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Summers are now twice as long as winters in all Australian capital cities, report finds
Australian summers have become twice as long as the most recent winters, according to new analysis from The Australia Institute. Key points: The report found climate change had changed the length of Australian summers and winters; Sydney now has an...

Family murder frustrating, devastating: PM
All of Australia's governments and the judiciary should mirror on how methods failed to guard Hannah Clarke and her kids, Scott Morrison says. The prime minister was talking in federal parliament on Monday, lower than per week after Ms Clarke was...

Perth man dies of virus as new cases found
An elderly Perth man has become the first person in Australia to die from the coronavirus, while four people who recently returned from Iran have been confirmed as the latest to test positive for the disease. The 78-year-old man, identified as James Kwan in...

Summit to call for action on plastics
A national plastics summit aimed at reducing pollution will call on the federal government to mandate that 100 per cent of plastic packaging be reusable, compostable or recyclable by 2025. The one-day summit in Canberra on Monday, and hosted by federal...

Illuminations Festival

The RE/MAX Advantage Illuminations Festival, Wynnum is on again year so pencil Saturday 18th June 2016 into your diary. The parade of light and lanterns will run from the park at Manly and end at the Wynnum wading pool and a sea of floating illuminated globes. It’s a beautiful site to see.  There will be a wide range of food avaliable, activities and stalls to entertain, the festival ending with a fireworks display. 

Program 2016
3:00 – 8:00 Twilight Markets & Amusement Rides
Browse the markets and pick up some wonderful arts & crafts!
A great variety of food will be available for purchase to tempt all taste buds
Amusement rides tickets are $5 per ticket or buy 5 for $20
5:30 – 7:00 Stiltwalkers & Fire Twirlers (roving entertainment)
7:30 Fireworks – sponsored by Cr. Peter Cumming’s Wynnum Manly Ward SIF Grant & Joan Pease MP, Member for Lytton,

8:00 Event end
After Party – Sports Bar @ Waterloo Bay Hotel

Bandstand Park
5:30 – 8:00 RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon on Display
Main Stage sponsored by Waterloo Bay Hotel - MC Ranger Stacey
3:00 – 8:00 Musical entertainment
5:00 Official Welcome by Cr. Ryan Murphy representing the Lord Mayor

Wading Pool – sponsored by Magic Fencing
5:30 – 7:30 Wading Pool Lantern Display with illuminated SUPs by BrisSUP
5:00 Lantern Parade assembly
6:00 Lantern Parade departs Wading Pool to walk to Bandstand Park

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