A hi-tech Christmas light display is causing gridlock in a narrow Fairy Meadow street as people come from miles around to experience it.
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Nick Triantafillou has been working on his lightshow since May, finally installing 65,000 LEDs and 9500 bulbs to his Brian Street home a fortnight ago and syncing them all to music.
A QR code on his letterbox allows visitors to pick which song they want to play, with more than 20 sequences to choose from.
The tunes include pop hits The Greatest Showman, Blinding Lights and Titanium, a couple of Christmas classics and every kid's favourite theme song - Bluey.
One display features video snippets from the 1989 classic flick National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
The lightshow runs from 7pm to 10.30pm every night, regardless of weather conditions.
Elsewhere, a Frozen House in Albion Park, a festive maze in Barrack Heights and a dazzling display in Towradgi are drawing in the crowds (see addresses below).
Due to a family illness, one of the Illawarra's most-visited houses at this time of year - Cuthbert Drive in Mount Warrigal - is out of action, but it's still worth swinging by that neck of the woods for the Dickson Avenue display.
If you're looking for the best streets, Stubbs Road in Albion Park has once again pulled out all the stops.
St James Crescent in Dapto, Robins Creek Drive in Horsley and Pony Drive in Calderwood were also recommended by members of the popular Facebook group Christmas Light Displays in the Illawarra.
Below is a list of some of the most magnificent light displays across the region ...
- Ocean Street Towradgi
- Brian Street, Fairy Meadow - scan QR code
- Mountbatten St Corrimal
- 84 Campbell Street Woonona
- 46 Midgley St, Corrimal
- 22 Ocean St, Towradgi
- Owen St Bulli
- 20 Scobie Crescent Bellambi
- 1 Buckland Street, Fernhill
- 16 Hickory St Woonona
- Kareela Road, Woonona
- Phillips Crescent, Mangerton
- Mark Street, Figtree
- St James Crescent, Dapto
- Robins Creek Drive, Horsley
- 10 Phillips Cres Mangerton
- 6 Welmont Place Mount Keira
- 4 Parkman Place Mt Keira
- Strathearn Ave Wollongong
- 36 Ramah Ave Mount Pleasant
- 6 Hill Grove Balgownie
- Dickson Avenue, Mount Warrigal
- Brisbane Place, Barrack Heights - maze
- 36 Blackbutt Way, Barrack Heights
- 23 Poplar Ave Unanderra
- Farmborough Road Farmborough Heights
- 84 ODonnell Dr Figtree
- Stubbs Road, Albion Park
- Hillside Drive, Albion Park - the Frozen House
- Bridge Avenue, Oak Flats
- Meander Drive, Calderwood
- 21 Brotheridge Ave, Calderwood
- Lomandra Crescent, Calderwood
- 17 Pony Drive, Calderwood - Disney themed display to music
- 21 Hick Street, Shell Cove
- Garden Avenue, Kiama
- 45 Cygnet Ave Shellharbour City Centre
- Cosgrove Ave Flinders
- Unit 11 1-9 William Street Shellharbour
- Joondalup Parkway, Shell Cove
- 15 Tyrrel St Flinders (supporting the Wollongong Children's Ward).
- CNR Edward St and Lagoon St Barrack Heights
- 9 Brisbane Pl Barrack Heights (walk up the driveway to see maze in the backyard)
- 13 Callistemon Pl Barrack Heights
- 25 Lachlan Ave Barrack Heights
- College Ave Blackbutt
- Grace Place Flinders
- Atchison Street, Flinders
- Bruny Place Shell Cove
- 12 Cosgrove Ave Flinders
- 21 Hicks Tce Shell Cove
- 15 Flannery Drive, Calderwood
For a full list and interactive map, visit the Christmas Light Displays in the Illawarra Facebook page.
