# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Skywhales Across Australia
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 06:45 pm – Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Skywhales are finally coming to the Sunshine Coast…and artist Patricia Piccinini will be here too! 

Patricia Piccinini’s monumental hot-air balloon sculptures, Skywhale and Skywhalepapa, will now take flight at dawn on Sunday 17 August at UniSC, Sunshine Coast. 

Originally scheduled during Horizon 2025, this unforgettable event was postponed due to weather, but we’re thrilled to announce its return. Patricia Piccinini will also be joining us for a special in-person artist talk over the same weekend. 
 
Bring the family, pack a picnic, and witness these gentle giants float across the morning sky. 
 
Where: UniSC, Sippy Downs 

Artist Talk with Patricia Piccinini: (2pm-3pm), Saturday 16 August 
Skywhales: (4:45am – 6:30am), Sunday 17 August 

Register via the link for updates & access 
Weather dependent — registrations essential for real-time alerts 

https://www.horizonfestival.com.au/events/skywhales-across-australia

@nationalgalleryaus @patricia.piccinini @caloundraregionalgallery @unisc.australia @uniscartgallery 

Skywhales Across Australia is a National Gallery Touring Event, supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring Outreach Program.  

Skywhales is the third instalment of The Balnaves Contemporary Series and is a Know My Name project.  
 
Skywhales Sunshine Coast is presented by Horizon in partnership with Caloundra Regional Gallery and the University of the Sunshine Coast.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sippy-downs/skywhales-across-australia/200028558958054
- **Event Categories**: art, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 371

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://events.humanitix.com/skywhales-across-australia-august?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=sippy+downs-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Sippy Downs
- **state**: QL
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: University of the Sunshine Coast
- **lat**: -26.717507625627
- **long**: 153.06301970239
- **full address**: University of the Sunshine Coast, Lecture Theatre, Sippy Downs QLD 4556, Australia, Sippy Downs

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Horizon Festival (https://allevents.in/org/horizon-festival/26294192)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 06:45 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** University of the Sunshine Coast, Lecture Theatre, Sippy Downs QLD 4556, Australia, Sippy Downs
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Horizon Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Skywhales Across Australia ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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