This is Derbyshire -- A BALLOON – one of 300 released from a Derby school two months ago – has made an amazing marathon journey of 10,545 miles to land in Australia. The balloons were launched on a dull and windy day in December from Wyndham Primary Academy in Alvaston as part of a celebration event. Initially, laminated tags on the balloons were returned from finders in Nottingham, Lincoln and Newark. But after the Christmas holiday, eight tags were returned from The Netherlands and one from Denmark. Suzannah Hemmings, home school co-ordinator, said: "We thought that was amazing at the time, however on our return from the February half -term holiday, a letter arrived from Australia addressed to one of our pupils, Joshua Blackaby. Joshua, six, is pleased by his new-found celebrity status at the school and said: "I can't believe the balloon went all that way. I am looking forward to writing back to the girl who sent it to me."
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This is Derbyshire -- A BALLOON – one of 300 released from a Derby school two months ago – has made an amazing marathon journey of 10,545 miles to land in Australia. The balloons were launched on a dull and windy day in December from Wyndham Primary Academy in Alvaston as part of a celebration event. Initially, laminated tags on the balloons were returned from finders in Nottingham, Lincoln and Newark. But after the Christmas holiday, eight tags were returned from The Netherlands and one from Denmark. Suzannah Hemmings, home school co-ordinator, said: "We thought that was amazing at the time, however on our return from the February half -term holiday, a letter arrived from Australia addressed to one of our pupils, Joshua Blackaby. Joshua, six, is pleased by his new-found celebrity status at the school and said: "I can't believe the balloon went all that way. I am looking forward to writing back to the girl who sent it to me."
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