christmas light up in the suburbs

in some suburban parts of melbourne, they may not have the lights up of orchard road but they do have private residential homes that are so elaborately decorated with christmas lights that they become an attraction for the locals.

last night, when we stopped at this house along the burwood highway, there were at least fifty people in the compound marvelling at the scale of the lighting. the house owner even had a generator to supply electricity for the light up.

the place was so well lit that you did not need a flash to take your night pictures. the decorations were not confined to just the compound, even the inside of the house and the garage were filled with figurines and christmas lights.

the night before, chris had taken us to view some houses in his neighbourhood which were similarly decorated with christmas lights. over at cathies lane, the owners of one whole row of houses had come together to decorate each and every house there.

they do not have the lights on throughout the night. the house at burwood highway, for example, is lit up from 9.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m.