“Wow - super professional, and super fun! Best place to learn to skydive!”
“Awesome place with awesome instructors. Everyone should go here and give this a try, you won’t regret it!”
Skydive Nagambie has the only purpose built training centre in Victoria, and our industry best Instructors will help you to achieve your dream of skydiving solo and helping you to achieve your skydive license. We do over 20,000 skydives every year, and when they aren’t jumping with you our Senior Instructors are teaching, training and evaluating new skydiving Instructors for other centres from all around the country. Come and complete your AFF skydiving course with us!
See what happens on an Amateur to Awesome week
Get licensed
Become a qualified skydiver with a worldwide accepted license, and jump on your own. Then start working towards jumping with others!
Learn quicker
Take time away to accelerate your learning, live and breathe skydiving for an amazing week.
Share the experience
Meet new people, you’ll learn and socialise together - and you might just end up making some lifelong friends!
Your Skydiving Holiday
This is so much more than just a skydiving program, it’s a holiday… with a difference. Your course fee includes accommodation, breakfast and your Course Manager will not only jump with you, but will also look after everyone and make sure there is plenty to see and do!
Typical Course Schedule
This typical schedule gives you an idea of what to expect on your Amateur to Awesome week. Remember that this is a guide, and timings will always be flexible as we tailor each course to your requirements.
Before your course
Two weeks before you start of our course, you’ll receive an email link to your online course. You’ll learn the theory to start skydiving at home, so you are ready and confident to start your week!
Day 1 - Saturday
Arrive at the drop zone for 7.30am, where your paperwork is checked. Then your Course Manager will introduce themselves and you will start your practical training. Finish your drills shortly before lunchtime, then get ready for your first AFF Stage 1 skydive!
After the skydive you will sit down and have an in depth debrief, and your Instructor will give you advice to help you achieve your best performance. At the end of the day, enjoy a well earned beer at the bar with your AFF Instructors and the rest of the Nagambie crew.
Day 2 – Sunday
Start the day with a brief for your Stage 2 skydive, then it’s be back in the air again to learn an advanced body position with in-air coaching.
Move on your Stage 3 skydive where you’ll be making controlled turns in freefall – and if you are ready, one of your Instructors will fly in front of you. You’ll also be introduced to flight planning, the first step in learning to fly and land your parachute without assistance.
During the last debrief of the day, you’ll watch a video of your skydive with your Instructor. Enjoy a beer in the bar then the course will move on to the local town for dinner. Enjoy the stunning sunsets over Lake Nagambie, whilst you get to know everyone else and your Instructors.
Day 3 – Monday
You will never forget this day! After breakfast you will go for your Stage 4, jumping one with just one Instructor. When you are ready they will release you and fly around in front. Now you are skydiving on your own!
Learn how to perform 360 degree turns and how to fly forward on your Stage 5. This is followed by your Stage 6, where you consolidate these skills, but this time you get to jump out of the plane solo with your Instructor close behind you.
Take a trip to the lake for a refreshing swim with your course mates, or sit around the fire pit in the evening under the stunningly clear night skies, and reflect on how far you have all come in just a few days!
Day 4 - Tuesday
Get ready for more new skills! On your Stage 7 jump, learn how to recover from instability. Perform a dive aircraft from the plane, then have a blast going unstable and then recovering smoothly. At the end of the dive you will initiate a turn and make a high speed track away from your Instructor.
Consolidate all your learning so far in Stage 8 by exiting the plane and turning to face your Instructor in sub terminal air. Discover how to control your fast and slow fall by following your Instructor, then perform another track at the end of the skydive.
Day 5 – Wednesday
At this stage, you will be cleared to jump solo. You’ll be jumping without an Instructor, and once you have demonstrated a couple of good exits from the aircraft, you’ll do your low level orientation Stage 9 jump. Congratulations – you have graduated the AFF program!
Relax in the breakout area after jumping with a movie night. Take your pick from a choice of films, including skydiving classics such as Drop Zone or Point Break.
Day 6 – Thursday
Continue with your solo skydives, and work towards your landing accuracy requirements. Your Instructors will give you guidance to help you land within a 30m circle each time.
After jumping, it is BBQ night. We’ll provide everything, and cook up a feast. Outside of fire season, we’ll stoke up the fire pit as well. Sit around the fire, and enjoy some true Aussie tucker.
Day 7 – Friday
It’s the last day of the course, but there’s still plenty of time for jumping out of a plane.
You will complete the final solo jumps and accuracy landings to achieve your Certificate A. Congratulations – you are now a licensed skydiver!
At the end of the day, the whole course will head out for the End of Course dinner. This is a chance to celebrate the amazing week you’ve all just had. Your Course Manager will present you with your Amateur to Awesome Certificate – a permanent reminder of the week you’ve just had!
