Rambling On ⭐️ Newsletter #622 – (weeks of 29 July – 11 August 2024)

Vertical Descent 3

“Vertical Descent 3 was held at Skydive Ramblers last weekend on August 3 & 4. This was an intermediate Static Head Down event consisting of 2 groups, 8 way and 6 way.

The weather was absolutely perfect with nil winds and clear blue skies all weekend! Coaches Matt and Dave took 12 participants to the sky with Matt Smith on outside camera and Safe, Fun, Progressive jumps were had by all. Some awesome formations were built and it was great to see the progression from the return flyers and also seeing the level of the new participants with a few people travelling from Sydney and Darwin to attend!

A big shout out to Adam Harmey for running a great First Aid/ incident management seminar on Saturday night!

Special thanks to Skydive Ramblers and all of the team, SQPC and TSC for their continued support. Looking forward to VD4.”

Matt Thomas

Photos by Matt Smith and Matt Thomas

Burn Perspective – Ramblers Camp

“Burn Ramblers saw Rob Wylie, Ryan Dudderidge and Tommy Siera travel to Toogoolawah for another great winter skills camp. The forecast wasn’t in our favour but everyone still turned up ready to jump (or listen and learn from the coaches). However the weather was great all weekend and everyone did 8 jumps total.

We had a pretty even mix of burn regulars and first timers to our camp. It’s safe to say they were very happy and are already keen for another Burn camp.

The groups consisted of an advanced group, working on more technical jumps including transitions, carving and vertical pass throughs. the other groups were intermediate, focusing on exits, slot control, increasing speed and flying together as a group.

With sufficient time between loads and in-between the briefs and debriefs we were able to provide information to the participants on weather and flight plans, gear maintenance, correct gear checks and canopy advice.

Burn Ramblers was a success helped people keep current though winter and help them prepare for the up coming Burn Funny Farm event. Thanks to The APF, SQPC, TSC, Skydive Ramblers and all our participants for making this event possible.”

Ryan.

Reviews & Visitor Book Comments

⭐️ Cheryl / Roxanne: “Jumped to be free.  Divorce came at me!  Best feeling in the world.  Loved it.  Did it with my girl.”

⭐️ Griffin: “Truly one of the most liberating experiences I’ve ever had, would highly recommend.”

⭐️ Rhett: “NOT bad for a 21st.”

⭐️ Brock & Tye: “Amazing as expected.”

⭐️ Tye: “First time flying and I jumped out of a plane!”

⭐️ Grace: “Did not consent but loved it.  Thanks Angela.”

⭐️ Robert: “Thanks for the present Grace ↑↑↑”

⭐️ Isaac – AI UNREAL

⭐️ Harrison – 5 stars Fantastic

Testimonials

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.

Upcoming Events

• 17 August (Sat.) – TSC Star Crests with Natisha Dingle
• 8 Sept. (Sun.) – Belly Bash – Load Organising with Dawn & Chris
• 23-25 Sept. (Mon. – Wed.) – Lets Flock Sh!t Up – event by Nexus Flight
• 27-29 Sept. (Fri. – Sun.) – What the Flock!? – event by Nexus Flight
• 14-18 October (Mon. – Fri.) – Learning Curve Camp
• 21-25 October (Mon. – Fri.) – The BIG MotherFlocker! – event by Nexus Flight

DZ Flashback – Blast From The Past

Click on the album below for historical photos.

And visit our Ramblers history webpage for more info…