Get on board the Christmas lights trail

AN URGE to recapture the spirit of Christmas was the motivation for Tammy Sloan to dig out the fairy lights and join the Fraser Coast Christmas Lights Trail last year. “Our kids are getting older, and I started to feel the Christmas magic disappear,” she said. “I hoped decorating the house would help rekindle the magic.” And it did. “This year we will be back; and bigger,” she said. “We’ve got more lights, more reindeer and an inflatable screen to show Christmas carols and a snow machine to create a winter wonderland.” Fraser Coast residents planning to light up their homes for Christmas are encouraged to let Council know so their display can be part of the Light Up the Fraser Coast Trail. “More than 135 families put their Christmas light displays on the map in 2021 so people could drive past and enjoy the display,” Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour he said. “So, if you are decorating, we’d love to hear from you.” To be a part of the Light Up the Fraser Coast Trail, fill in the online nomination form that will be available

on the Council website www. frasercoast.qld.gov.au/festive from October 19. Residents can also get together to have a go at taking out the coveted Christmas Street Award. You need a minimum of three houses to nominate for the street award. The winning street is presented with the ‘Christmas Street’ sign to be displayed under their street sign for the next year. Council will join in the festive fun and decorate giant

Christmas trees in front of the Maryborough City Hall and at City Park, beside the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery in Hervey Bay. Nominations for the Light Up the Fraser Coast Trail, and for Christmas Street, close at 5pm on Monday, November 21 to give Council time to create the maps so they are available from early December. The maps, and a list of festive activities from across the region, will be available from the Council website in early December.