A DESK overlooking farmland and out to the Central Highlands is where Longford's Vratka Pokorna will hatch her next fund-raising and well-being scheme for charity.
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Ms Pokorna left for her latest humanitarian adventure - hot-air ballooning over Australia - in March this year.
She returned to her Pateena Road home in early May after about a month of drifting over regional Victoria.
Her drive to achieve global well-being and raise money for disadvantaged children also saw her become the first woman in the world to travel from North Queensland to Melbourne on a push scooter in 2010.
Ms Pokorna said the ballooning journey, like her scooter adventure, was an unexpected mental challenge.
"Looking back on it now, I do not think I would do it again, but there is no way of telling that without first experiencing it," she said.
"I thought it would be very nice to watch all of the landscape from so high, but it could be difficult as well."
Ms Pokorna said dropping out of the sky early in the piece and close cuts with gas supplies were just some of the unexpected hurdles on the adventure.
"When you reach 30 per cent of your gas, you're meant to start finding where to land, but we kept seeing houses and more houses," she said.
"We ended up landing next to a factory."
Although there may be no plans for balloon trips, Ms Pokorna said she had not lost steam in her attempts to help to improve the world.
She said she would continue to seek inspiration for her next project.
For more information about Ms Pokorna's endeavours, go to www.the- next-generations.com.
