How to find out if your flight is proceeding:
Each passenger MUST follow the steps below to receive the flight information from 18.00 the night prior to their flight. At this time, the details below will be confirmed:
If the flight is proceeding or not based on weather conditions
Hotel pickup times (If applicable)
Exact meeting time
Download the guest experience APP by searching Global Ballooning Australia, enter the Flight Code to receive flight update notifications via their mobile.
Details provided on the supplier flight confirmation.
OR
Check the Melbourne Check-In Page (English & Chinese). Read the update. Click here
OR
Call 0488 686 555 to listen to a voicemail.
Pre-Flight Info
On arrival at the meeting point passengers will be required to:
Notify our team of their arrival
Complete a waiver and medical information form
Board our buses and transfer to the launch site where they may help with the launch, or stand back and take pictures
Join a short safety and instruction briefing at the launch site
After we complete our pre-flight routine, we will float up and away for a spectacular one-hour hot air balloon flight.
Please note the exact time and flight direction will vary depending on weather conditions. The flight will either be over the city or around the surrounds of the city. We cannot guarantee a flight directly over the city due to the change of wind direction.
Post-Flight
After we land, passengers can assist our staff to pack up the balloon before boarding our buses and returning to the initial meeting place (this is not compulsory, so passengers should tell staff if they do not wish to help).
After the balloon is packed away, we head back to Pullman on the Park hotel for a sparkling buffet breakfast (optional).
The Melbourne transfer service is one-way only, so guests will need to make their own way back to their hotel from the Pullman Hotel. There are train, tram and taxi services available at the front of the Pullman on the Park. Alternatively, it is a 20 min walk back to the centre of the CBD.
Winery Tour
Includes:
After the balloon flight, GBA will provide a transfer to meet the wine tour at St Paul's Cathedral
Full day wine tour to 4 premium Yarra Valley wineries
All tastings and lunch
Transfers between the wineries
Designated, informative wine tour guide
Return transfer to Melbourne City drop-off points (no later than 18.00)
NOTE: If your balloon flight is cancelled due to inclement weather, your winery tour will PROCEED as scheduled.
On the morning of the wine tour you MUST ring the Australian Winery Tour Co. (AWTC) office on 1800 996 414 from 08.00 to confirm which pick up point you will be using. You will have to make your own way to 1 of the 4 x AWTC pick up points in Melbourne (as below), or to the Yarra Valley meeting point at Punt Road Wines: 10 St Hubert’s Road, Coldstream. Passengers are required to make own arrangements to meet the service at Punt Road Wines in the event of balloon flight cancellation. AWTC are unable to provide door to door hotel pickup or drop off within the Yarra Valley or Melbourne CBD. You will be picked up & dropped off at a central location within Melbourne CBD before/after the winery tour ends.
09.20 Seven Eleven - Corner Flinders St & Spencer St, City (wait at front)
09.30 St Paul’s Cathedral - Corner Flinders St & Swanston St, City (wait at front)
09.35 Her Majesty's Theatre - Corner cnr Lt Bourke and Exhibition St, City (wait at front)
09.40 97 Franklin St, City (wait at front)
For a full itinerary - please click here
