Ballooning is fun
Saturday, April 5, 2008 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
20080405...about 8am.... a couple of thousand feet above Melbourne.
Terry's 50th birthday....
If you ever get the chance to go hot-air ballooning....go for it.....loads of fun....only downer is the God-awful early rise....
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Reply #2 Saturday, April 5, 2008 12:25 PM
always wanted to take a ride, but I want to do it in the desert somewhere - not from close to town
Reply #3 Saturday, April 5, 2008 1:25 PM
Haven't been in a balloon since I was a kid. Need to do it again someday.
Reply #4 Saturday, April 5, 2008 7:15 PM
Were you up there very long? 
Reply #5 Saturday, April 5, 2008 8:17 PM
Timing was...
5.am Wake up.
5.15 final phone-in to check it was on [weather].
6.30 meet [at the Hilton]
7.15 take-off
9.15 managed to land [second go]
11.00 back at Hilton....champagne breakfast, etc...
Reply #6 Saturday, April 5, 2008 9:47 PM
About 7.20am ....5 minutes after launch....looking East across Melbourne....one of the sister balloons ahead of us.
We were the last to lift off of a total of around 10 ...
Reply #7 Saturday, April 5, 2008 9:57 PM
The Rialto, Melbourne.
Prior to the construction of the Petronas building in Malaysia this was the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Reply #12 Sunday, April 6, 2008 2:28 AM
Nope, I prefer vehicles with wheels that remain on Terra Firma... and with the effects of my curried cabbage diet, I could see the whole shebang hot-airing well into the stratosphere and beyond.
Reply #14 Sunday, April 6, 2008 8:20 PM
Albert Park Lake...just south of the CBD [left of picture]....where the Australian Formula One GrandPrix is run. The Pit straight and chicane [Turn 1 and 2] are visible to lower right of the lake...
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Reply #16 Sunday, April 6, 2008 8:41 PM
I bet jumping out of the balloon would be fun also.
Reply #17 Sunday, April 6, 2008 9:25 PM
The MCG [Melbourne Cricket Ground] ...probably the biggest Football Stadium on the planet ....seats around 100 thou. The 'little' roofed stadium above-right is Rod Laver ...where the Aus Tennis Open is held. The Albert park lake is center of pic....just below the bay coastline...
Reply #18 Monday, April 7, 2008 9:06 AM
Ah...the ubiquitous sunrise shot....avec lens flare....
Reply #20 Monday, April 7, 2008 12:52 PM
I must say.. as scary as I would find it, it must be breathtaking.
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Reply #1 Saturday, April 5, 2008 12:21 PM
or the occasional God-awful drop back to earth