Flying over the Great Barrier Reef
Head down action above the clouds at Tight Ass
Running an angle with Hinchinbrook Island in the background
Flying the perfect pattern towards the Dunk Island spit
An 8-way flying smoothly above Tully at the ABW event
Flying home at sunrise is next level
Some of the ABW crew after a jump onto Dunk Island
Am angle running through clouds at Tight Ass
Enjoying the view over Taylor Cay
Cay day smiles say it all
An early morning formated load above the clouds at Tully
Mission Beach is one of the most pristine of landing areas
A nice formation over Dunk Island with Michael on camera recording the action
The Wade's showing us how it's done
A sunrise formated load over Tully at the ABW event
Sunrise angle at Tight Ass
Flocking above the clouds in the tropics
Living legends coaching at Tight Ass
Preparing for a hybrid
Glassy conditions for a jump over the family group of islands
Last light angle at Tight Ass
Sunset at Tully dropzone with tropical clouds building
Boardies and smiles over the family group of islands
Flying home over the spectaclular family group of islands
Tracking like a boss
Josh flying over the FNFF landing area at Tight Ass
The end of a CRW jump descending through the clouds at Tully
Completing a sunrise 4-way at Tight Ass
A jump onto Mission Beach with incoming weather behind Dunk
What clouds?
Taking a chunk off the plane in preparation for larger formations
Angle running through sunset at Tight Ass
Tom flying through the smoke flares
Building dual CRW stacks above the clouds at Tully
Purtaboi Island in the family group of islands
Mount Tyson is touched by the clouds at sunset
Smiles all round after a beautiful jump onto Dunk Island
Horny gorilla magic amidst boogie good times
Boardies and jersey jump above the family group of islands
Jumping into the beautiful Castaways resort at Mission Beach
Sunrise is a time of day made for skydiving
A few of the ABW crew after landing on Mission Beach
Our signature wind sock at the Tully dropzone
Flying over the ocean at Dunk Island is spectacular
Nailing an exit at the ABW event
Flying home above the amazing Tully landscape of cane fields and mountains
Building a cool little 9-way at Tight Ass
Under canopy above the beautiful Mission Beach
Building a formation at sunset
Learn to skydive
We can train you to skydive with the industry leading Accelerated Free Fall course right here in North Queensland. You can stay in our camping ground at our club facility where you'll meet our members and be skydiving solo in your first week.
Before you know it, you'll progress through your licences and be running epic jumps with the crew.
Let's go skydiving!
Yes please
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Don't take our word for it. This is how our newest skydivers feel.
Boogies, events, camps
and courses
Far North Freefall hosts an impressive smorgasbord of events across all skydiving disciplines. Check out our event calendar and book your holidays.
We're running something for you.
Event calendar
For the locals
Club weekends
Our club weekends are scheduled for the third weekend of every month. Come on down and join the family for some jumps together. We pride ourselves on supporting everyone of all levels and ensuring you have a buddy to jump with. Stay the whole weekend, camp at the dropzone and meet the crew. You're welcome.
Club weekends 2024Students and novices
Student AFF training weeks
Our students are trained using the accelerated freefall (AFF) course. We train our first jump students over an entire week once a month. The ground school kicks off on Monday, but there are no jumping operations. From Tuesday onwards, the plane is running if the weather is suitable. Anyone can join us and help fill the aircraft. We operate all week. Each week of AFF is scheduled to flow into the club weekends so our course graduates can meet our members and be part of the fun we all take for granted.
AFF weeks 2024
Recurrency events
Recurrency camps cater for all our students and novices who may have missed out on jumping over the wet season. These weekends are aimed at consolidating and progressing students into novices and then towards their B licences. We focus on AFF, B-rels, 4-way blast and starcrests. These are designed for our beginners who haven't jumped for a while and feel the need to be back in the air. Dust off the cobwebs, remember how to leave an aircraft and have fun. We all need a little help with currency now and again.
Recurrency 2024B-rel booster events
These are usually three-day events designed from the get go to help our novices attain their B licence. We charge a small registration fee, but this is recovered from the savings on just one coached jump. With generous support from the North Queensland Parachute Council, we try to cover slots for our coaches, which reduces the overall cost for our novices. For those who have their B licensce, we introduce the basics of 4-way competition. Everything is focused towards boosting the skill levels for our up-and-coming skydivers to ensure they feel welcome and confident on the ground and in the sky.
B-rel booster 2024
Starcrest weekends
A starcrest is required to jump together with more than ten people in the sky regardless of which discipline you are exploring. To attain a starcrest, you need to show us you can safely approach and build an eight to ten way. These weekends are focused on providing the support and coaching to help our B licence jumpers achieve this crest. When you're ready, this event is the one to attend. They're way more likely to work in this focused environment than at a boogie, where everyone is too busy to dedicate their time to the starcrests.
