Pony & Unicorn Parties by Balloonaversal

18/05/2026

Before the beautiful weather ended we threw a BBQ & Bonfire night on Saturday just for our agistors and Adopt A Pony families - the kids had a ball … and so did us big kids

10/05/2026

16/04/2026

What an AMAZING day we had yesterday! THANK YOU for visiting us! So many happy families attending - pony rides, like mini trail ride for the 'big' kids (ages 4 - 14), 'regular' pony rides for the 2 - 3.5 year olds on our sweet little mini ponies ... so CUTE! Gorgeous face painting and balloon creations by my wonderful husband. A big thanks to our fantastic team of pony assistants who probably reached their WEEKLY 'steps' quota in one day. And a HUGE thank you to our friend Martina and her daughter Madaline who popped over for a visit and stepped in to help out for several hours, love you two.

I was so busy that I didn't even get a chance to take photos, not even of the set up before people began arriving ... bang on time at 10am. If you are willing, PLEASE send me a pic or two, and even better, if you had a great day please leave a review here on Facebook or a Google Review (Balloonaversal Entertainments) .... that would be SO amazing.

Look forward to seeing you all again some time soon.
Regards, Peter and Michelle

15/04/2026

🐴 SCHOOL HOLIDAY PONY RIDES & family fun - Attention mums & dads. Location: DOREEN.
Back by popular demand, our next POP UP PONY RIDE day is tomorrow - Thursday 16th April and the weather is going to be stunning! ☀️ 10am - 3pm, no bookings required, just come on over We have a great vibe with cuizy music, ☕️ free tea & coffee for mums, dads and grandmas. Beautiful relaxing garden + playground, cubby house, Springfree trampoline. Plenty of seating and other fun activities. 🐎Big ponies for the big kids, small ponies for the littlies. More info in the flyer. Let us know with a comment if you are planning to come (so I can make sure I have enough ponies)

15/04/2026

Pop Up Pony Rides Thursday 16th April - see the fun at our Pop Up Pony Ride days - there's plenty for everyone, it's a lovely relaxed environment with cruisy music, other activities for kids and parents. Free tea and Coffee for mums and dads. A cute gentle miniature pony to pat and groom ... even our cats and dog and chickens get in on the act.

06/04/2026

Our school holiday activity - The Little Riders Club Junior Trail Rides are set for tomorrow. First session 9:30am - 11am is already fully booked, but we do have ONE spot left for the afternoon session if you want to grab it: 12.30pm - 2pm. $65
Head here for more info and to book in:
www.balloonaversal.com.au/little-riders-club/
select Junior Trail Rides

First in best dressed, there is only one spot left.

Little Riders Club school holiday activities by Balloonaversal - Fun trail rides, Unicorn Party Day & the Mini Equestrians - Unbeatable value

02/04/2026

POP UP PONY RIDE DAY - This Sunday's weather is looking GREAT! Travel local for a fun school holiday activity for the kids ... We're in Doreen. No need to book in, but reply to the post if you think you're coming ... just so I make sure I have enough ponies out. These are always super fun days with a wonderful vibe

31/12/2025

What's On For School Holidays - Jan 2026?
Sadly we won't be running any of our usual Little Rider's Club school holiday activities BUT - take the kids here instead:
BALLOON STORY IS COMING TO MELBOURNE!
Mr Balloonatic and our 'baby' balloonatics, Tobias and Asher are working with a strong national and international team of top balloon twisters for the the incredible Balloon Story Melbourne. The New York show was a major success earlier in 2025 and now it's Australia's turn with Melbourne first, then Sydney. Opens on the 4th January at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and will be open till ... end of March ( I think). Grab tickets, take the family .... it's AMAZING!

Experience the Balloon Story in Melbourne. Discover the history and innovation of air balloons at the Balloon Museum with engaging interactive displays.

06/12/2025

Horses are truly amazing creatures.

There once was a little mare.
Not a champion racehorse.
Not a pedigreed star.
Just a 13 hand Jeju pony from Korea.
Barely taller than a middle schooler.

