Ballooning in the Great Barrier Reef (2016)
We did ballooning in Atherton Tablelands in Queensland. A hot air balloon has no steering console except some kind of a rudder. So the captain uses what he calls a “spitometer” to assess wind direction and direct the balloon. He spits into the air and from the direction in which the spit flies, determines wind direction. We float over mango plantations whose tops have been cropped flat to facilitate plucking. Far below us, in the plantations, kangaroos hop and hide at the sight of the balloon.