Starcrests 2024Progression camps
Flocking camps
These events are aimed at jumpers who are looking to finesse their canopy piloting skills and gain more experience around the basics of canopy flocking. Camps are limited to 12 participants and it's expected participants attend every day. Participants are organised into groups based on their wing loading and canopy type, with the aim of keeping the same groups for the camp. Attendance at the safety briefing is mandatory. You'll need the basic understanding of canopy inputs from a previous canopy course. Wing loadings are critical and depend on the level of each camp. You'll need good situational awareness and discipline to follow flight paths and execute safe break offs, separation, and landing orders.
Flocking 2024
Angle camps
The focus of the camp is to build skills in small groups to achieve safe disciplined angle jumps. Groups will be created accordingly using skill level and goals. We are aiming for six jumps per day.
Angles 2024Wingsuit camps
Our booster wings five-day wingsuit camp with the best coaches available including the likes of Arvid Endler, Woody, Tahi, Scotty P and Debler. Please commit to six jumps per day. The coaches are keen. We have the fastest plane in Australia and the cheapest jump tickets. We will pump as many loads as you want all day.
Wingsuit 2024
Chasing the plane -
Mick Hardy
Canopy courses
Learn to fly your wing with confidence. These courses are aimed at beginner to intermediate canopy pilots and is the perfect first canopy course for those looking to understand the essentials of canopy flight. They are also open for those who have done a course before and want to refine their skills. Gain confidence under your wing with an in-depth knowledge of flight controls. Fly safe, predictable patterns and practise better flare technique for soft and accurate landings. We primarily do hop n pops with all landings videoed for debriefing. In air exercises are used to understand the range of all your control inputs.
Canopy 2024CRW camps
Far North Freefall skydive club host a CRW camp each year for all levels, beginner to advanced. Cameron 'Coops' Cooper and Tommaso 'T' Liccioli-Watson are a few of the awesome coaches we've used at these events. If you've never done CRW before, then come give it a go. If you've got CRW experience, then come join the fun over the stunning north Queensland tropics. If the weather plays the game we may even do jumps onto Mission Beach and Dunk Island, so get your display licence up to date. Slots are limited so get in quick!
CRW 2024
Patiently waiting to dock on a stack -
Steve Fitchett
Boogies and events
Aussie Bigways on the beach
Following on from last year's successful camp we are going bigger and better this year. Come and join us for five days of coaching from the legendary AB to take us through skills from eight ways to bigways and beyond. Escape the southern winter and enjoy stunning beach jumps in the tropics.
ABW 2024
The stunning Family Group of islands -
Spot Images
Tight Ass boogie
This is our premier annual boogie where the coaches are lined up to send it. A week of jumping your ass off in the tropical weather of North Queensland. Anything and everything goes. You name it, and we'll make it happen. We have upwards of a hundred on deck with coaches for every discipline, two of the fastest aircraft in Australia, the cheapest jumps in Australia, tropical weather and great vibes. Check All Beef's boogie video. It's smoking.
Tight Ass 2024
Joining the group -
Cam Puttee
Cay
Far North Freefall Skydive Club hosts their annual cay boogie, which culminates with skydives on Mission Beach, Dunk Island and Taylor Cay out on the Great Barrier Reef. Put the date in your calendar and get your attendance up to secure a jumping slot, as this event will be limited. You'll need a D licence and display general to attend. Slots will be allocated to everyone who registered in order of jump numbers at our dropzone in the previous twelve months from the close of registrations. Check All Beef's cay video. It's next level.
Cay 2024
Taylor Cay perfection -
Cam Puttee
Competition
State championships
The state championships are hosted every second year at Far North Freefall and in South Queensland on alternate years. Competition is one of the most enjoyable aspects of skydiving and is still alive and well across the country and around the world. Jumping in a team and competing is the fastest way to progress your skills no matter which discipline you compete in. Far North Freefall are fortunate to have two competitors from Whitefish who represented Australia at the 2023 World Cup in Norway and call Far North Freefall their home. Spinny Things are a local AA team who represented Far North Freefall at the 2020 Nationals in Nagambie and again at the Virtual Nationals held here in Tully.
States 2024
Spinny Things at the Nationals in Nagambie
Greg Puttick
Spoils of competition -
Mick Hardy
Spinny Things ready for Virtual Nationals round one
Tim Kolln
Coaches and instructors
Packer B courses
We run packer B courses whenever we have enough candidates who need the rating. This course is a requirement for both the coach and instructor ratings and is usually completed fairly early in a skydiver's career. A Packer B rating is needed in order to pack student rigs, and to teach others how to pack. The course runs through extensive detail about gear and gear maintenance. It usually takes one day.
Packer B 2024Coach training courses
The coach rating allows you to teach our novices how to safely skydive with other jumpers. It generally requires two or three days.
