He didn't mean any harm by it, but after climbing on to the roof of a parked car to try to see his mates Mitchell James O'Brien slipped.
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He fell hard, inflicting close to $3000 damage to the black Toyota Kluger parked as it was opposite Albury police station.
The Albury man left dints to the roof and bonnet, scratches to the paintwork on the bonnet and a crack to the front windscreen.
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The now 29-year-old, defence lawyer Mark Cronin told Albury Local Court magistrate Richard Funston on Monday, got on to the SUV because he "wanted to see where the group was".
Mr Cronin said he suspected O'Brien felt considerable shame and embarrassment over "being at court today".
He had also apologised to the owner of the vehicle and had wanted to make immediate restitution for the damage inflicted.
But first, the victim's insurer required O'Brien to wait for the case to be finalised by the court.
O'Brien pleaded guilty to a single charge of destroy or damage property.
"You live and you learn and this is one such occasion," Mr Funston said.
The court was told that O'Brien was walking along Olive Street, Albury, across from the station, on September 5 about 11.15pm.
O'Brien was looking to where his group of friends had got to so climbed on to the bonnet and then the windscreen of the Toyota.
That was when he fell, causing the damage, Mr Cronin said.
Police immediately attended the scene, cautioning and then questioning O'Brien.
They went to O'Brien's home on October 8 about 6.30pm to conduct an interview.
O'Brien was placed on a nine-month conditional release order and ordered to pay $2968.79 in compensation.
