The sky is the limit ...
By Alan Lander
IT’S a long way from the tiny hamlet of Wombat to flying 5,000 feet (3000m) above the Noosa hinterland. But it’s a journey Jonathan Oehm has
made as he now gets his already hugely popular new business, Sunshine Coast Ballooning, properly underway. Hundreds of hinterlanders have witnessed the near-silent passage of Jonathan’s beautiful balloon as it cruises
majestically across our pastures and villages – and occasionally landing to great (and welcome) surprise in someone’s backyard. It was a very down-to-earth beginning for him, however. “I was brought up Wombat in southern
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NSW,” Jonathan said. “The town had a local pub, and I grew up on a big farm, in a farming community.” Jonathan developed promising skills as a farrier as young as 13. Continued on page 4
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