Wattle Happen Racing

22/08/2026

Excited to be returning to Prelog for another fantastic event!

03/07/2026

We have arrived for Balloons Over Mildura! Can't wait to get some practice in before heading to world's later this year! We are expanding the team to fly 2 balloons this time!

02/07/2026

Its almost competition time again! Here we go for Balloons Over Mildura kicking off on Saturday with competition flight from Sunday till Friday!

12/05/2026

Pilot Alana will be representing Australia at the Hot Air Balloon Championship in Poland later this year.
The Australian Competition Ballooning page will have all the information you need to follow along!
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11/04/2026

Recent Australian Nationals event director Paul Petrehn and his brother John Petrehn back in the day with some sibling rivalry in competition.
Watch this video and Listen with your volume up to hear the officials as John throws his marker into Paul's basket and Paul throws it out closer than his own marker.
Be honest—if your sibling pulled this mid-competition… what’s your next move?
Play it cool? Get even? Or start a full family feud right there on the spot?

Battle Creek Field of Flight 2012

06/04/2026

Wattle Happen Racing is officially in 'fly-to-targets' mode for the Art of Flight National Championship this week.
Team is ready!
Confidence is somewhere between mum duties and I can totally nail those targets!
Looking forward to Wattle Happen this week and making sure targets are dead centre.

22/03/2026

Well that's a wrap for Canberra Balloon Spectacular 2026!
Next stop is nationals, and while our competitiveness is still high, things are a little different this year with an 8 week old baby joining our team! So it'll be interesting to see... Wattle Happen...

11/05/2025

Alana's first hit out on the mighty R3! Great to get back out at one raceway

09/05/2025

Another beautiful autumn day for a flight over Canberra!

18/04/2025

Another beautiful afternoon flight for pilot Will for Easter at Leeton! Wonderful family farm we landed in where the kids helped us pack up.