Still unsure how to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve? Here are some people who are doing things differently this year. Their ideas might inspire you. | michaelfowler08
Traditionally, Sarah Gardner’s festive calendar resembles that of many Australians: Christmas with the extended family, cricket and perhaps a spot of shopping on Boxing Day, then a run of family engagements culminating in a New Year’s Eve house party.“On Christmas night, once we’re done with family, we’ll drive to our beach shack down the coast. It’s not like us to do that, but we’re clocking out.
Tickets for the viewing areas to watch Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve fireworks are strictly limited and people still face the prospect of having their vaccination status checked regularly.“We bought the shack in Inverloch in April this year and within weeks we were in lockdown. Time is so precious, that’s what came out of COVID for us,” she said.
Federation Square’s Christmas Wonderland will be open until 11pm on Christmas Day. Snap your picture alongside Santa and a 16-metre tree.Christmas Carnival at Birrarung Marr. Ride the ferris wheel and drive the dodgems until Christmas Eve. Up to 42,000 visitors will be accommodated but walk-ups will be off the cards. Tickets must be acquired in advance through a ballot or, if any are leftover, via the council website.
New Year’s Street Feasts festival will invite restaurants to sell their specialties on seven laneways in the CBD. Pre-purchased tickets essential.
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