Load up the kids, it’s time to take a tour of the best and brightest Christmas lights in Canberra.
We’ve made it easier for you this year by breaking it down to our top picks on both the north and south sides.
With some houses shutting down streets, others having interactive features and walk-through displays, and a handful raising money for local charities, there’s so much to see this year.
Be sure to take some gold coins with you and keep a lookout for houses and streets fundraising for great causes including the Leukaemia Foundation, Christmas Lights for MS, Karinya House, Dainere’s Rainbow Brain Tumour Research Fund and more.
On the north side, our top picks can be found at:
- Delma View, Gungahlin
- 49 Frances Burke Street, Gungahlin
- 2 Elischer Street, Dunlop
- 8 Scurry Street, Dunlop
- Triton Street, Dunlop
- Dacomb Court, Dunlop,
- 50 Morrow Street, Dunlop
- 16 Pedrail Place, Dunlop
- Triton Street, Dunlop
- 50 Morrow Street, Dunlop
- Polwarth Circuit, Dunlop
- Burraly Court, Ngunnawal
- Unaipon Street, Ngunnawal
- Karrugang Circuit, Ngunnawal
- 126 Shakespeare Crescent, Fraser
- 120 Bingley Crescent, Fraser
- Menzel Crescent, Fraser
- 36 Alan Watt Crescent, Casey
- 25 Hyslop Crescent, Casey
- Huddy Street, Forde
- Foveaux Street, Ainslie
On the south side of the capital, our favourite light displays include:
- O’Connor Circuit, Calwell
- Oman Place, Calwell
- Pennington Crescent, Calwell
- 42 Richardson Circuit, Conder
- 2 Aldor Green, Conder
- 5 Montgomery Place, Conder
- 15 Dent Place, Conder
- Van Raalte Place, Conder
- 16 Stacy Street, Gowrie
- Kibby Place, Gowrie
- 4 Stacy Street, Gowrie,
- Ruthven Street, Gowrie
- Middleton Street, Gowrie
- Trussell Place, Kambah
- 8 McCullock Place, Kambah
- 24 Stanfield Close, Kambah
- Attiwell Circuit, Kambah
- 31 Symers Street, Kambah
- 7 Freda Gibson Circuit, Theodore
- 34 Chippindall Circuit, Theodore
- 16 Louis Loder Street, Theodore
- Tallon Place, Gordon
- 44 Lindsay Pryor Street, Wright
- 225 Newman-Morris Circuit, Oxley
Are there any houses or streets we’ve missed that you think are worth the visit? List them in the comments below.