The longest running balloon festival in Australia
https://canberraballoonspectacular.com/
Launch from Patrick White Lawns, Parkes ACT unless winds are unsuitable.
Hamilton NZ hosts the Balloons over Waikato event again this year.
www.balloonsoverwaikato.co.nz
(night glow on 21 March)
Come and help us clean up inside and outside our club hut, located at Benalla Airport.
Balloon Glow on Easter Sunday
2026 is a SunRice Festival year so there will be a balloon night glow and street parade.
https://leetonsunricefestival.com.au/
Australian National Hot Air Balloon Championships - Benalla
6 April: Master briefing
7-11 April: Competition flights
11 April: Night Glow
12 April: Fly in
Australian Grade Prix Round 1
Contact Paul Gibbs for more information:
paul@art-of-flight.com
Including a flight from the Brookfield Maze on one of the days, weather permitting. Brekkie afterwards for those who would like to come back to the café.
https://www.visitvictoria.com/regions/the-murray/whats-on/lifestyle/balloons-over-mildura
Australian Balloon Grade Prix Round 2
We will be adventuring to Leeton in NSW to fly over the Canola on invitation from Goldrush Ballooning.
Our Annual General Meeting.
We will elect our new committee for 2027.
Join us for a meal and meeting at the Grandview Hotel, 429 Heidelberg Road, Fairfield
We meet in the upstairs room. Ask the bar staff where the balloon club is meeting!
We will be out flying in Benalla or the King Valley for Melbourne Cup Weekend!
Join us to celebrate Montgolfier Day to commemorate the first untethered, manned hot air balloon flight in history, which took place in Paris in 1783. Created by brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, the balloon carried Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes.
Flying in the morning - 5:00AM
Dinner at our hut in Benalla - 6:00PM
Join us for our final meeting of 2026!
Grandview Hotel, Upstairs Room, 429 Heidelberg Road, Fairfield
Ask the bar staff for directions to where the Balloon club meets.
Bring a wrapped balloon gift to share - limit $20
Celebrate the 167th anniversary of the first balloon flight in Australia that took place in 1858 from Cermorne Gardens, Richmond by Dean and Brown.
