Sky Dive at Wollongong

I was at a sketch club meetup a week ago and this new friend of mine says 'I'm turning 30 next weekend' and she wanted to do something memorable.. like a skydive or a bungee jump but didn't have a partner. I said I"m up for it. She wasn't sure I was joking.. but over the week, we chatted on whatsapp and I ended up booking our jump on Sunday. and that was that.. it was decided... we were jumping out of a plane just for the heck of it.. oh the things people do after they're 30!

I've been asked if it was freaky, what the scariest part was, etc.. but its just that there is no time to be scared, everything happens so fast.

You jump on a very small plane. Gotta say.. even getting in the plane is an awesome experience by itself! The rotor thingie is so fast you're almost blown off while getting in the plane on a metal step ladder. I was the first to get in so the last to jump out. But my friend was the last one so she got to be the first one to jump out. Down here you can see the photos of me with my skydive instructor and someone just before and after jumping out of the plane.. so much fun!


The plane took off and started spiraling upwards to gain altitude. This was a 14,000ft jump. Through out the climb the plane was at a very high angle and the view below was absolutely surreal. The diving instructor I was doing the jump in tandem with, John, was very experienced. He knew exactly how to calm the nerves. He pointed out the Sydney side and the beach while we were in the plane. I'm very lucky that it was a glorious day with clear blue skies.


I can't tell exactly how long the dive lasted.. but it was such an awesome experience.. So worth everything! Everything from getting on the bus in Sydney to the Wollongong jump site in Wilton from watching one by one all the people in the plane jump out to jumping out youorself.. the gush of wind so fierce.. not knowing which way is up or down.. just free falling.. and then the parachute deploying.. and the calm peace of being so high up above the ground.. having a certainty that you're not going to die.. not right now at least.. the amazing view with no glass windows.. just you, the earth miles below and the wise skydive instructor allowing you to just soak in the moment. And then you see the landing circle.. And before you know it your feet touch the land.. you don't really land on you bum like the instructor said you would.. And there you have it.. a skydive.


After I got to Sydney it wasn't too late.. just about 11ish in the morning.. I had a full day ahead of me. A very sunny clear blue skies day. I said to my friend that it didn't feel like much.. just that the part of our brains that would've been afraid of jumping out of planes has completely been erased..