Aussie Pictures: Hot Air Balloon

I am pretty sure that this is the biggest balloon in Australia, along with the one below.

This is the one that I went up in. What cute koalas!

When the first balloon flight took off, it was still semi-dark and really foggy, and so you could watch the balloons slowly disappear into the mist. Cool.

This is me about to go up in the balloon. The basket was a lot bigger and nicer than I anticipated. It was also quite difficult to climb into with a skirt on.

I am glad that there was some cloud cover because it created some cool patterns with the sunlight.

For most of the journey, we could see the other balloon. I believe we were about 1000 feet above the ground at our highest point.

I love this picture of the balloon, mountains, and clouds.

Yup, that's our shadow over the farmland! The balloon company has contracts with the local farmers so they can land in their pastures and fields. When we landed, the cows just kind of stared at us. Well, except for one curious calf who came over to investigate.

After landing, everyone was recruited to help fold up the balloon and pack it away.

Can you believe that the entire balloon fits in that one bag? It was crazy heavy.