I bought my boyfriend a skydive voucher through RedBalloon as a birthday present and he used it last week and had a fantastic time. The staff are good fun and are very knowledgeable which makes you comfortable. The only drawback I found was that the whole process of getting ready, skydiving and waiting for the video took about 3.5 hours, I wish this was mentioned beforehand so we could have eaten and maybe brought some water. Otherwise it was a fantastic experience.

Approximate cost: $350.00

What an experience! I cant tell you how much exactly this cost as my son won 2 dives in a sports club raffle. But oh what a trip it was! Fantastic. The bus took us up the mountain to the start point (Stanwell Park) and we landed in Stuart Park Nth Wollongong. The instructors are all highly qualified and went out of their way to make you feel extremely comfortable (which I needed because I was petrified!) They give you instructions before you take off. It was exhilarating! And a bonus is the instructor has a camera attached to his arm which films the whole ride so you can purchase a dvd or photos to show your disbelieving friends and prove you were brave enough! Seriously though it really was the experience of a lifetime, like being a bird flying through the sky! The staff are lovely, helpful and kind. If you like a bit of adventure I recommend these guys. So memorable!

Skydive the beach Sydney (as its known, silly considering its in north wollongong) is a once in a life time experience if you're up for it. I went a couple of weeks ago and wow! It was such a thrill, it's hard to explain the feeling because nothing else compares to it. Anyway the entire experience involves booking over the phone (you have to pay a $100 deposit at this stage) then you turn up at your booked time, fill out a couple of forms and meet your instructor- it's a tandem dive. The whole time staff make you feel very comfortable and safe, making jokes with you and guiding you through s quick safety demo. Then you get in the bus and head to the Albion park airport where you board the small plane. There are 8 tandems/ flight. This whole process everything prior to the airport took about an hour to an hour and a half. It's then time to jump which also goes very quickly about 7 minutes from jumping out of the plane to landing on safe ground. Not that you really jump- your instructor pushes you out. If you can afford it, the total cost (with DVD/ photos) is about $400 it's a must do. You don't have to be young or a thrill seeker either. There were people 50-65 in our group.

Approximate cost: $400

I went for the first time about two weeks ago and it was amazing. All of the staff there were very helpful and all of the instructors are very qualified with each of them skydiving thousands of times.

Approximate cost: $400

I have skydived with them twice and my partner five times of the last six years, they joke around and tell him he experienced enough to be pushed out on his own. You arrive at the jump site bright and early and they go through a few safty training proceedures with you,your fitted with your gear, meet your jump instructor and then they take you off in a bus to Albion park regional airport. There they go over all the procedures, rules and regulations and then your off in the plane. We've been lucky to have beautiful days and my partner was even luckier once because he got to literally fly through the clouds. The staff and instructors have always been helpful and outgoing and are good at calming people down. By the way its a tandem jump, so by this stage its to late to change your mind because your strapped to your instructor and their jumping whether you like it or not(Joking,I think.) They do four jumps to a plane and the scenery is to die for (sorry) if your not to scared out of your mind to notice.