Learn more about Floating Images

Floating Images – Hot Air Balloon company was created and established in 1997. It is owned and operated by two very energetic and motivated Queenslanders – Graeme and Ruth Day, who offers a professional and friendly ballooning service with a smile to its clients.

Floating Images is South East Queensland’s only balloon operator offering a unique opportunity to combine a city and country balloon flight over the heritage city of Ipswich and the Scenic Rim region. (Wind directions and condition permitting) Floating Images has an intimate knowledge of this region, as the first and only balloon operator based in the Ipswich and Scenic Rim region.

A French journalist described Graeme in his French newspaper article as, “An Australian who is raring to go, with an infectious smile revealing his love of an adventurous life.”

This spirit has been captured in Floating Images’ charter and will be shared with you on your balloon flight. Before commencing Floating Images, Graeme gained valuable balloon experience and business insight from the various balloon companies he has been employed with across the globe. Graeme has been flying commercial balloon flights since 1991 commencing in France, the birthplace of Hot Air Ballooning. Graeme is an approved CASA chief pilot with over 1800 hours flight time and 19 years ballooning experience.

Graeme has flown various size balloons from the single person balloon – nick-named the Cloud Hopper – to balloons that carry up to 14 people. Currently Floating Images’ balloon has a carrying capacity of 10 people. Whilst Ruth has over 20 years of business, fundraising and event management experience, especially in strategic business and marketing planning. Together Ruth and Graeme have established a professional business in ballooning.

Multi award winners and finalists in tourism, innovation and micro business.

Certifications, accreditation and conditions

Floating Images is a member of the following industry associations:

Floating Images operates under the Air Operator Certificate Number SQ578387 issued by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority.