The Lunar New Year is celebrated in quite a big way here in Sydney and that's great for me given that CNY is one of my biggest festivals in the Chinese calendar.
Photos of both events below:
Above & Below: CNY Twilight Parade along George St (Sydney's main thoroughfare in the CBD). 
Darling Harbour Dragon Boat Race 2010:
Above and Below: The scorching day @ CNY Dragon Boat Race Darling Harbour.
I was seriously sun-burnt on the uncovered areas of my skin (like last yr) at the Dragon Boat Race...my face, arms, and most seriously, knees, was seriously sun-burnt!...
Above n Below: Special Zodiac Illuminated Lanterns @ Customs House and Darling Harbour respectively..the lanterns were really really pretty!..I feel the Chinese New Year Festival in Sydney is better and bigger each year..actually, for the past 2 yrs, Chinese themes/festivals have been very dominant in Sydney...even the NYE Har Bridge Countdown Fireworks ended with the very Chinese/Oriental Ying and Yang Symbol!...
Above: May the Year of Tiger be a prosperous and fulfilling, smooth one for all:-) I copied the mark above from a Melbourne University Alumnae e-newsletter..
8 comments:
Looks like Sydney didn't skim on the CNY deco and events!
There are, after all, heaps of Asians in Sydney - about 700,000 or so, 17% of the population.
gina: It gets better every year!
aimlesswanderer: yeah..
happy chap goh mei... i kinda miss darling harbour =p
Looks like it's every grander than hear. Here, we have LOTS of fireworks and firecrackers (Save the environment!)...open houses - all the visiting...and a lot of feasting and drinking. Dunno if there were any parades...
fufu: Happy Chap Goh Mei to You too Fufu!:-)
Suituapui: Yes, different places celebrate CNY differently:)
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