Balloons Over Waikato
I am never sure if a long weekend away, one including getting up an hour before dawn – three days in a row, hauling weighty photography gear around and having six photoshoots over 3 days is a holiday. I’m pretty sure it’s not. Though it is infinitely better than hanging around the house wishing I was on holiday…
So… three days in the Waikato. We stayed at a brilliant and remarkably inexpensive homestay, a nice little one bedroom unit, with all the fresh garden veg you could pick and eat, a small flock of sheep, some heifers, and well, it was fairly idyllic. I’ll post some photos of that later – but the first set of photos I developed were from the big Final – the last dawn on Innes Commons… Every last balloon on display… it was AWEsome! In the real, true, old-fashioned awesome way that awesome used to be…
It all begins before dawn… so many balloons, so much space, so many people (but not TOO many)…
[…] photos were taken at Balloons Over Waikato, the hot air balloon festival held in Hamilton, New Zealand every year. Amazing how something that […]
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Return to the carnival | Titirangi Storyteller
09/04/2014 at 10:49 am
The floating cake is more than a bit surreal, but such lovely colors. Would love to see one of these festivals in real life one day. Still have never taken a balloon ride, and it’s always been on my want list.
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Poietes
13/04/2014 at 5:15 am
Same here. There are balloon festivals around the US… perhaps you can do a 4-day escape one of these days and do it! They really are fun and energising and highly recommended…
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Titirangi Storyteller
15/04/2014 at 5:50 pm
Maybe that’s that I’ll find for our mini vacation from life………
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Poietes
17/04/2014 at 4:44 am
I’m having a wonderful time hunting for steampunks in Whangarei this Easter Weekend… 4 days of photography! Sigh…blisss…
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Titirangi Storyteller
20/04/2014 at 7:36 am
Lens envy, big time………….
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Poietes
22/04/2014 at 5:31 am