Christmas Lights - The BEST Lights in Canberra 2009
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The spirit of the season is sparkling in our suburbs in Canberra, ACT. Plan a trip to see some Christmas lights by finding a suburb near you.
Amaroo - 106 Katherine Avenue
A lovely display for all the family to enjoy.
Amaroo - 35 Diamond St -
Best Display ever! (see photo below)
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Amaroo - 35 Diamond St - Best Display ever! |
Aranda - Number 4 Noala Street , looks great. Also number 3 Noala street, Aranda looks great.
Come see for yourself.
Banks - Ironbark Crescent
Check out our neighbours! Ironbark Crs, Banks has a few homes that are a pleasure to see, however there is one spectular house on the street that has timed there lights to music that can be listened to in your car on the radio. FANTASTIC! Must see!
Banks - 21 Brockway Circuit- Worth a look!
Banks - 1 Betty Maloney Cresent in ACT has a wonderful display with a young family that is always out the front playing. Worth having a look.
Bonython - 2 Esau Place (2009)
Huge display of lights.
Variety of display extends to the garden, house, windows and roof.
This display features animated characters for the kids.
Need to see for yourself, you will not be dissapointed!
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Bonython - 2 Esau Place (2009) |
Bonython – 17 Bottrill Street (2009)
Lot’s of lights, snow, silhouettes and music.
Bonython - 15 Noarlunga Crescent
This house is aglow with Christmas lights.
Bruce - Goldman street, Bruce (newly developed area)
You won't miss this house on the street.
The house is all set with every corner covered with lights.
Campbell – Cnr Chowne & Rankin Street
A lovely lit up tree in the front garden complemented by the lights along the veranda.
Charnwood - 4 Edols place(2009)
Santa going down the Chimney, presents around the Christmas tree, Reindeer grazing on the front lawn and icicles hanging from the railings.
Charnwood - 3 Scaffer Pl - it gets better every year worth a look great display
Charnwood - 7 Mcdougall Street Charnwood ACT 2615. Gets better every year, come see for yourself!
Chifley - 40 Macfarland Cres
Some beautiful Christmas lights with your best approach from the bottom of the hill and come up.
Conder - 7 Plante Place (2009)
Great display of lights….. With santa on the roof riding a Harley.
Cook - 14 Biffin Street
A lovely display in the front of this home.
Duffy - 29 Jindabyne Street, 12 Eucumbene Drive
Come along and join in the Xmas spirit in Duffy. Stop and enjoy the lights. Eucumbene Drive has a beautiful nativity scene surrounded by thousands of lights.
Dunlop – 14 Cashion Court (2009)
An outstanding Christmas lighting display synchronised to music, hear it in your car as you drive by or listen as you view the display from the roadway. Show commences at 8.45 and runs continuously till 10.30.
Dunlop - 2 Splayd Close Dunlop ACT
Lights across the front of house on the roof and Santa on the roof. Enjoy..........Dunlop - 9, 11 and 13 Triton Street ACT 2615 Three houses in the Street wonderful lights and charcters on the front lawns
Dunlop - Dexion Place
Four houses down one side of the street have a great display of lights.
Dunlop - Jonsson Court ACT. There are some houses at the end of the court (about five) with great christmas lights!
Dunlop - Cashion Court, almost all the houses are decorated & illuminated. Drive down and enjoy
Dunlop - 2 Elischer Street ACT (2009)
Dunlop Hills - 26 Dacomb Court
When heading to Dunlop, look for the star on the 4 metre tree on top the roof!! Santa Corner. This house has a real festive feel with lights that all the family can enjoy! Lights are switched on from 8pm til Midnight in December.
Evatt - 24 Pitcairn St
Coloured lights for the House, flowers in the garden with a Christmas display with an original Aussie feel.night as either way it will be a delight. Best time to see the lights and the animals is at twilight
Fadden - 5 Garrick Street
This house has lots of traditional lights and figures and a seven foot beer can Santa!
Fadden - on the corner Fihelly/Coyne Streets - worth seeing!
Flynn - 154 Tillyard Drive (2009)
16,000 Lights all Computer controlled. Spectacular Colours with many lights hand built.
Display from 8.30pm to 11.30pm each night till the 1st January.
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154 Tillyard Drive (2009) |
Flynn - 18 Inlander Crescent
Florey, driving down Southern Cross, between the 2 Ratcliffe crescents is another great display.