Her Korean name was probably Ah Chim Hai.
Flame of the Morning.
Born around 1948.
Unraced.
Unremarkable.
Unknown.

Until a teenage stable boy sold her for 250 dollars.
Money raised by Marines who skipped meals and pooled poker winnings.

Why did he sell her?
So he could buy prosthetic legs for his sister.
A landmine had taken both of hers.

That is how an ordinary little mare fell into the hands of the United States Marine Corps.

And now…
the story really begins.
🐴🔥

She was bought to haul 75 millimeter recoilless rifle shells.
Up to 200 pounds at a time.
Up mountains where trucks could not go.
Into mud and ice and artillery.

The Marines called her Reckless.
But the name did not warn them.
It prepared them.

Because she learned faster than any horse they had ever seen.
Flattening herself in ditches when she heard incoming rounds.
Bolting for bunkers.
Halting mid trail when artillery whistled overhead.

She even learned to make the trips alone.
Two to three miles without a handler.
Carrying ammo up.
Bringing wounded Marines back down.
Instinct guiding her through fire and fear.

One day she stepped over a mine tripwire that should have killed her.
The Marines said it was luck.
Others said it was something else.

And now… the battle that made her legend.
🇺🇸🔥

Outpost Vegas.
March 1953.
A hill soaked in blood.
A battle so brutal that veterans still refused to talk about it.

Reckless made 51 trips up and down that hill in a single day.
Over 35 miles of open fire.
Machine guns.
Mortars.
A world screaming around her.

She carried 386 rounds.
Almost all the ammo the platoon fired.

Shrapnel tore her flank.
Another hit her hind leg.
She bled.
She staggered.
But she never stopped.

The Marines said she saved them from being overrun.
They said no human could have done what she did.

She earned two Purple Hearts.
A Presidential Unit Citation.
And eventually… a battlefield promotion.
Then another.
Sergeant Reckless.
The only animal promoted twice to staff sergeant.

Life Magazine called her America’s greatest war horse.

But Marines said something even better.
“She was one of us.”

Now… you might think you know the rest.
But Paul Harvey would smile here.
Because there is more.
🐴😄

Reckless loved beer.
Cold Falstaff or Coors.
Straight from the can.
She crashed officers’ parties.
Stole poker chips.
Chewed ci******es.
And once trotted away with an entire cherry pie board and all.

She curled up in foxholes.
Nuzzled wounded soldiers.
Became therapy on four hooves in a war almost everyone forgot.

After the war she returned home a hero.
She received parades.
She drank at the Bohemian Club.
She retired at Camp Pendleton.
She had foals.
Veterans visited her for years.
Some cried into her mane.

She passed in 1968.
Buried with honor.
Still loved.
Still remembered.

Later researchers like Janet Barrett spent twenty years collecting the real stories.
Sixty Marines.
Declassified files.
Old photos that had never been seen.
Interviews from Korea.
And a truth even more powerful than the legend.

Reckless was not born heroic.
She chose it.
Every day she carried weight that should have broken her.
Yet she lifted spirits instead.

Now you know the rest of the story.
And maybe now you understand why a little mare from Korea has six national monuments.
Why Marines still say her name with pride.
Why her story refuses to fade.

If you want the whole truth in all its grit and grace, read Janet Barrett’s book They Called Her Reckless or Robin Hutton’s Sgt. Reckless.

And if this story touched you, save it, follow for more, and share it so the world remembers the horse who outran bullets and never left a Marine behind.

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21/10/2025

Looking for a fun adventure with your 3 - 6 year old? Consider leasing your own pony and taking your little one on beautiful country walks on board a sweet and gentle pony. Join Adopt A Pony - One Day A Week program based in Doreen. PERFECT for busy families. Visit www.adoptapony.com.au

08/10/2025

Beautiful day to celebrate the beginning of the Spring Racing Carnival season and the Melbourne Cup tour at this beautiful age care centre in St Albans. Here with Asher and Jeremiah, and me and Ollie … along with the very beautiful 2020 Melbourne Cup Winner, Twilight Payment.