Invitations sent out
Invitations to all balloonists to participate in next years Canowindra Challenge Balloon competition have now been sent out
International interest grows
New enquiries have come in today from USA from balloonists who are coming south of the Equator next March and April. They will start by attending New Zealand’s long running balloon event:
Balloons over Waikato
New Zealand’s premier hot air ballooning event!
24-28 March 2010
This post will serve as an initial invitation to all New Zealand balloonists to attend our
Canowindra Challenge 5th to 11th April 2010
Of course Leeton will also be hosting a balloon event over Easter which is 2nd to 5th April 2010.
19 days of almost non stop ballooning!!!!
NSW Tourism Awards Finalist
Balloon Joy Flights has just been announced as a Finalist in the NSW Tourism Awards. This follows on from our recent win in the Inland Tourism Awards. The Gala presentation is to be held at the Sydney Convention Centre on November 19th 2009. Our friends from The Old Vic Inn and The Black Sheep Inn are also finalists. This means that us three local “Kids from the Bush” are up against the Big boys now. Wish us luck by leaving a comment to this posting.
Winners Are Grinners
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As detailed in Canowindra News:
Canowindra has once again taken on bigger regionalcentres and come out a winner, with not one, but two 2009 Inland Tourism awards coming its way after the weekend.
Balloon Joy Flights took out the Tour and/or Transport Operators category while The Old Vic Inn – a previous winner at the prestigious awards – was again recognised for its achievements in the Standard Accommodation category.
The two competed against tourism businesses nominated from across the state for the awards, with Narrabri playing host to the premier awards event for the Inland tourism industry on Saturday night.
From the 58 finalists who competed at the 2009 CountryLink Inland Tourism Awards, 18 businesses were awarded in their category with two people also receiving individual awards. Additional awards were provided to four organisations who received an award of distinction and two Judges Commendations…….