Florey - 6 Beddome Place,
Forrest - 3 Tennyson Crescent ( 2009)***
A large display with moving reindeer. If the gates are open, walk in the top gate with the "Welcome" sign down the driveway to see the full display. See if you can find Santa in a tree above some reindeer. Lights are on until midnight up to Christmas Eve. Gate are open most nights until about 10.00pm.
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Forrest - 3 Tennyson Crescent ( 2009) |
Forrest - St Andrew's Church, State Circle, opposite Parliament House
The church has Christmas lights and a wonderful nativity scene to see. The church is open from 8.00pm till 10.00pm every night till Christmas Eve and you can go inside and people will show you how to ring Christmas carols or other songs on their peal of 8 bells.
Fraser - 37 Shakespeare Crescent, 18 and 37 Edlington Street, 56 Kerrigan Street
Fraser boasts a number of great houses to view. Edlington St offers displays that are different to most.
Fraser - 37 Edlington st (2009)
All the people from surrounds visit the home and are very happy to look at this beautiful light display
Fraser - 120 Bingley Cres
(2009)
ACT 2615 - One of the best on the north side, make sure you get out and have a look in the window.
Giralang - Canopus Crescent
Enjoy! There are a few houses here with good displays.
Giralang - 5 Wayal Place. Lots of lights and some garden features. If you walk up the stairs to the balcony there is a little English village scene lit up with moving characters. The house down the street is also well lit as is a lovely one on Chulculba Cres around the corner.
Gordon- 7 Stan Ray Street (Off Clem Hill St)(2009)
Excellent display of lights, looks majestic, on eof the best in Tuggeranong
Gordon - Slavin Place (STARS)
Off Knoke Avenue. Xmas lights everywhere! It seems to get better every year, with neighbours adding more and more weapons to their array. Take a walk and see a whole street of lights and extras. Look out for Santa, I think he needs a hand! Even Shrek and Donkey are out, but watch out for the Grinch, see if you can find him!
Gordon Fred Lane Crescent (2009)
Many of the regular displays are back up including Santa’s workshop
Gordon - 15 Sawicki Place
Gordon - Lewis Luxton Avenue, there are two houses with wonderful displays and lots of Christmas lights
Gordon - 13 Cleeve pl - very vibrant display of lights, first year of lights and looks magnificent.
Gowrie 17 Middleton Circuit,(2009)
I have a house beautifully decorated.
Gowrie - 113 Castleton Crescent
Wonderful display
Gowrie - 3 Statton St
Wonderland of lights and magic. Some nights Santa can be seen!
Griffith - 78 Captain Cook Crescent (2009) ***
Operating times: Operating times: From dusk to 12:00am 7 days a week from the 1st of December to the 1st of January each year.
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Griffith - 78 Captain Cook Crescent (2009) |
Gungahlin - 40 The Valley Avenue
Harrison -This year own main achievement is a specialy built Rope light stable with nativy scene and three wise men. Also we are displaying 3.6m tall fairy light Christmas tree, Reindeer waving Santa and Snow man, a 7ft arch and many other colourful lights through the yard.
Harrison - 37 Anchorage Street, ACT 2914 - Enjoy a full window display of a Christmas Village lit up including a moving Train, Christmas Trees, mountains in the background and snow as seen in photo. This photo only shows a portion of the window display!!! There will also be a Garden Display and a Full Roof Display, as well as Dancing Santa, and Santa reading a story to the children.....Lollies will also be handed out to the children!!! Worth A Look!!!
Hawker - 2 Tanumbirini St
- lots of lights! (2009)
Higgins - 43 Ashburner Street
Some nice lights at this house with lights turned on at 8:45pm every night.
Holder - 7 Embley Street
Holt - 14 Grimmett Close
A lovely Christmas light display.
Isabella Plains - 2 Sassafras Pl
Isabella Plains - Tannabar Place have a great display of Christmas Smurfs and plenty of lights
Isabella Plains - Ellerston Avenue, - Amazing display including christmas music, a big window display and a donation box for the salvation army. Owners are friendly and more than happy for people to walk around!
Jerrabomberra - 40 Tooroonga Cres(2009)
Rope light display with choregraphed music show starting at 8pm and then every 30min
Jerrabomberra - 10 Terrara Close
Jerrabomberra - 99 Bicentennial Drive, NSW 2619.
