Whatever you can imagine, imagine it in balloons! The most uplifting experience awaits you at Balloon Story, which has bounced its way to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Featuring over 400,000 balloons of all colours, shapes and sizes, be ready to let your creativity go wild!
Featuring the best blown-up Instagram opportunities, a pit of bubbles big enough to swim in, and a visit to pretty much every continent on earth, you will be in awe of what surrounds you during every step of this immersive adventure.
Play the drums, swing across a lake, travel in a hot air balloon, stop traffic and grow wings! Seek out the giant silver pup, spill some paint and smile with love in a heart.
Be thrilled in the jungle by larger-than-life furry friends, frolic with the flamingos and stay on the lookout for crocodiles with the rangers close by. Keep an eye on the cheeky monkeys too.
Head under the sea and into the most imaginative underwater dream where all sorts of creatures will take your breath away. Find Nemo, hide from the sharks, dance under the jellies and hang with the octopi. There are seahorses and crab friends, turtles and a little mermaid.
You can play with giant inflatable chips and pose beneath the sweetest icy treat. Use your aim to pop virtual balloon animals and throw balls into the air in an enclosed playroom.
With so much fun to explore, don’t forget to wave at the happy penguins, duck as the whale dives, hug the polar bears, high-five a walrus and run from the abominable snowman! You can also snap a pic with Santa and a smiley snowman.
When you head into space, make sure you really look up and take in all the galactic glow, including the planets, the astronauts and aliens. Then you get a chance to pick the famous balloonatied people, get lost in New York and find yourself in Paris. The Eiffel Tower is absolutely breathtaking. That piece alone is worth a thousand words!
Floating around this exhibit, you hear both young and old exclaiming in excited gasps. It’s just ‘wow!’ and bursts of happiness in every direction, for absolutely everyone to enjoy.
It is a fabulous, joyous journey that will blow your mind! Don’t miss Balloon Story before it pops off at the end of this month.
Balloon Story is on now throughout January at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006.
It opens in Sydney on 13 January at Sydney Olympic Park. Details here.
Tickets for Melbourne are available here.
Website: https://balloonstory.com/melbourne/
Socials: https://www.instagram.com/balloonstory.live/
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Practical information:
Opening hours are 9am to 8pm, Monday through Sunday
The exhibit takes approximately 60 – 90 minutes to complete
Children under 3 years old have free admission
This exhibition is fully wheelchair accessible, however there are no wheelchair rentals on site.
