If there’s one thing that can cause frustration in this connected world of ours, it’s a poor quality data connection. For the travelling photographer who is active across online photo sharing and social platforms, mobile data is important. We’ve tested our data transfer speed and signal strength at various locations around our hot air ballooning sites, and whilst some locations may experience poor signal whilst on the ground due to terrain, trees, or distance from the nearest mobile phone tower, once up in the air, it’s a different story. There are many factors that influence the connection between…
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The Australian Tourism Exchange 2014 (#ATE14) runs between the 11-15 May and is the largest annual tourism industry event in Australia. With Cairns playing host to over 1200 delegates from both domestic and international destination, there is the perfect opportunity for photographers to get snapping and showcase Cairns to the world. Ideal weather and climate make Cairns an excellent photo location. With this in mind, here are a few points to make your photos stand out. Who knows – your shot may be the next Feature Photo for marketing Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the world! Hot Air Balloon Cairns takes…
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Wayne Toh’s photographic journey began with a camera that his parents passed on to him when he was aged 7 years old. Since then, Wayne has progressed from a career as a teacher to following his passion and becoming a full time educator in the field of photography and design. Read on to find out Wayne’s hot tips on maximising your photographic opportunities during your hot air balloon experience. Hot air ballooning experience for a first timer was amazing for my kids and myself. It was an excitement when taking off and fun when touching down. The whole experience was just… unforgettable. It…
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Emily Schreck is a well know Instagram poster and artful social blogger, here she shares some tips with us and taking photos on a hot air balloon ride. Fluent in both English and Mandarin and hailing from Atlanta Georgia, Emily spent nearly a year in Cairns in 2013 exploring Green Island the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical North, also taking side trips upon the invitation of Tourism Tasmania and Tourism North Territory Emily gained solid reputation as an expert instagrammer and with a solid following on Instagram and her Weibo Chinese webblog and great eye for an Insta-typa picture…
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Here at Hot Air, being Australia’s most popular balloon ride operator, we constantly host media and bloggers from around the World to experience the sights and sounds of the Australian bush at dawn from our bases in Queensland, all of them taking photos, #instagram and Facebook as they go. Our State Tourism Authority Tourism and Events Queensland TEQ and National Tourism Authority NTO Tourism Australia have a steady stream of media opportunities to send our way from all over the World and we were recently voted one of Australia’s Top 100 views by Travelling Australia Magazine It’s therefore obviously the perfect…
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