Study Abroad...Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

[Kimblair13 0]

OK...so I'm looking into doing the study abroad program thru my school, mainly to go somewhere else and skydive alot!

I'm kinda interested in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

The choices from my school for Aust are Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne. For NZ, Dunedin and for SA, Cape Town or Durban.

If anyone knows if any of these places are homes to medium to large DZ's could you let me know!

Thanks.

Also, if you live in one of those places can I live with you?

[Jasmin 0]

For Aust, my first choice would be Melbourne (Nagambie), if you need a second choice I'd put Perth (Skydive Express).

NZ is beatiful, but the jump scene is a little smaller if you're not interested in being a TM!

Good luck with your choice...

xj

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[bob.dino 0]

No Sydney? That sucks. You can't live with me then .

Melbourne has Nagambie, flying a 750XL.
Perth has Skydive Express @ York, flying a Caravan.

[bob.dino 0]

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NZ is beatiful, but the jump scene is a little smaller if you're not interested in being a TM! [Wink]

She is a TM .

[Kimblair13 0]

I would LOVE to be doing tandems wherever I go! Actually, I'm really hoping I can do them.

[Kimblair13 0]

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No Sydney? That sucks. You can't live with me then

I was hoping for Australia...when I started looking. How close is Canberra to Skydive Picton. They have Australia National University which is in our program. If that's close to Skydive Picton and Australia National Univ I'd definately go there!!

[bob.dino 0]

Canberra to Picton is about a 2hr drive. There are quite a few Canberra jumpers at Picton... PM Travman, he's a denizen of that town.

If the University of Wollongong is on your list, Wollongong is about 25min from Picton, has a high-quality tandem operation, and is home to a hell of a lot of jumpers.

[fergs 0]

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How close is Canberra to Skydive Picton. They have Australia National University which is in our program. If that's close to Skydive Picton and Australia National Univ I'd definately go there!!

[bob.dino 0]

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So if I were you, I'd carefully check out ANU - and make Canberra your overseas study destination.

And now that we've heard from the Canberra Tourist Board....

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[Kimblair13 0]

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The ANU is an extremely well regarded university

When you say this do you mean it's hard to get into or what? I mean...I'm really wanting to make this trip more of a skydiving fantasy trip with studying here and there...not really wanting to get all wrapped in a book.

Do the DZ's in Canb have fun jumpers as well? Or is it strictly a tandem factory?

[wildchild 0]

University of Cape Town is great, and Skydive Cape Town does a lot of tandems and AFF (never having been there, but have heard a bit about it).

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[fergs 0]

Kimbo,

1. Well regarded means it's has a very good reputation as a university.
2. Over the city jumping is tandem.
3. Canberra fun jumpers travel to either Picton (2 hours, multi turbine aircraft), Temora (2 and a bit hours smaller cessna DZ, but very friendly) or Nowra (2 and an half hours cessna DZ close to the coast).
4. We ocasionally do fun loads into the mint oval. Plus I sometimes go solo wingsuit after the tandems if I don't want to devote a whole day to Picton.

Blue Skies,

fergs

[Jasmin 0]

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She is a TM .

D'oh!!

What I meant to say, is it could be slightly limited fun if you intend to fun jump!

If you can go to Wollongong, that'd be my pick! (It's my uni!)

Feel free to PM me, if you'd like to get an off the cuff opinion on the merits of the uni's or their cities.

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

[Peej 0]

Hey Kim,

The University of Cape Town is a great place to study and the city itself is unbelievably beautiful.

Durban has its merits too.

Unfortunately, while Skydive CT does a lot of tandems and AFF it and Skydive Durban are both Cessna dropzones.

Check out their websites on:

www.skydivedurban.co.za

www.skydivecapetown.za.net/

Skydive Cape Town is open during the week and Skydive Durban only on weekends.

SA's biggest drop zones are up in Johannesburg, where i live. We have the Johannesburg Skydiving Club (JSC) and we fly a Pilatus Porter. And there's also Pretoria Skydiving Club (PSC) who fly a King Air. Both are fantastic dropzones with friendly people and good vibes.

Check out their websites on www.jsc.co.za and www.iloveskydiving.co.za

If i can hekp you with anything else don't hesitate to ask here or PM me
Cheers
PJ

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[Squeak 17]

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For Aust, my first choice would be Melbourne (Nagambie), if you need a second choice I'd put Perth (Skydive Express).


Good luck with your choice...

I'd argue that point Perth is GREAT, and I've lived in both Melbourne and Sydney and perth is much better than both

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