Rambling On ⭐️ Drop Zone Action e-News #582 (16-22 October 2023)

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Achievements & Congratulations

⭐️ Toddy – 1400th Jump


Monday 16th October – No jumping.


On Tuesday 3 loads were done.  7 fun jumpers were here. New AFF student Jaega B. & Ryan D. did Stages 1 & 2 of their AFF Courses. Well done!

Jaega TAFF Stage 1 – photo Robin
Ryan TAFF Stage 1 – photo Drewy
Ryan AFF Stage 2 – photo Bibi

Wednesday – was blown out.


Thursday – 2 loads were done by 10 fun jumpers.

Aaron, Cambo, Reece – Instructor Course – photo Sara
Cambo, Toddy, Fisch, Charmaine, Sara, Reece, Aaron – Instructor practice – photo Dylan
Cambo – Aaron practice instructor Course – photo Toddy
Cambo – Reece delay practice instructor – photo Aaron
Cambo – Toddy AFF 4 practice – photo Aaron
Fisch – Reece practice instructor – photo Charmaine
Fisch – Toddy practice instructor – photo Charmaine

On Friday 25 fun jumpers arrived and 8 loads took to the skies. Our Birthday Tandem today was Sandra D. Happy Birthday!

AFF students Rohan B. did Stage 2, Jaega B. did Stages 2, 3 &  4, and Ryan D. did Stages 3 & 4. Chaice D. did a B-Rel Coach jump, as well as an Instructors Course.

Sandra Birthday Tandem with Oli – photo Skydive Ramblers
Sandra Birthday Tandem – photo Skydive Ramblers
Jaega AFF Stage 2 – photo OliM
Jaega AFF Stage 2 landing – photo Bibi
Jaega AFF Stage 3 – photo Bibi
Jaega AFF Stage 4 – photo Bibi
Ryan AFF Stage 3 – photo Bibi
Fisch AFF Stage 5 – Instructor Course – photo Toddy
Fisch AFF Stage 7 – Instructor Course – photo Toddy
Marc AFF Stage 5 – Instructor Course – photo Reece
Marc AFF Stage 7 – Instructor Course – photo Reece

Saturday was sensational. 64 fun jumpers were keen and 11 loads were done.  Our Tandems today were Liam & Brayden S., Rebecca H. & Jessica B..

AFF student Phil P. did his First Jump Course and TAFF Stage 1 Jump with Oli, while Nicole C. & Ben S. did Stage 2, David W-S. did AFF Stage 4, and Ryan D. did Stages 5, 6 & 7. And Reece A. & Greg B. did B-Rel Coach jumps.

Liam tandem – photo Agwa
Brayden tandem – photo Agwa
Ryan AFF Stage 5 – photo Robin
Ryan AFF Stage 7 – photo Agwa
Reece passed B-Rel 6.3 – with Emily, Susie and Charmaine – photo Charmaine
Fisch AFF recovery practice – photo Toddy
Grego recovery practice – photo Reece
Phil First Jump Course – equipment training – photo Bill
Raf Refresher – Photo Bill
Phil (First Jump Course) with Oli – photo by Bill

Sunday – Our Tandems today were McKail C., Steven F., Brendan C., Natascha W. & Joshua W..  27 fun jumpers were active and 3 loads went up. The weather was losing its attractiveness as the day went on.

McKail tandem – photo OliM
Josh tandem – photo Robin
Tash and OliM – photo Greg Blanchard

The female skydiving festival called SKYSISTERS starts in 4 weeks and they are looking for ladies/girls/women/chicks to do their AFF COURSES during the event, with female instructors in a super supportive environment. This is an incredible opportunity at a unique event, and there are only 4 slots left!  Book and pay for your course through Ramblers and contact Susie Mc for half price event rego and more info about Skysisters. Course starts Nov 18th through to Nov25th, 2023. Email: susiemcmc@icloud.com Ph: 0438 928 202

If doing the course doesn’t interest you, but a TANDEM does, then you can book in to jump with a FEMALE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR. There’s very few female TI’s in Australia and most of them will be at Skysisters! Contact Ramblers to book in for any day during the event, which is 18-25th Nov, 2023.

The Club is running a fantastic raffle that could propel you into being a sports skydiver with just one $100 ticket! First prize is $12,000 worth of jumps (can include your AFF Course plus another 150 jumps!) or a brand new, custom rig valued at $17,000! Be quick, it’s just been released and one third of the tickets are already sold. Click here to enter.


Newsletter Feedback welcome!

Hi Newsletter Recipents, Ramblers DZ needs your feedback. If you can do it please get back to us at  skydive@ramblers.com.au and let us know what you think of the Newsletter. And if you are keen can you please send the Newsletter on to your friends. Ramblers offers “rewards” if you can bring a friend to do a jump, either an AFF or a Tandem.  Cheers and happy jumping! 🪂

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


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