Balloon Breakfast, Australia Day Celebrations

Parramatta Park, Cattle Paddock
Sunday 26 January 
6am – 11am
Free entry

Bring your friends and family to Parramatta Park this Australia Day to see the hot air balloons soaring while enjoying live music and entertainment, activities for the whole family plus yummy BBQ breakfast food. Running from 6am until 11am, this is the perfect opportunity to get out of the house for a fun morning outdoors.

Entry is free.

• Watch the breathtaking spectacle of hot air balloons soaring above the park.
• Enjoy the live music entertainment program on the concert stage.
• The whole family will love the activities, roving entertainers and amusement rides*.
• Grab a delicious meal from one of the food trucks or sip a hot drink from the pop-up café.
• Tethered hot balloon rides run from 6am – 9am and cost $10. Tickets can only be purchased in advance via the ballot. The Balloon Ride ballot has now closed. If you are a successful applicant, you will be contacted to purchase your tickets.
• Test out your kicking and handball skills at our AFL Skill Zone Inflatable, or try to jump as high as the pros at our Vertical Jump Test. Want to win some prizes? Have a go at guessing how many footies are in the tubs for a chance to win!

*Tickets for amusement rides can be purchased at the event.

Balloon Breakfast Entertainment Program

Main Stage:

MC Sheba Williams
7:00am:     Raptor Reptiles - Radical Reptiles, Interactive Reptile Show
7:40am:     Welcome to Country by Uncle Bruce Gale 
8:00am:     Science Safari - Not Sinking, Floating!, Interactive Science Show
9:00am:     The Vegetable Plot - Serving up a bumper crop of delicious tunes, colourful characters, sweet harmonies, dances, jokes, and truly rotten puns.
9:45am:     DJ Thaen - get ready to groove!
10:30am:   Phat Brass Band - a high-energy performance bringing together pop, jazz, electronic and rock with plenty of fun!

Roving:

Roving entertainers include hula hoops, bubbles, frill-necked lizards and the Circular Keys Choir.

Workshops: 

• Greater Sydney Parklands: Bush Craft Village, Craft Workshops - Dive into the unique world of Australian habitats with a hands-on journey through the threatened Cumberland Plain Woodlands of Western Sydney. Discover the fascinating animals that call this ecosystem home and what they need to thrive. Get creative by crafting your own clay animal to bring our interactive woodland model to life using natural materials. Join us for a fun, educational, and creative
• Junkyard Beats: Musical Garden, Interactive Musical Instruments - Step into the enchanting world of our Musical Garden, a captivating and innovative experience that transcends the ordinary! This innovative masterpiece is born from recycled materials, a testament to our commitment to sustainability and environmental harmony. Interactive, immersive, playful, engaging, thought provoking & fun!
   

Tours:
9:30am:   WIRES, Flying Fox Tour