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Skydiving over Mission Beach 06/10/13

So it's been a fair few months but I've finally got round to getting the pictures of my skydive up here on the blog. Some of you may remember I wrote a little about it in a post during October last year http://adzinoz.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/october-week-commencing-300913.html

But seeing as I didn't write a great deal and there were no images for it at that time I've been meaning to do a post on it for a while now.

I went with SkydiveAustralia who own several different drop zone branches throughout Aus. I knew I wanted to do mine over the beach and what better beach than Mission Beach up in North Queensland. So I used  SkydiveAustralia's Mission Beach branch www.skydivemissionbeach.com.au and they were brilliant. Really glad I did it with them.

There are loads of skydive companies to choose from but these guys are Australia's highest tandem jump at 14000 ft, so that's one whole minute of free falling before the Shute opens. And of course they have a comforting history of safety! However this did not stop me feeling like I needed to be sick during most of the experience. 

For those of you who know me well you'll remember that I'm not good with heights... But I get more scared when I know there's a real chance of danger or chance of me badly hurting myself, so funnily enough I felt kind of ok with the jumping out of a plane aspect because I knew the odds of me being in significant danger were minimal. Like shark attacks the odds of injury and death during skydiving are so small it's not even worth thinking about. But of course you still do a little bit haha.

So as you can see, the views were unbeatable. Seeing the rain forests, the fields, the beach, the sea, the reef and the outer islands was really something special.

While It was fairly expensive... (Actually extremely expensive when considering the whole jump lasted about 5 minutes)  it is obviously a lifetime experience and I'd been saving for things like this for years. I'm chuffed that I did it - looking back it still doesn't seem real - and it's one of those things to always remember. Another one of experiences to cross of the bucket list. And I'd definitely do it again!

So here's some really handsome and flattering images of me falling through the air, spread eagle, at terminal velocity (approx 120mph) and even taking a go of steering the parachute :D

Yeeewwwwwwwww!