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Full of Hot Air: Great Ballooning Adventures Australia: Dawn Flights Down Under By Paul McMenamin
In the Sydney area, Balloon Adventures of Australia (01161.2.9622.5267. fax: 01161.2.9622.6414) stages a one-hour flight followed by a deluxe restaurant meal ($180 AU). The company also customizes multiflight itineraries. To float over the wine country of Melbourne and Vcitoria, try a dawn flight with ace Chris Dewhirst of Balloon Sunrise (41 Dover Street, Richmond. 01161.3.9427.7596. www.balloonsunrise.com.au/~hotair/).In 1991, Dewhirst set a world record flying his balloon over Mt. Everest. No such peaks beckon in Australia, but the feat attests to the pilot's expertise. Melbourne is one of the few cities in the world that allow dawn balloon flights in its airspace. In the Yarra Valley—one of Australia's premier wine growing regions—you can waft over a patchwork of Victorian vineyards at dawn, and then visit wineries in the afternoon.
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