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The anticipation was killing me, we were meant to be skydiving at 7.30am, then it got put back to 9, then 11.. and finally the sun came out at 11.30 so we were ready to rock!! We filled in lots of paperwork in the office - scary stuff that I skim read and quickly signed without reading in depth (about who to contact in an emergency…)
Prior to this there was a guy sat in front of me on the coach to Tully airport and he was telling me horror stories about skydiving.. As if I wasn't petrified enough.. Hehe.
We were then driven to the beach where we watched the group before us, it looked incredible and I couldn't wait to get up there! We got back on the coach and were taken back to the airport where we got fitted into our gear. I met my instructor Ben who told me it was his third jump and asked whether I nervous.. It turned out he had jumped over 2000 times, so I calmed down a little. I was filmed for my DVD and the camera man asked if there was anything I'd like to say to people back home.. Any final goodbyes! Lol. Ok now I was feeling a little on edge!!
We boarded the tiny aircraft, there was about 16 of us crammed in, we had to position ourselves on our instructors laps so we could be attached to them and have our gear properly fitted. Ben looked at his watch and told me we were 3,000 feet in the air. I couldn't believe it, it felt like we had been climbing for ages and we still had another 11,000 feet to go.
After reaching the 14,000 mark, the aircraft door suddenly opened and the green light flickered.. Ready to go. I had no time to think about it, a girl went before me and then it was my turn! I was shuffled to the door and bam, we were out!! 60 seconds pure free falling - it was the best minute of my life.. and the adrenalin rush I can't explain.
The parachute then opened and we were flung back up, it was a good feeling to look above and see that it had opened! It took about 5 minutes to land, but this time I could take in my surroundings. The sky was so blue and everything was really clear, I couldn't have picked a better day! (I'm looking out of the window now and it's pouring down)
Landing was great, we just gently glided in.. Ben did all the work and when we were inches from the ground I put my feet down. It was the most incredible thing I have done, and it was number one on my list of things to do in Australia so I can now happily tick it off! And I wouldn't hesitate to do another (second on my list is sailing the Whitsunday's, third hug a Koala, fourth the harbour bridge walk.. So a few more things yet) but blimey anyone who wants a thrill sometime in your life do a skydive.. you only live once.
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