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Check out our list of Australia’s top 5 skydive destinations. (The ace featured image, above, is by Skydive Lillo)

Gantheaume Point – Broome, Western Australia

Views: Vibrant blue waters of the Indian Ocean contrast beautifully with the deep red-brown rock of the headland
Company: Skydive Broome

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Lee Point Beach – Darwin, Northern Territory

Views: The whole of Darwin before touch down on the beach
Company: Top End Tandems

Byron Bay – New South Wales

Views: Spectacular coastline (Australia’s most easterly point), and a small chance of spotting a whale
Company: Skydive Byron Bay

Sydney – New South Wales

Views: Jump from a helicopter and see Sydney’s CBD in the far distance and the famous Northern Beaches all from the same spot.
Company: Skydive Sydney City

Mission Beach, Cairns – Queensland

Views: Arguably the best skydive destination in Australia; sights include the Great Barrier Reef, offshore islands, and gorgeous coastline.
Company: Skydive Mission Beach

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Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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