*See Santa Workshop,loads of lights,Reindeer and even DORA!!!!
Kambah -
Bissenberger Crescent,
12 Ammon Place
The mid section of Bissenberger Crescent has the Christmas spirit including a donation "well" on behalf of the Starlight Foundation.
Ammon Place also has a nice house which is worth a look. Santa and his helpers are waiting.
Kambah - 19 Tepper Circuit
Our whole house and front yard are decked for Christmas. It is a must to see, and walk through the gardens.
All donations going to the oncology unit at the Canberra Hospital. Come and watch Santa and his friends dance and sing.
Kambah - 9 Fimister cct
Animated characters include Shrek, Dora, Lightening McQueen, The Grinch steeling lights from roof, Santa, and others. Shrek and donkey, Dora the explorer boots and swiper and a few of the guys for Disney Cars. The grinch is trying to steal our Xmas lights off the roof…. Come and take a look.
Kambah - 21 Morrison St
Kambah - 33 Barritt Street
Kambah - 47 Bissenberger Cres (2009)
It snows at 47 Bissenberger this time every year,
Santa's home away from home will bring you lots of Christmas cheer.
Santa's wonderland fascinates children from afar, with snowman, angels and christmas trees glittering under 80,000 stars.Come see Rudolph and his mates pulling Santa's sleigh, ready to deliver presents for all on Christmas day. 47 and 51 Bissenberger Crescent are supporting Canteen, the Australian Organisation supporting young people living with Cancer. Donations can be made at the wishing wells at the entrances to both homes.
Kambah -
51 Bissenberger Cres Kambah ACT 2902 (2009)
Come and experience the Christmas spirit in Bissenberger Crescent. The lights at 47 and 51 are a 'must see' with heaps of reindeer and Santa sleeping on the roof - catching up on some shut-eye before the big day! Make sure you hop out of the car and walk through both gardens to get the full effect.
Ben from Biginelli Espresso at the School of Music, ANU will again be making his famous coffee as well as serving gelato on the three nights leading up to Christmas. Profits from sales will be added to gold coin donations and will go to CanTeen, the Australian organization for young people living with cancer.
Christmas would not Christmas without Santa Clause. From the 5th December, Santa will drop in every Saturday evening and the four nights leading up to Christmas to talk to the children.
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51 Bissenberger Cres Kambah ACT 2902 |
Latham - we live in Kinchela Crescent, and there are 5 Houses all together with decorations.
Latham - 26 O'Loghlen Street
Our display changes yearly - we have a large display (over 6,000 lights) - this year see the gingerbread man, giant xmas tree, flying reindeer and lots more...lots of love and hard work has gone into this and we'd love to see you come and enjoy our lights. The house opposite us also has a great light and front yard display. Lights on from approx. 8.30 nightly (except when raining).
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Latham - 26 O'Loghlen Street |
Macgregor – 91 Eccles Cct (2009)
Celebrate the Christmas season by viewing this light display in loving memory of
Craig Bolitho, wonderful partner and exceptional father.
McGregor 8 Pulliene Cres
(2009)
8 Years Running, Come Past and Enjoy the Joy of Christmas at 8 Pulliene Cres macgregor , Lights , Lights and more Lights ,
McGregor - Florey drive, There is a fantastic display on. By far the best I have seen in Belconnen.
Also on Beaurepair Crescent there is one house lit up really well, with another house just a few houses up also with fantastic lights.
McGregor - 5 Myers Place, Christmas lights are great! Great display!! Hop out your car to view open lounge room full of lights! Santa visits some nights, just ask when.
McKellar - Tipping Place Beautiful Christmas Lights display and they add something different each year.
Melba- 15 Bainton Crescent (2009)
Beautiful colourful lights on home and through the garden.
Melba - 141 Kingsford Smith Drive
This house has over 8000 lights, including: 19 candy canes, 5 Santas, moving reindeer, the Nativity, flashing rooftop star and Santa's helper (on Christmas Eve only).
Melba - 6 Stewart Crescent
Monash - 32 Charleston Street
Come and see Santa and his reindeers, along with Nativity Settings and lights dripping from the hedge and gardens.
Ngunnawal - Carina Street, 2 Shara Place
The homes in Carina Street "turn it on" for Christmas each year! There are lots of lights, window displays and more in Shara Place. Most of the street gets into the Christmas spirit with lights on a number of houses.
