Are these Australia's best places to get high?

ALL across Australia people are getting up in the sky - in balloons, skydiving, jet planes and helicopters. Check out these awesome ways to get your head in the clouds.

Life looks different from up above.

SO YOU want to get high, eh? Well, all across Australia people are getting high and up in the sky - in balloons, skydiving, jet planes and helicopters.

Check out these awesome ways to get your head in the clouds.

Global Ballooning is Victoria's most popular ballooning company, taking off at sunrise throughout the year in Melbourne as well as the pretty Yarra Valley.

Try the 'Yarra Flight' [from $349 pp] and spend a night at luxurious Balgownie Estate followed by a champagne breaky after the flight.

Having been around for 25 years, Outback Ballooningis the best way to get high in the bush. Weather permitting, they take off everyday for spectacular views over Alice Springs and the outback as it awakes at sunrise.

Flights start at $290 for a half-hour trip, including transfers and champagne.

Get high in Canberra with Balloon Aloft, the very first commercial operator in Australia. You'll get a whole new perspective of Canberra from the air, with Burley Griffin's plan for the nation's capital laid out below you. Enjoy a sunrise flight followed by a sumptuous champagne breakfast at the historic Hyatt Hotel post-flight [from $290pp].

The skies above Sydney buzz with the sound of rotor blades from Bluesky Helicopters. Book in for the 90 minute Blue Mountains helitour [from $750pp], taking off at Sydney Airport, sweeping across Sydney Harbour and out to the Blue Mountains, including a hover over the Three Sisters and back again. And the best part? You can relive the experience in high def as most of the choppers have Helicam.

Life looks different from up above.

The large expanse of the Kimberley is best explored by air and largest local operator Slingair Heliwork, has loads of different itineraries to get you out there. Check out the spectacular Bungle Bungle (Purnululu) and Lake Argyle Air Safari [from $335pp] which is their most popular tour, through to Mitchell Falls, the Argyle Diamond Mine and Drysdale River Station. Choose from a sunrise 6am flight or more leisurely 9am from Kununurra.

Skydive Kalbarri, on Western Australia's spectacular Coral Coast is where you can get high, then low, pretty quickly. Enjoy a free fall ride of 220kph for up to 60 seconds, followed by a five minute parachute ride with a unique beach landing. From $300pp, you can also get your whole high experience recorded for repeat enjoyment.

Skydive Nagambie has the largest skydiving aircraft in Victoria [jump with up to 17 of your closest mates] taking thrill seekers to 15,000 feet - the highest in Victoria. Divers can stay on the property for free and weekend tandem dives start at $380pp (but cheaper mid week).

Live fast and take a 15-minute jet fighter flight with Air Combat Australia above Camden, outside Sydney. You'll feel like Maverick as you complete aerobatic manoeuvres at speeds of over 900km/h - the Loop, Roll, Derry Turn, Barrel roll, Cuban Eights, and 4-point Rolls, to get your heart racing. It's not cheap at $1200pp but it's an experience you will never forget.