One of the managers that I work for wanted to do a team bonding getaway.. the result - Skydiving in Hunter Valley, because let's face it, whats a work gathering without alcohol right? Now, I just want to make it very clear, I am not a thrill seeker. I hate things like rollercoasters, giant drops and I cannot even imagine wanting to do bungee jumping. The idea of free fall does not appeal to me. This is definitely one of the craziest thing I have ever agreed to do.
Still, I'm not sure if it's something to do with age, but you kind of get to a stage in your life where you are like.. fuck it, let's just do this anyway because:
1. You only live once. #YOLO
2. It's an adventure.
3. When was the last time you did something for the very first time?
If these aren't enough reasons then really what's living? Sometimes you just have to let go of the doubt and fear and just go for it and really.. I'm glad I did!
Skydiving.
Wow. Where do I even begin. We were told to meet at the drop zone by 7:00am. So yes that means 6:00am wakeup time for all the jumpers, which resulted in a breathtaking view out our balcony. Leave from the hotel that we were staying at Mecure Resort Hunter Valley Gardens by 6:30am. We got a little lost and ended up having to call to get directions but it was all good because we literally watched the sun rise over the hills while driving to the pickup/drop zone. That was breathtaking and it made me really glad I woke up that early for it.
I don't know what it was but I did not feel the fear. Even the day before the jump, all my friends were messaging me saying, "good luck!" "have fun jumping out of the plane" "bet you're going to be thinking about the jump all day" and so on but the truth was, I honestly did not feel anything beside excitement. I was expecting myself to feel scare once we put the gears on but really it was just all nervous excitement. I was more excited and can't wait than anything else, even asking the instructors if I could jump 2nd? Maybe, it was because we were the 2nd load of jumpers so we got a change to watch the first load jump and land.
If you ask me what was my favourite part of the whole experience? I have to say zero gravity was pretty amazing. Imagine. Mid air and you're suspended right there and then because there is no gravity. It was amazing!
If I'll ever skydive again? YES! Absolutely!
I'm really glad I had such an awesome instructor for my jump because he made my very first skydive experience so much fun that I definitely want to do it again! If you ever want to skydive in Australia, should definitely go with Skydive.com.au and go with the Sky Dive the Beach team because they bring so much energy that makes you can't wait to jump. Also, I did the photo and video package so I was going back on the video that was filmed on their gopro and my instructor was just too funny - I had Luke - an instructor that I definitely recommend if you want to experience flying and zero gravity.
Photos below are taken from the GoPro that was attached to Luke's wrist.
Now that I can proudly say I've jumped out of a plane and done sky diving, I believe it's onto a new adventure.
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