Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Plan your Christmas Lights tour


Abbeyfeale Street, Tingalpa. More photos in our gallery.

Abbeyfeale Street, Tingalpa. More photos in our gallery.

Quest Newspapers presents full and comprehensive coverage of the 4KQ Christmas Lights competition, with photo galleries, maps and entrant’s stories from across Brisbane.

MEGA PHOTO GALLERY
After months of planning and checking bulbs, residents finally get to light up to celebrate the festive season.
Christmas Lights 2010 - Mega Photo Gallery
Do you have any photographs of your house lit up? Submit your own Christmas Lights pictures to the gallery!




MAPS
See the best Christmas Lights displays across Brisbane, with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from the 4KQ Christmas Lights competition’s North, South, East and West regions.
Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - WINNERS

Plan your own Christmas Lights tour using our maps, with every Christmas Lights competition entry listed.
Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - NORTH
Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - SOUTH
Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - EAST
Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - WEST

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STORIES

City night lights up
BRISBANE: The city centre will be glowing with Christmas spirit this year as the Queen Street Mall enters the 4KQ Christmas Lights competition.

Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - NORTH
Lighting up Christmas at Chermside
Dawn and Tony Zimmerman are bringing some light to their neighbours and visitors this Christmas.
Find the Zimmerman’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - NORTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Flicking on the Christmas cheer
MORAYFIELD: From humble beginnings, the Addison Court Christmas lights display has grown into one of Queensland’s most impressive.
Find the Zielenski’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - NORTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Couple’s bright idea
Lights shine bright in the northwest where the season’s most devoted refuse to be deterred by surging electricity costs as they aim to spread Christmas cheer.
Find the Cichowski’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - NORTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Lighting up Pine Rivers
The Tyson family have met more of their neighbours in the past month than in the past five years after entering the 4KQ Christmas Lights competition.
Find the Tyson’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - NORTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Christmas spirit bright in North Lakes
RESIDENTS of Couples St in North Lakes have a had a little extra Christmas cheer thanks to their neighbours Maarten and Rosemary Van Der Wilk.
Find the Van Der Wilk’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - NORTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Christmas lights on Redcliffe Peninsula
NEVILLE Conroy decorated his Rothwell house with Christmas lights for the first time this year to delight his grandchildren and ended up with an award for his efforts.
Find the Conroy’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - NORTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.



Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - SOUTH
Message in cherished lights
Elizabeth Davies and her family almost have as many awards as they do decorations.
Find the Davies’ house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - SOUTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Logan West lit up with Christmas spirit
GRANT Beckhouse and his family are relative newcomers to the Christmas Lights competition.
Find the Beckhouse’s display on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - SOUTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Dazzling festive lights contest
MOOROOKA’S Lachlan Hawthorne, along with his cute Santa’s little helper, have entered Brisbane’s Classic Hits 4KQ Christmas Lights Competition.
Find the Hawthorne’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - SOUTH map, and get driving directions to their lights display.



Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - EAST
Christmas lights dazzle the bayside
WITH more than 70,000 Christmas lights, the Fredericks house at Gumdale is attracting the night-time hordes.
Find the Fredericks’ house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - EAST map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Lighting up with Christmas spirit
THE Vardanegas of Belmont celebrated with other Brandella Place residents with a street full of Christmas spirit and displays set to “wow’’ audiences across Brisbane.
Find the Vardanega’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - EAST map, and get driving directions to the full Brandella Place lights display.



Brisbane Christmas Lights 2010 - WEST
Christmas display put on by Hansen household
This year residents Tom and Liz Hansen have pulled out all the stops when adorning their home with a Christmas display.
Find the Hansen’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - WEST map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Christmas lights go on in Jindalee
Shane and Debbie Horswill have transformed their Jindalee home each Christmas for the past 10 years.
Find the Horswill’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - WEST map, and get driving directions to their lights display.

Lighting up the night
WESTSIDE: Geoff Weston is one of 10 westsiders hoping to break the 19-year reign of Kenmore’s Walter and Beverley Wood in the 4KQ Christmas Lights competition
Find the Weston’s house on our Brisbane Christmas Lights - WEST map, and get driving directions to their lights display.



EXTRAS
Pic Gallery: Christmas Lights 2010 - Mega Photo Gallery - Submit your own Christmas Lights pics!
Pic Gallery: Mooloolaba Christmas Boat Parade - see all the action of Christmas Lights on the water!
Events Guide: Christmas School Holiday Guide - Looking for ways to entertain yourselves and the children this school holidays? Check out our bumper list of events across Greater Brisbane, and print out our Top Ten Boredom Busters.
Quest Christmas Archive: Every Quest Newspapers Christmas story - Keep up to date with our full list of Quest Newspapers stories mentioning Christmas!


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