Nikki Webster, as she swam and swooped 30 metres above the ground in Stadium Australia last night, looked down on the fishes below her and 110,000 people looking up.
“It’s so gorgeous when you’re up there. It looks just amazing,”she said.
To be the one who walked alone into the stadium with a beach blanket and zinc cream took a lot of confidence but to “fly” as well was an act of sheer bravery.
“I’m not scared of heights and I wasn’t frightened at all,” said Nikki. “I just enjoy it.”
A photographer who was at the stadium earlier this year to see Nikki strapped for the first time into the harness that hoisted her to rafter height – eight storeys up – says she is fearless.
“She squealed and laughed and loved every minute,” the photographer said.
“The biggest buzz is when I fly up. The audience has no idea because it has been such a big secret,” Nikki said. Continue reading A Star Is Born in the Heavens Above Homebush