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2 days ago

Winter is almost here...


10 days ago

To celebrate being issued with our Civil Aviation Authority Part 115 Certificate last week... We had these gorgeous cup cakes made by 'Cup & Cake Queenstown' thanks Jamie they are....... were YUM :)


20 days ago

Beautiful autumn colours over Lake Hayes yesterday morning... Photo taken by KJ Jennings.


27 days ago

Heres a cool photo.. Pilot Carrick McLellan along with Charlie, Polly, Jo & Jill enjoying their flight.. :)


28 days ago

Floating above Arrowtown this morning. Photo taken from passing Cessna 180.


28 days ago

Time for some champagne..!


28 days ago

Found the perfect landing spot too...


28 days ago

Flying high.. Beautiful up there this morning..!


29 days ago


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29 days ago

Check this out.. What a beautiful morning to walk round Lake Hayes with the Balloon floating above..


29 days ago

Floating 4500ft above Arrowtown this morning..
In the sun...
Ewan & Nicola front left, on their Honeymoon:) Congrats from the team at Sunrise Balloons


30 days ago

Autumn!! Great time of year for Ballooning!


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43 days ago

Olivia Waters (Hugh McLellan's grand daughter) on the front page of the 'Mirror' following in her granddad's footsteps or should I say bike tracks...!
Competing in the Central Otago Primary Schools Triathlon.
Nice work Olivia:)


43 days ago

6500ft above lake hayes, with the Remarkables in the background!


44 days ago

Through the willows, heading over Lake Hayes:)


44 days ago

What a magic morning... So peaceful...


45 days ago

Off they go... Up to 8500ft this morning...


48 days ago

Pilot Ben Kent on the right..
Check out the awesome view from 7400ft...!


56 days ago

Warming up over Lake Hayes this morning...


57 days ago

Another perfect day up there...!
With the Remarkables on the left..


59 days ago

What can I say....


62 days ago

Here is a comment from one of our passengers...
"Blessed is this country with its natural glory"


78 days ago

Sunrise before take-off this morning near Arrowtown... Beautiful:)


79 days ago

Check out the view from 5500ft in the Balloon this morning...


79 days ago

Touch-down.... Ben Kent, Flying the E140 Balloon:)


87 days ago

Owain from Kawarau Jet along with Sarah and Yuko from The Station, enjoying the beautiful views this morning.. Thanks for flying with us:)


87 days ago

Check out our shadow this morning..! Awesome flight up there today..


New team member - 5th Oct 2009

Daughter-in-law Justine has has now joined Sunrise Balloons and will be your first point of contact by phone and internet, at present streamlining our booking system!


Maiden Flight: Lindstrand 240A - 21st Dec 2007

Maiden Flight: Lindstrand 240A

The maiden flight of our new Lindstrand 240A, registration ZK-FBK.


Summer season - 13th Nov 2007

Summer season

Joachim (Yo) Smith carried out his first commercial flight for Sunrise Balloons on Sunday the 11th November, Yo is flying here for the summer, he normally flies in the Massif Central in the south of France, an area surrounded by mountains very similar to Queenstown's landscape!


Record Altitude - 19th Jul 2007

Record Altitude

We reached our highest ever altitude above Queenstown - 11,780 feet, 3591 metres.

The photo was taken at this height looking towards Queenstown.

Mirror Newspaper Article - 4th Jul 2007

Mirror Article - 04 July 2007 Flighs of fancy - full page article in the local newspaper, The Mirror.

Written by Gemma Quincey.