads done. Our Tandems today were Ky, ShaunJacobJordanAlexander, and Ethan. New AFF student Randall did Stage 2. Oliver, James, Sam, and Levi did Stages 2, 3 & 4. B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Marcello and Matthew.

The Skysisters – Female Skydivers of Australia worked on the Australian Women’s Total Break Sequential Record attempts.

And then Night Jumps with Oli were on for the full moon.

“We had another very successful set of night jumps on Friday 5th May! 22 Jumpers including 15 first timers took to the moonlight skies for some absolutely gorgeous conditions! Most got 2 jumps in, and many of them are now only 1 jump away from being endorsed at night! Special thank you to Ben Nordkamp for being GCA and to John McEvoy the pilot. More night jumps will be planned in the next few months for everyone to finish off!”

Oli Morris.

Ky tandem exit – photo by Reece
Ky tandem – photos by Reece
Jacob tandem – photo Robin

Jordan tandem – Photos by Agwa
Alexander tandem – photos by Agwa
Ethan tandem – photo Robin
Oli AFF Stage 3
Oli AFF Stage 4 – photos by Adrian
Jamie AFF Stage 2 – photo OliM
Jamie AFF Stage 2 – photo Agwa
Jamie smashing AFF Stage 4 – photo Chris
Sam AFF Stage 4
Sam AFF Stage 4 deployment – photos by Agwa & Coops
Levi AFF Stage 2 – photo Agwa
Levi AFF Stage 2
Levi AFF Stage 3 – photos by OliM
Levi AFF Stage 3 learning turns – photo Chris
Bryce B-Rel 6 – photo Reece

Sunset Formation Load – Bigway
Australian Women’s TBS Record attempt – photos by Kristan Fischer

Sunset load bigway – Formation Load: Australian Women’s Total Break Sequential Record attempt – Photos by Kristan Fischer

Saturday there were 113 fun jumpers and 25 loads done for the Australian Women’s TBS (Total Break Sequential) Record!

Our Tandems today were Cameron, Anna, Rebecca, Barry, Camilla, Renee, Luke, Sherrie, Jenny, Dominic & Kelly.

New AFF students Clint and Nicola did TAFF Stage 1, Oliver, James, Sam, and Levi Stages 5, 6 & 7; Ashley Stages 6 & 7, Joshua 7 & 8. Eli did a Refresher. B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Ethan, Joseph, Cayleb, Matt, Seb (x2), & Sarah (x2) .

Cameron tandem
Cameron tandem – now that’s what beards are for – photos by Agwa
Anna tandem – photo Robin
Rebecca tandem- photo OliM
Barry enjoying his tandem – photo Reece
Camilla tandem – photo OliM
Renee tandem – photo Robin
Sherrie tandem
Jenny tandem
Dominic tandem – photos by Agwa
Kelly tandem – photo Robin

Nicola TAFF Stage 1 – photos by Agwa
Oli AFF Stage 5
Oli AFF Stage 6 – photos by Adrian
Oli AFF Stage 7 – backflips – photo Chris
James AFF Stage 5 – photo OliM
James smashing his AFF stage 6 turns – photo Chris
Sam AFF Stage 5 – photo Agwa
Sam AFF Stage 6 – photo Sara
Sam AFF Stage 7- photo Adrian
Levi first time solo AFF Stage 5
Levi AFF Stage 7 – photos by Robin
Josh AFF Stage 7
Josh AFF Stage 8 – photos by Sara
Matt B-Rel 1 – photo Chris
Caleb Refresher – photo Reece
Ethan Refresher – photo Sara
Joe Refresher – photo Bibi – Welcome back you three!

Australian Women’s TBS Record

A new women’s Australian skydiving record has been set today. Largest All Female Full Break Sequential 2 point 23-way. The woman jumped out of 2 aircraft’s at minus 10 degrees at 14.000 feet over Toogoolawah. We had 23 participants from different states: QLD 14 / VIC 6 / NSW 1 / WA 2 with over 34000 logged skydives collectively (lowest 105 and highest 6150 current).

