They say never work with children or animals, they're right, do you have any idea how hard it is to get a dog to stay still at a decent distance for a photo while a hot air balloon is being inflated and some kid in a blanket is trying pat the dog? Well, I do!!

Nattie & The Hot Air Balloon or as she would put it: "Me sitting near some big noisy fire breathing hot air monster"

I thought it was a pineapple with birds on it, it is actually a tree with birds on it.

Hot air balloons over the National Library

More library, more balloons

Despite appearances, these balloons are higher up than the lamp post...but you could just imagine it hitting one and flying off like a rubber balloon you've let go.

Not as spectacular as the photo I missed last year of 15 or so balloons over head...but two is better than none

Why do they need hot air? Bees can fly already!

Oh how the balloons always seem to nearly crash into Lake Burley Griffin, only to rise up and fly away