Evenings and Leisure Time
There is a lot you will do and learn on the course, and there’s no boring moments. If the weather isn’t suitable for skydiving for any reason, your Course Manager will still know what to do. They’ll take you to visit local attractions like the Goram Falls, Kyabram Fauna Park or perhaps to the movies at Shepparton. After all, this is your holiday!
After jumping has finished, enjoy a beer at the drop zone bar or if you want to go out for the evening the town of Nagambie is just 10km away. With a selection of pubs, bistros and wineries, there is something to suit all tastes!
Discover your skydiving experience
Start your skydiving journey
Accelerated Freefall
/per student
- Victoria's FIRST AND ONLY Online Theory Course!
- Train and Jump same day
- 1 x Skydive with Gear Hire
- Decide if you want to continue
- No experience required
- Optional FREE accomodation
- APF Membership
- FREE Log book
AFF Stages 2 to 9
Regular Saturday courses every month, may be available other days by appointment. Pay as you go for continuing stages.
Next dates:
Get Solo Certified
Complete AFF Course
/per student
- Victoria's FIRST AND ONLY Online Theory Course!
- Complete over Weekends
- 9 x Skydives with Gear Hire
- Save compared to PAYG
- No experience required
- FREE Bunkhouse Accomodation
- APF Membership
- FREE Log book
- AFF Stages 1 to 9
Regular Saturday courses every month, may be available other days by appointment.
Next dates:
1800 266 500
The ultimate holiday
Amateur to Awesome
/per student
- Victoria's FIRST AND ONLY Online Theory Course!
- 7 x days Skydiving Holiday
- 15 x Skydives with Gear Hire
- Become a Licensed Skydiver
- No experience required
- FREE Cabin Accomodation
- APF Membership
- FREE Log Book
- AFF Stages 1 to 9
- Extra 6 Consolidation Jumps
- A Certificate Exam and Application
- Dedicated Course Manager - Day Trips, Pub, Movie nights and more!
- Breakfasts included plus BBQ night
- FREE Stubby holder
Courses at least once a month. May be available other dates by appointment.
Next dates:
1800 266 500
Why is our course so popular?
Skydive Nagambie's Advanced Skydiving Program (ASP) is backed by Victoria's first and only online theory component. Previously we ran the older traditional Accelerated Freefall course (taking a full weekend to complete, where you do not get to jump the same day) and which is still common at most other centres, but have invested in a new progressive course built to help you succeed!
Introducing the Advanced Skydiving Program (ASP)
| Skydive Nagambie's Online Course | Traditional Two-Day AFF Course (as offered elsewhere) | |
|---|---|---|
| Complete first skydive instruction | ||
| Train and jump same day | ||
| Learn at your own pace, at home | ||
| Revisit any material any time - boost your confidence | ||
| Jump fresh, progress with flying colours |
With our online theory course, you complete all the theoretical components of your first jump course at home and in your own time. Then you come to the centre and complete a short practical course where your Instructor will demonstrate and practise with you all the drills you need for your first jump. Then later on that day you do your first AFF skydive. Less time in the classroom means more time skydiving!
See our online booking links below for course dates - other midweek or full-week dates may be available by appointment, call us for more information.
People love skydiving with us
Skydive Nagambie is rated 5 out of 5 stars
“The DZ is awesome” ...a welcoming, friendly and skydiving-as-a-sport oriented environment rather than only a one-time experience (these people live to skydive and want to share that excitement with others!)
Some handy info about our courses
Course dates
We run courses throughout the year, with all first jump training starting on a Saturday. To see available dates, just click on Book Now and the calendar will show you what is available for the course you select.
We give your FREE accomodation during your course, and you can also use this if you want to arrive the night before your course too. This means you are fresh and ready to learn the next morning!
Bring your friends
Why take the leap on your own? Get a bunch of mates and all learn to skydive together. If there’s more than four of you, let us know and we can give you a discount.
Friends and family are welcome to come and watch from our spectator area. But please no dogs. We love them too, but we need to keep them away from the airplanes.
Easy to get to
Just a short drive north of Melbourne will bring you to the picturesque town of Nagambie, nestled in the stunning Victorian countryside.
There’s something special about the Australian countryside, and if you get up early in the morning you’ll see kangaroos bouncing around our landing area!
It’s the ultimate holiday
We have a licensed bar on-site that opens at the end of the day, so there’s plenty of chance to relax with your fellow candidates and instructors.
During the course take trips as a group down to the Nagambie pubs in the evening for good food and company.
Safety and Protection
We are a member of the Australian Parachute Federation (APF), the Vic-Tas Parachute Council and are regulated by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
As your safety is a priority, only Instructors certified by the APF will assist in your skydive