Congratulations to everyone involved:  Kristina Hicks, Caroline Loh, Kristina Provci, Nicole Kearns, Anna van der Vlugt, Maria Rau, Terry Irving, Kelly Brennan, Emily Hatfield, Catherine Brown, Laura Fitzpatrick, Jiayu Li, Dawn Adams, Karen Fuller, Cheri Bullen, Janine Hayes, Emily White, Marcela Lima, Natascha Wirz, Zhi Jun Wei, Kyleigh Driscoll, Melissa Porter, and Mildred Spinoza.

Thank you to our sponsors APF, SQPC, Downward Trend, LVN lifestyle, and Meeloft. Thanks to the camera flyers Michael Young and Kristan Fischer. Thanks to Kristina Hicks / Take Charge Coaching, coach Alan Moss and all event supporters.

Photos by Michael Young

Briefing with coach Alan Moss – Photo by Michael Young
Total Break Sequential Record participants – group photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young

Women’s TBS – photos by Michael Young

Emily’s 800th – Photos by Kristan Fischer

Women’s TBS – Emily’s 800th – photos by Fisch

Women’s TBS Record – Photos by Kristan Fischer

Women’s TBS Record – First Point – photo Kristan Fischer
Women’s TBS Record – Second Point – photo by Kristan Fischer

Women’s TBS Record – Photos by Michael Young

Women’s TBS Record – First Point – photo by Michael Young
Women’s TBS Record – Second Point – photo by Michael Young
TBS record holders – photo by Michael Young
Congratulations to all TBS record holders! Photo by Michael Young

Sunday we got 13 loads done by the 76 fun jumpers here. New AFF students Clint did Stages 2 & 3, Riley did Stages 4 & 5, Ethan did Stages 7 & 8; and Levi, Sam, Oliver, Joseph & James did Stage 8. B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Seb and Matt.

Riley AFF Stage 4 – photo Sara
Riley AFF stage 5 – photo Adrian
Ethan AFF Stage 7 – backflips
Levi exit Stage 7 – photos by Sara
Levi tracking on AFF Stage 8 – photo Robin
Sam AFF Stage 8 – photo OliM
Oliver AFF Stage 8 – tracking – photo Chris
James AFF Stage 7 exit – photo Sara
James AFF Stage 8 – photo Adrian
Matt Smashing B-Rel 2 – photo Chris

Congratulations to everybody involved in the record breaking all female skydives over the weekend. It was a great effort.

And last but not least the Ramblers Newsletter has had a name change to the old original RAMBLING ON.

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


Reviews & Visitor Book Comments

 Ky: “One of the best things I’ve ever done. It’s hard not to sign up for a course immediately. 😊“
 Anna: “Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much Robin, you made my first jump so easy. I won’t forget it.“
 Jenny: “Thanks for an amazing experience, Andrew. Something that I will never forget.”

 Camilla: “Freefall into 40!!! Thanks guys!!!.“

 Sherrie : “’As Above’ Thanks Grego.“
 Jenny: “Thanks for an amazing experience, Andrew. Something that I will never forget.”
 Rebecca: “Fantastic experience! Thanks so much!.“
 Baz : “50th Birthday Jump. Best thing for fun for sure! The staff from reception to jump were awesome. Adrian what a great Tandem Buddy. Cheers Folks.”
 Luke: “37th Birthday. Had an absolute blast. Fantastic instructor. Can’t recommend highly enough.”
 Cameron: “Yes yes yes and yes totally enjoyed the hole experience and will definitely be back to jump again 🤙 .”

Testimonials



DZ Flashback – Blast From The Past

Click on the album below for historical photos.

And visit our Ramblers history webpage for more info…

Ramblers is a great club and a great drop zone. It was 39 years ago and it is now. I have just gone through the photos of my tandem jump with Darren and relived the whole exhilarating experience again - even my husband was impressed. Congratulations to Dave McEvoy for such a fantastic venue.

“fantastic venue” – by Robin Armstrong

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