Inflating the baloon 7:22am
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Inflating the baloon 7:22am
Other balloons.
Lift-off!
Sunrise.
Units in Clifton Hill.
Almost peak-hour - Eastern Freeway 7:45am.
Eastern Freeway.
Victoria Park, and the city.
A balloon over the Eastern Freeway.
A balloon over the Eastern Freeway.
Balloon over Hodle St, Clifton Hill. Darling Gardens on left.
Fitzroy and the city.
Fog to the east.
Blanket of fog to the east.
Your's Truly!
Eastern Freeway 7:53am.
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Nick, the balloon pilot.
The city - note Port Phillip Bay and Hobson's Bay in the background; also Bolte Bridge at the right.
The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton.
The city.
St.Patrick's Cathederal.
The Telstra building.
The Carlton Gardens.
Melbourne Central building, Bolte Bridge in background.
A closer view of the Telstra buliding!.
Maybe we could land on the roof!
Melbourne Central.
The bank buildings, The Arts Centre, Grollo tower, Albert Park Lake, and Port Phillip Bay.
Grollo tower (top left), Southbank, Rialto, etc...!
Telstra Dome and Docklands.
Bolte Bridge (front) and Westgate bridge (back).
That Roof on That Station That Used To Be Called "Spencer Street".
Telstra Dome, Docklands, and Bolte Bridge.
Telstra Dome.
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View from the basket.
Nick, the pilot.
Me.
Buildings at the Docklands.
Docklands.
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The Bolte Bridge.
Swanston Dock and Maribynong River.
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One of the other balloons about to land.
On the ground again... Actually, they landed on the other side of the road (the grass in the shade) and then walked the balloon across the road!
Westgate Park.
We landed here in Westgate Park, then helped pack the balloon up.
The yellow line shows where we went, starting from the top right, traveling to the bottom left. Recorded using my GPS receiver.
This is the altitude of the balloon during the flight.
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