Page - 6 Gurney Place, This is the first year we have done it but very much enjoyed doing it alot of hard work time and effort has gone into the house... So we would love people to come and have a look and also if you have kids they can get out of the car and walk up and make santa sing along and dance and grab a candy cane...
Our lights will be on from 7.00pm every night and will get turned off about 11pm but later a few days before Christmas and lights will get taken down after new years.
Look forward to seeing people in our street to enjoy our light display
Palmerston - 7 Lambell Close
Pearce - 25 Cumberlege Crescent
Brightly lit with white icicle lights, numerous Santa, bells, Christmas tree and reindeer window lights and heaps of Christmassy window decorations - as well as four Christmas trees. A family home encompassing Christmas cheer. We hope you enjoy.
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Pearce - 25 Cumberlege Crescent |
Pearce - 32 Blackburn Street -
This year the numbers have gone up, brighter lights mean more cheer and this year its over a whooping 7500 lights. Come by and see reindeers, a huge Santa rising from the bushes and waving, surfer Santa and a 3m Christmas tree on the front garden plus other novelties. I hope you enjoy the lights.
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Pearce - 32 Blackburn Street |
Queanbeyan 14 Donald road (2009)
Our house is the only house with Christmas lights it is located on the bottom end of the road closest to Canberra ave. It has become a family event for us doing the lights which started 3 years ago we think it is well worth a look and feel free to bring the kids in for a closer look.
Please come past and feel free to beep as you are looking if you like what you see.
Queanbeyan - 25 Irene Avenue, 36 and 32 Boronia Crescent, 69 Candlebark
Irene Ave is the place to check out and see some great Christmas lights. Boronia St also has several houses covered in beautiful lights.
Queanbeyan - No 6 & 7 Linaria Place in are decorated for the festive season, and for the all to see.
Richardson -
3 Pelloe Place
Alive with the best christmas lights, 9 ft santa , pooh and tigger, reindeers, blow up kangaroo to name a few
Rivett - 52 Santalum Street.
Come and see Santa and his reindeers, candy canes and a Nativity scene
Scullin - 22 McGinness Street
This house has a beautiful display of lights every year.
Scullin - At The Salvation Army, Cnr Ross Smith Cres & McIntosh St ACT
Spence – 4 Hancock Street (2009)
Lots of colour and lights, inside and out, even in the canopy of the trees!
Lighting Up Our Community
Christmas Lights Display each night from 8:30pm
Have your Family Christmas Photo taken for Free, Dress up with your family or friends in our costumes and have your photo taken in front of our Nativity Scene, you can be an : Angel, Wise Man, Shepherd, Mary, Joseph
Carols In the Courtyard SUNDAY 21st December - Enjoy live entertainment and sing along to all your favourites, commences 7:30pm remember to bring a rug
STOP REVIVE SURVIVE - Free Tea and Coffee to those parents doing the long trip around Canberra looking at lights
Carols on the BIG screen - Christmas Eve, live from the Sydney Myer Music Bowl, bring a rug
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE at The Belconnen Salvation Army 9:00am Thursday 25th
Support the Salvos - Donations collected during "Lighting up our Community" will go to the work of The Salvation Army in the Belconnen Community
Stirling - 19 Wollaston Place
The front yard of this house is just like "fairy land" with lights forming a large canopy over the lawn and driveway. A must see for the young and the young at heart.
Tharwa - 206 Yellowbox Road, (down Smiths Road) just past the Outward Bound Centre
A lovely decorated home and garage with the best fairy lights
Theodore - 45 Dyett Circuit Suburb - nice little set up of lights not to crowded nice look for a quick drive by
Torrens - 15 Brookman St - Nice display of christmas lights. Must see.
Wanniassa - Langdon Avenue (various) (2009)
A few with a little extra effort on this street.
Wanniassa - Angliss Place, Whiteman Avenue and Harbison Street (2009)
These streets in Wanniassa have a couple of homes lit up and sparkling.
Wanniassa - 4 Dyer Place
A very pretty display of white and blue lights. A new house this year, worth a look!
Waramanga - Yanda Street
There are a few in the street but can you pick the house that has gone all out with their display.
Waramanga - 78 Nemarang Crescent
This house is just beautiful, it has the best nativity scene. It is a must see.
Waramanga - 114 Nemarang Cres, Great Christmas lights
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Christmas Lights - The BEST Lights in Canberra 2009
