Up, up and away, looking to the East, awesome! |
Rainbow Drifter III |
The words 'Enjoy Your Flight' written on the car roof, the team wave us good bye. |
The Sulphur Crested Cockatoo's below. |
Cath, pre flight, clutching the cup of tea and finding it hard to smile, nnnnervous! |
We drove up to York and visited some friends from the South Beach Doggie Beach that have a beautiful old house up there. It gets mighty hot there in summer and the earth is red and the bark of the gum trees seem bleached, white, from the heat. How they grow such a beautiful garden I don't know. The old house restored with pressed tin ceilings and the shed, out the back, protecting a couple of beautifully restored cars.
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Loving restoration |
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Doggie lovin mates in York, a great shot. |
Northam from the balloon. |
We found the Shamrock Hotel in the main street of Northam, and after dropping the bags in our rooms, retired to the bar to enjoy a beer, off the tap. MQ and I so impressed with the rooms, big, comfy beds, lovely. The pub has got character, as do the staff. The meals amazing. I should have taken a photo of the Guinness Pie, topped with yummy mash, it looked like a dessert and very tasty. I did take a photo of the beer (tragic)!
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The bar at The Shamrock Hotel, Northam. Note the little shamrock in the timber work. |
Damien Hays our pilot, or as he joked Aero-Nut |
The balloon, ready for take off. |
Our carriage leaving the hangar on its way to the farmers paddock, we follow behind in a bus. |
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How organised is this! |
Other baskets of varying sizes. |
Filling the balloon with air. |
Filling the balloon with gas. |
This shot taken from the balloon looking at our reflection floating over the Avon River |
Patterns in the Earth |
Love the way the smoke is drifting along the land, the contours flattened out by height |
Note the light aircraft below! |
Rainbow Drifter III being deflated, how gorgeous is that! |
Many hands make light work. |
Ballooning logistics, see how close we landed to the tarmac. |
Fantastic blog Cath! Thanks for the plug! :)
ReplyDeleteWe didn't quite get that high though. We got to 4500 feet (above sea level). Need oxygen above 10,000 feet! ;)
Cheers
Damien Hays
Windward Balloon Adventures