Feeling joy in balloons up to sky in Australian capital

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Feeling joy in balloons up to sky in Australian capital

STORY: Feeling joy in balloons up to sky in Australian capital DATELINE: March 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Balloon Spectacular in Canberra 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CRAIG FARRELL, Veteran pilot 3. various of the Balloon Spectacular in Canberra 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RUTH WILSON, Australia's first female hot air balloon pilot 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TIM ACKER, Visitor STORYLINE: When the first ray of sun appeared from the end of Lake Burley Griffin in the Australian capital Canberra, hundreds of people waited in the chill of early autumn, many of whom with a smile on their faces. Flames were roaring in the sound of gas burners as the hot air balloons, in different shapes and colors, rose up one after another, while the crowds burst into applause and cheers. Sunday is the last day of the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular which started on March 12 this year. The event inaugurated in the 1980s has seen 25 giant balloons this year from acro

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