Toogs DZ e-Newsletter #349 (23-30 September 2018)

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

ACHIEVEMENTS

Finn Wilson – Completed AFF

It’s Newsletter Monday, the 24th of September and Finn Wilson completed Stage 9 of his AFF course. Congratulations!


On Tuesday our Tandems were Toogoolawah locals Hailey Anderson and Lea-Jayne Marschke.

Hailey’s Tandem – in freefall and  under canopy – Photos by Adrian

It was a quiet Wednesday but Josh Large did another jump towards his B Licence. Some fun jumpers were here and filled the loads.

Tracking jump with Olli and Charmaine

Thursday was pretty quiet too. Lots of working bee stuff happening in preparation for the Bigways and competitors arriving for training practice for the World Champs.


On Friday things started getting busy. By the afternoon lots of people arrived, registered and settled in. More overseas competitors arrived. The pilots got a bit of a workout. Plus our Tandems were Jana Goedeke, and Marc and Stead Schinkel.

Jana tandem exit with Darren

Marc’s Tandem – exit & freefall – Photos by Adrian
Stead tandem exit
Stead tandem freefall with Travis – Photos by Adrian
Stead tandem freefall with Travis – Photo by Olli

Things were off and running Saturday morning. Sydney’s Supervan arrived. The Bigways got started, competitors were training and along with our regular locals were Daygen Colledge, Dallas and Jemma Taggart here for Tandems. The weather turned a bit grumps in the afternoon but everybody appeared to be happy with the jumps they got.

Dallas in freefall with Oli Morris
Dallas under canopy – Photos by Adrian

Aussie Bigways – Day 1 – Fitchimages

Aussie Bigways Premier event with Larry Henderson – Photos by Steve Fitch – Fitchimages.com

For more Fitchimages of the Aussie Bigways Premier event with Larry Henderson, visit Steve Fitch’s Facebook page. Or check out David Brown’s Facebook page. Or go to the Aussie Bigways Sports Team Facebook page. 

For all the info about Aussie records, articles, upcoming events, skills development, pro tips, and resources, visit the www.aussiebigways.com website:


Sunday morning started with steady, well needed rain. The Bigways took the day off but we ended up getting a few afternoon loads away. The coming week is going to be busy!

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See ya!
Macca & Team Ramblers.

VISITOR BOOK COMMENTS

Lea-Jayne Marschke – SERIOUSLY AWESOME!! Bear is the greatest…felt at ease the entire time. I’ll be back ★★★

Hailey Anderson – Adrian & the team are awesome. Best day of my life. Yeh ♥ Will be back ♥

Marc Schinkel – Lucky to walk away? A little bit sad to leave though L (as long as you had fun Marc!)

Jana Godeke – Amazing. Couldn’t think. But I almost died (joking!)

Darren – What a dropzone. Best I’ve ever been to. You have amazing instructors.


Upcoming events

28 September – 6 October – Aussie Bigways Premier Event 2018 with Larry Henderson

8 October – DZ closed (no jumping)

15-19 October – Pre Nox Get Current Learning Curve Camp
20-28 October – EQUINOX BOOGIE 2018 – Freefall & Music Festival 

29 October – DZ closed (no jumping)

3 November – Star Crest Saturday

17-21 December – Learning Curve Camp

Best thrills and chills going, nice people great instructors, I'd recommend you go to Ramblers all day. Very professional.

Benny Canavan

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