Coach training 2024
Instructor training courses
The AFF Instructor Course is run over nine days of intense study and practise. Before you come to the course you will need to have prepared yourself with the necessary background knowledge and freefall skills. For most candidates the course does not allow enough free time to catch up on study that should have been done before the course started.
Instructor training 2024
Mick's stage seven dive exit -
Wade Atkinson
Mick's stage eight dive exit on Zak's exam jump
Mark Whaley
Aircraft
We are super fortunate to be sponsored by the most progressive names in our industry. Performance Aviation in conjunction with Skydive Australia provide us with the best skydiving aircraft in Australia and two when we need them. Most of the fleet are Cessna Turbo Prop Grand Caravans. We take 17 jumpers to 14,000' in about 12 minutes.
Thank you Performance Aviation!Thank you Skydive Australia!
VH-BCR after a morning rainstorm
All aboard. Mind the gap.
On the taxi way
Arriving for another load
Our dropzone facilities
Far North Queensland is a tropical paradise, boasting the world’s oldest rainforest, the Daintree, and the majestic Great Barrier Reef. This region offers an array of experiences, from the thrill of white-water rafting to the tranquillity of hot air ballooning over the Atherton Tablelands. You can immerse yourselves in Indigenous culture, explore the vibrant marine life, or relax on the pristine beaches. With its rich biodiversity and welcoming communities, Far North Queensland is a must-visit destination for you and your family, especially if you love nature. Allow an extra week or two off dropzone to discover the magic of the tropics and create memories to last a lifetime. It's not just about the skydiving.
- Licensed barWe have a well stocked bar where you can grab a beer or shout a carton to celebrate achievements. There is no cafe.
- Soft drinks and snacksManifest sell a limited range of snacks, ice creams and soft drinks. Tully is a five-minute drive with cafes, takeaway, bakeries, pubs and the RSL available. Mission Beach is thirty minutes and has nicer restaurants and accommodation options.
- Far North Freefall merchandiseManifest stock a range of club branded jerseys, hats, buffs and stubby coolers.
- We accept card, cash or bank transferThe bar and manifest both have EFTPOS available
- Spacious campgroundOur campground is located directly across the road. Camping is not permitted around the buildings.
- Bathroom and showersWe're a club run holy by volunteers. Ensure you leave the bathrooms cleaner than you found them.
- Full kitchenFridge, freezer, stove, microwave, huge workbench, toaster, plates, cutlery and mugs. Please clean up after yourselves.
- Nespresso coffee machineCoffee pods are available at manifest for $1. Feel free to supply your own.
- Powered sites for large eventsAt smaller events, you can use power during the day and then move across the road to camp overnight. $15 per day.
- Debrief roomTransfer your footage to our NAS drive with dedicated computers and custom software to watch on the TVs.
- Undercover carpeted packing areaWe have enough room for one full load and plenty of shady grassed areas.
- Full mobile service but no WIFIWIFI is not available. We need all our limited bandwidth to run manifest.
- Swimming holeA short path from the camping area leads to our very own private swimming hole. Stunning!
- Mission Beach and the Family IslandsThe spectacular Mission Beach is a thirty-minute drive and a highlight of North Queensland. Dunk island has a ferry service.
- Waterfalls, mountains, creeks, and walksA short drive will uncover Murray Falls, Alligator's Nest, and Tully gorge. Ask a local for advice.
Meet the committee
These are the legends who keep you in the sky. They all work hard behind the scenes and deserve a little love.
Wade
PresidentAFF Instructor, DZSO, Course Trainer, Packer B, Freefly Crest HD, Freefly Crest HU, Certificate F, Star CrestMark
Vice PresidentAFF Instructor, Certificate F, CRW Crest, Certificate B Coach, Packer B, Display Pro, Star Crest, Jump Pilot AuthorisationMick
TreasurerAFF Instructor, Tandem, DZSO, Course Trainer, Display Organiser, CRW Crest, Packer B, Display Pro, Wingsuit Crest, Star CrestAnna
SecretaryAFF Instructor, Display General, Wingsuit Crest, Certificate E, Certificate B Coach, Packer B, CRW Crest, Star CrestValérie
Novice CoordinatorAFF Instructor, DZSO, Course Trainer, Display Pro, Certificate E, Packer A, Star CrestKaaja
Social Media ManagerCertificate B Coach, Packer B, Freefly Crest HU, Display General, Certificate E, Star Crest
Our chief Instructor
The APF Senior Instructor Rating is the highest instructor qualification available. Chief Instructors administer clubs and centres throughout
the country and have considerable influence on APF policy through their involvement in various conferences and other legislative meetings. The ultimate responsibility for safety rests on the shoulders of Chief Instructors.
Jules
Chief InstructorAPF Senior Instructor and Examiner, Canopy Coach, Canopy Piloting Coach, Skydive Events Co-ordinator, Private Pilot
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