Michelle Astergard's romance with aviation started early. "I have always loved aviation," she smiles impulsively. "Every time you enter an airport, there is this feeling of excitement lingering in the air. People are thrilled to go on a new adventure or happy to reunite with their loved ones." "My Godmother had two daughters that I [...]
A bunch of stories about ballooning in Western Australia on the hot air comp circuit – from then (2017) til now (2023)
Flying over the Victorian High Country where Global Ballooning was born thirty years ago, Kiff Saunders’ prodigies carry the family business forward, sharing the wonder of ballooning with visitors to the region and the people who live here.
A piece I wrote for We Are Explorers and Global Ballooning Australia on Man From Snowy River Country, having spent a lot of time here the last couple of years. Whether you’re looking for a chill weekend away or an epic adventure-fuelled holiday, Mansfield has you covered.
Jenn Mulkern grew up with aviation in the family. Her father is a helicopter pilot, and she had her first ride in an R22 at the ripe old age of six weeks. “As soon as I could reach the controls, he started teaching me how to fly the BH206, and any time he had room [...]
As the summer season kicks into gear at Global Ballooning Australia, Bronni catches up with a couple of our amazing pilots, Brian and Steve, who escaped Australia’s winter to fly a season in Kenya.
In 2022 Global Ballooning Australia celebrates 30 years of operation in the state where hot air ballooning in Australia was born.
Georgia Croft, female Commercial Hot Air Balloon Pilot, starts up new operations location for Global Ballooning Australia based in Mansfield in Winter 2021, during the height of a global pandemic
It's every pilot's nightmare – the possibility that, after investing hundreds of hours and however many thousands of dollars in a license, it could all be dashed away in a second. For Leah Murphy, partway through her CFI training, that dreadful dream became a reality.
ON S.A. TIME... As I sit, slightly dishevelled, on the public bench at the front of the Palace Hotel, my squinty eyes pick out a rogue pink feather that's loosened itself from someone's boa and come to rest against a supporting post holding up the famous pub's verandah, which extends above my head to the [...]
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