Hot-air ballooning is Northam's one genuinely memorable travel experience. Flights usually lift off around dawn in the cooler months, floating over the Avon Valley's farms, hills, river bends, and winter-green fields before finishing with breakfast back in town.
It is weather-dependent and seasonal, so check operators before building a day around it. If the flight goes, though, this is the activity that turns Northam from a modest Wheatbelt stop into a trip you will remember.