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Skydiving Scot By Mikayla Van Loon
Bob Craig, 89-years-old, skydived in a kilt at the end of April, fuelling his adventurous soul.
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There’s no slowing down an 89-year-old skydiving Scotsman who recently took the plunge over the Yarra Valley to tick an item off his bucket list, wearing a kilt. Lilydale Aged Care resident Bob Craig joined the home’s lifestyle coordinator Maureen Hincksman on 30 April to have an experience like no other. Admitting to being a bit of an adventurous soul, Mr Craig said he enjoyed every moment of falling through the air. “It was fun, it really was. I wasn’t the least bit nervous. I’ve always lived very close to the edge,” he said. “My wife used to say to me, ‘for God’s sake, would you slow down’ but it’s just the way I am.” A character both in and out of the sky, Ms Hincksman said she will often find Mr Craig knocking at her door dressed in costume. “I sit here on the computer and next minute I hear bang bang on the door and I go over to the door and it’s Charlie Chaplin,” she said. “A couple of days later, I’ve got Wally there or I’ve got Sherlock Holmes. So he dresses up and joins in. He’s our Father Christmas. He also takes the mail around and he does really enjoy a chinwag with the new people.” So when the opportunity to skydive came up, Mr Craig took it as a chance to have an adventure. Not having a moment to feel scared, Mr Craig said the view over the Yarra Valley was breathtakingly beautiful. “It was just tremendous. You could see all the dams and they were all full and paddocks and the fields that had been planted, all laid out, it was like a patchwork quilt and it was gorgeous,” he said. In a tribute to his wife, Mr Craig wore the kilt she bought for him before she died almost a year and half ago. Continued page 3
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