DZ Round-up #18

Well, it’s been a quick two weeks since the last Newsletter, it’s almost Christmas already!

Back at Wednesday the 4th January Tim Roy and Lee Wendt were still going strong doing Stages 5, 6 & 7. 

Lee, Stage 7 - Photo by Belgy

Paul Stokan also did a couple...

Paul dive exit - Photo by Louis
 

...and we had two new 1st Jump Static Line students, Andrew Musgrave and 16 year old Harvey Bentley.

Andrew exits Static Line - Photo by Wade
 

We had 13 fun jumpers and three tandems. Our regular staff were kept busy... 

Louis landing - Photo by Wade

...and we did five nice full loads.

On Thursday Harvey and Andrew got stuck into it, kept the 182 going and both guys did all their Practice Pulls and their First Freefall! Well done. 

Tim Roy was also active and completed Stage 9. 

Tim, Stage 9. Perfect! Photo by Phil

Well done again. Natalie Keogh was also back after a brief break and did a nice couple of jumps.

  Natalie, refresher jump - Photo by Belgy
& Natalie solo from the 182

We one tandem and four fun jumpers made up the day. 

  Brett Ogden still at it, exits the 182

Friday was the calm before the storm. Luke Smith and David Gibson did a few hop and pops, Andrew Musgrave did four more Static Line course jumps and David Gibbs successfully did Stage 4 AFF. The Sausage Sizzle was a beauty and the crowd had started to arrive for the weekend.

And then it was Saturday! Christine Clarke brought along 16 new tandem jumpers to jump all afternoon and party all night! 

  Anne-Maree Sears & Megan McCarthy landing at sunset
Photos by Christine

Wayne Lyngkuist was back from injury and landed in a tree on his first jump – Stage 4. (See you in about another 6 weeks Wayne!)

Andy Rose was back for his first couple of Static Line freefall delays from Homer.

Andy Rose 10 sec delay exit

Plus we had 31 fun jumpers. Plus Roger the Pilot did a few tandem master jumps. We did 11 loads and they were all chocker!

I did a fun jump with Mason Lavelle and Peter Fries,...

 
Peter Fries and Mason out the door
 

Mason on final

...a couple of attempted head-downs with Michel Cona...

  Michel freefly exit & Michel sit

...and an atmo with Crikey, Georgia…

Georgia and Crikey exit for a 2-way

...and the gang.

Crikey, Michel, Georgia and Louis

And then the party started. We had a great bonfire, The Cherries the band went off, rockets were going off, the bar was going off, the pool was going off... everything was going off!

And then it was Sunday. What goes up must come down. The hangovers were going off! The Pilot took the day off, Belgy took the day off, Phil took the day off! The temperature went up and 15 fun jumpers kept the day slowly rolling along. Adam Phillips was back for continuation training and we did three tandems. It was a quiet Sunday night pub night....

Monday was quiet. However Vanessa Porchet arrived for her 1st Jump Course with Wade. Belgy took off for Rainbow Beach for a few days. Vanessa did Stage 2 on Tuesday and Harvey Huxley was back for a couple more Static Line course jumps. Wade took Amandine for a tandem and did his first handi-cam jump. Alex Kullman also did a leap. On Wednesday Wade took off for the Sunny Coast for a few days off and Phil looked after our only tandem. Thursday and Friday didn’t happen!

Saturday was a solid day. I had to shoot thru for a demo into Redbank Plains with Doug and the River 949 flag.

At the drop zone we only had one tandem Louis’ mate David.

Louis' mate David Fry with Phil

Brian and Kylie Stephenson re-visited the DZ for a jump, Tim Roy soldiered on,...

Tim dive exit

Steve Dutton did Stage 3 and Alan Miljkovic did three Static Line course jumps.

Alan exits for 10 second delay

Our usual crew of fun jumpers rolled up and included Darren Harvey from Coolum with his 40 jump tickets from his 40th birthday presents.

Ben Witchalls and Ivan Formenko did 7 jumps,

Ivan and Ben exit for a head-down jump

Paul Chivers, Jimmy James and Louis did 6 jumps, Joni and Vera (from Finland – not Germany) were back.

Vera and Joni, train exit

So was Chops! I got back from the demo just in time for an atmo with the gang.

Ben Witchalls and Ivan atmo

CRW reigned supreme at sunset.  It was Pub Nite Saturday night and the party again went off.

Michael Cross and Vanessa Dear arrived for Sunday jumps...

Vanessa solo exit

…and Tim Roy again continued on. Rupert Connell from Scotland, 135 kilo, experienced instructor did a couple of leaps...

Rubert fun hybrid jump

...and so did the rest of the 11 fun jumpers, but then it rained! The bar opened early, the pub closed late and the party went into the night.

And it’s still raining as I write this and it looks set in. Oh well, the farmers are happy!

See ya,

Macca.

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