Adventure Plus Paragliding

Bald Hill, in Lawrence Hargraves Reserve above Stanwell Park, is one of Australia's best-known paragliding launch points — updraughts off the escarpment and a clear run down to the coastline below make it reliable for tandem flying across most of the year. Adventure Plus Paragliding, run by Ant and Aden as a family business with backgrounds spanning commercial aviation and air traffic control, is a Sports Aviation Federation of Australia-approved training facility operating from the site, offering tandem introductory flights alongside full paragliding courses for those wanting to fly solo. No experience is needed for a tandem flight; instructors handle launch, flight and landing while passengers take in the view south along the Illawarra coast. Flights depend on wind and weather, so timing shifts around conditions rather than a fixed schedule. A genuine way to see the escarpment and coastline from the air, run by people who fly for a living rather than as a side business.