Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #551 (13-19 March 2023)

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

 Hamish – Completed AFF
 Caleb – Completed AFF
 Boris – Completed AFF

 MikeyB Certificate
 Riva – Star Crest
 BrettStar Crest
 Shane – C  License
 David – 500 Jumps


Monday 13th March The start of the week 6 fun jumpers were here and 2 loads done. AFF student Hamish did Stages 3 & 4.


Tuesday – 20 fun jumpers were still here and we got 4 loads done. Izaz did a Tandem. AFF students Hamish did Stages 5, 6 & 7, and Boris did Stages 6, 7 & 8. Nanci Daniela did a B-Rel Coach jump with Todd.

Izaz tandem freefall – photo Adrian
Hamish AFFF Stage 5
Hamish AFFF Stage 6 exit
Hamish backflips AFF Stage 7 – photos by Sara
Hamish AFF Stage 8
Boris backflip AFF Stage 7

Wednesday – there were 17 fun jumpers here, and only 2 loads were done. AFF student Boris and Hamish did Stage 8.  3 B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Caleb (x2) and Hayden.

Boris tracking AFF Stage 8 – photos by Robin
Hamish AFF Stage 8
Hayden B-Rel 1
John Hop’n’Pop exit – photos by Sara

Thursday 18 fun jumpers were here and 3 loads done. AFF student Boris and Hamish did Stage 9 – completing their AFF Courses.  CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉  Melitta did a B-Rel Coach jump.

Boris AFF Stage 9
Hamish AFF Stage 9 – photos by Shelby
Caleb B-Rel Stage 1 – photo Robin
Melitta B-Rel 6.1 with Tom & Bibi – photo Sara

Friday 33 fun jumpers were here and 7 loads done.  Melitta & Scott did B-Rel Coach jumps.

Scott B-Rel 1 – photo Robin
Boris landing
Fun jumpers at end of day
Sunset load at Toogs – photos by Sara

Saturday 95 fun jumpers were here and 16 loads done. Tandems today were Clive and Michelle – who did 2 jumps each, Rachel, Kurt, Shelby, Chris and Stephanie. AFF students Eli & Joshua did Stages 4 & 5.  5 B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Josh, Mitchell, Gintare and Patricio (x2).

Clive tandem exit
Kurt tandem – photos by Adrian
Ginta refresher – photo Sara
Eli AFF Stage 4
Eli AFF Stage 5 – photos by Sara
Josh AFF Stage 4
Josh AFF Stage 5 – photos by Ben

TSC Star Crest with Chris Dodds

“What an awesome weekend of Star Crests!! We had one of the best ever turnouts for Starcrestees and volunteers and the weather was perfect! Congratulations to Riva, Tommy, Marcela and Brett for getting their crests completed, and also Emma, Savannah and Shane who all got successful jumps signed off!

Massive thanks to everyone who volunteered their time and jumps to make this possible, and also to Toogoolawah Skydivers Club Inc, Australian Parachute Federation, and South Queensland Parachute Council for sponsoring these events!”

Chris Dodds.

TSC Star Crests – photos by Cambo

Sunday 19th March, we got 13 loads done by the 70 fun jumpers here. Ethan did a Tandem. AFF student Eli did Stages 6 & 7 of his AFF Course. Joshua & Gintare did a B-Rel Coach jump each.

Eli AFF Stage 6 – ready to go
Eli AFF Stage 7 backflips – photos by Sara
Joshua Stage 5
Gintare B-Rel 2 & 3 – photos by Ben
Patricio B-Rel 2 – 3
Nathan B-Rel 2-3
Nathan B-Rel 4
Felipe “Load Energiser” – photos by Reece

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


Reviews & Visitor Book Comments

 Michelle: “Amazing!! Booking the next one!!”

 Ethan: “Had a great time. Robin was awesome, keen to get my License.  Thanks to the professionalism form this place.”

 Clive (via email): “No one word could explain my/our experiences we (Michelle and I) had over the weekend at Ramblers, we saw the best shooting star EVER!!! on the Friday night after arriving, I had a life changing experience on the Saturday morning with my 1st skydive jump so much so I had to do another to enjoy the experience I missed out on the 1st jump to which we were given the most spectacular sunset in the world, no one could ever describe that view, you have to see it to appreciate it. However that was not the only memory I will forever keep, it was when I/we offered to buy ‘a’ drink that we realized what a beautiful bunch of people you skydivers are at Ramblers and that alone was worth every cent spent over the weekend. I ‘may’ not ever come back to Toogoolawah to skydive because I want to now skydive everywhere I go but I would definitely love to come back and buy you all another case of beer. Thank you Ramblers and of course especially Grego, Ty and Robin for making the experiences so so much more exciting but ‘maintenance’ on the chute while we were under the canopy at whatever altitude Ty I had 110% belief you were going to get me to the ground safely so that did not bother me the slightest.”

Testimonials



DZ Flashback – Blast From The Past

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Was anxious-as coming in to start my AFF course, but these guys truly put me at ease. Felt more like joining a members club than just buying a commercial course. Great atmosphere - encouraging staff - awesome experience.....Now I just gotta get back and complete the course!

“truly put me at ease” – by Gordon Price (AFF Course)

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