A hot air balloon flies over the Lake Burley Griffin during the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular festival in Canberra, Australia, March 12, 2023. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
CANBERRA/HAMILTON, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular festival, a hot air balloon festival, is held in Australia this year from March 11 to March 19. In New Zealand, the most giant premier hot air balloon festival Balloons Over Waikato also kicks off in Hamilton.
These eye-catching hot air balloons, unique and attractive, are like a scattered color palette embellishing with the canvas of the sky, some hot air balloons sweep over the calm lake, and some float over the hazy valley, as if a fairyland on earth.
Hot air balloons are seen in the sky during the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular festival in Canberra, Australia, March 12, 2023. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
Hot air balloons fly above the Lake Burley Griffin during the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular festival in Canberra, Australia, March 14, 2023. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
Hot air balloons fly over the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge during the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular festival in Canberra, Australia, March 12, 2023. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
Hot-air balloons are seen during the 5-day Balloons Over Waikato Festival in Hamilton, New Zealand, March 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
People watch hot balloons flying above the sky during the 5-day Balloons Over Waikato Festival in Hamilton, New Zealand, March 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
Hot-air balloons are seen during the 5-day Balloons Over Waikato Festival in Hamilton, New Zealand, March 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
Hot-air balloons are seen during the 5-day Balloons Over Waikato Festival in Hamilton, New Zealand, March 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)■
