- Click to Call +61 7 5423 1159
- Monday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Rambling On ⭐️ Drop Zone Action e-News #558 (1-7 May 2023)
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
- Skydive Ramblers
- 5/09/23
- 0
- e-Newsletters
Completed AFF:
Renee,Marcello, andSam
Milestone Jump:
Emily – 800th
First Night Jump Course:
Adam, Chase, Chris M., Chris G., Daniel C., Daniel W., Dylan, Emma, Joel, Justin, Maximilian, Riva, Sijian (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.
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.
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.
On Thursday 23 fun jumpers got 4 loads done. New AFF students Levi, Sam, Oliver, Randall, 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.
Friday 83 fun jumpers got 18 loads done. Our Tandems today were Ky, Shaun, Jacob, Jordan, Alexander, 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.
Sunset Formation Load – Bigway
Australian Women’s TBS 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) .
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
Emily’s 800th – Photos by Kristan Fischer
Women’s TBS Record – Photos by Kristan Fischer
Women’s TBS Record – Photos 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.
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 🤙 .”
- 13 May (Sat.) – TSC Star Crests with Natisha Dingle
- 27 May (Sat.) – Belly Bash – Load Organising with Dawn & Chris
- 10 June (Sat.) – TSC Star Crests with Alan Moss
- 26-30 June (Mo.-Fri.) – Learning Curve Camp
- 28 June – 1 July (Wed. – Sat.) – Australian SOS (skydivers over sixty) Record attempt
- 28 August – 1 September (Mo. – Fri.) – Learning Curve Camp
- 23-27 October (Mo. – Fri.) – Learning Curve Camp
- 18-25 November (Sat. – Sat.) – Skysisters 2023 – SS4 – Female Skydiving Convention
- 11-15 December (Mo. – Fri.) – Learning Curve Camp
DZ Flashback – Blast From The Past
Click on the album below for historical photos.
And visit our Ramblers history webpage for more info…
My experience of a tandem skydive was for my 40th Birthday. I could not imagine possibly enjoying myself any more than what I did today. Thank you to my tandem guide and the video guys. Instructions were very clear and thorough about what to do, what to expect and I got a great tour guide experience up in the air. I look forward to doing it again.
“Instructions were very clear and thorough” – by Maree A.
