Airport Open Day

We ventured out to the Airport Open Day on Sunday and had a great time. We decided to get there as early as possible to avoid the crowds. We got there at 8.45am for a 9.30 start. It was great we got a park in the first row. Got the kids faces painted without having to line up.



A lion, tiger and puppy (String Bean is always a puppy).



We then made it onto the RAAF hot air balloon for a quick ride. We ended up being one of the last groups to go up as the wind picked up quite suddenly and it ceased to be safe to continue. The kids were freaking out big time but they all went up in the end. They hated the noise and spent most of the time peering out the little view holes in the balloon's basket. Lucky I didn't book a balloon flight for the family this year. Will have to rethink when we are going to do this and possibly leave it for another good couple of years.




We then went over to look at the planes. The kids to got to look into a Cicada and a Cessna. We then lined up to go onto a Qantas plane. Fuzzy Wuzzy was so concerned after the balloon ride that he said: "But were not going to go flying up, are we?" I guess he really freaked out because the engines were on, running the lights and the air conditioning. So it did sound like it could actually take off at any moment. Poor Fuzzy.