Just before Christmas I was in Canberra and happened to visit Glebe Park for an evening stroll. Imagine my delight to discover that this is a key Christmas spot for Canberra, with lights, trees and gingerbread houses!
The park is open to the public most of December but on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights it is closed to all but ticket holders. Proceeds are donated to the Red Nose Foundation.
As well as the lights I’ll show below, there was a Christmas tree forest, a gazebo to visit Santa and a collection of gingerbread houses (wooden cubbies that have been decorated with something of a Christmas theme).
12 days of lights
In a central fenced off area was a series of lights to admire. When I first looked, it was still fairly light but I came back later and all was more spectacular in the dark (although there were also more people around so getting photos go harder!)
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree…
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two turtle doves…
On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me three French hens…
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me four calling birds…
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me five golden rings…
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me six geese a laying…
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me seven swans a swimming…
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eight maids a milking…
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me nine ladies dancing…
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten lords a leaping…
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eleven pipers piping…
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve drummers drumming…
The lights were lovely and it was fun finding all the gifts from the song.
While there was a bit of space between lights (they weren’t squashed up), it would have been nice to see the lights set out over a larger area. Partly because I’m sure it could get quite crowded around the light area (rain was threatening when I was there so few people came into the park) but also because it would be nice to see each one on its own and then move further to discover the next gift in lights. I get it would be impractical to set up and keep secure, but its still my suggestion!
Have you ever seen the lights in Glebe Park? Or maybe even been there on a ticketed night and met with Santa while you were there?
