Mandurah Lights Trail

After a perplexing lack of enthusiasm from Wheelies for this event a smaller group of Wheelies and some friends of Annette's set off. The travel time to get there was long and the traffic heavy, however we made it. We had to have a very quick dinner and queue for boarding.  Father Christmas and his elf mingled with the crowd and a young singer entertained us with carols and Christmas songs. On board 4 went to the upper deck and 4 reclined in the stern. Ten tall silver ‘cone’ Christmas trees glittered in the Bay, a large, yellow reindeer sparkled on the shore, the bridge walls glowed a pale green and blue. The homes at the beginning of the canals were in darkness fulfilling the owners’ pledge to protest against proposed foreshore development. As we wended our way in and out small patches of light began to appear but the skipper saved the best to last - - several linked canals blazed with light on both sides , pleasure craft too. –. a kaleidoscope of colour - Christmas themes – nativity and secular ; geometric puzzles, cascading rivers of silver and green; patterns of all shapes and sizes – imagination ran riot - heads swivelled from side to side (eyes in the back of the head would have helped). A shower of rain saw the stern dwellers dash for cover but didn’t dampen the enthusiasm. Was it worth the trip – yes, most certainly!