He went up in an aeroplane...

..to 12,000 feet, and then jumped out of it.

(Rich) Tying with snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef as moment of the holiday. I hadn't planned on doing any "adrenaline" activities on holiday but have managed to notch up a few.

Tandem skydiving (unlike scuba diving) needs no skill at all (if you're the passenger). Just jump out when they say, and the big bloke on top of you does everything.

40 seconds of freefall from above the clouds with only the mountains poking up reaching about 130 mph, then gorgeous views as we floated down on the parachute. Slightly apprehensive but the big guy mentioned above had done over 11,000 jumps in 25 years.

Not to be outdone, Mel's doing paragliding tomorrow, jumping off the top of Coronet Peak (about 5000 feet), again with a pro in tow.