Christmas Tree Marks Start of Woollahra Council’s Festivities

Double Bay has officially started celebrating the festive season with the installation yesterday of a towering Christmas tree in Guilfoyle Park.

Woollahra Mayor Andrew Petrie, Double Bay Partnership Chairman Lesli Berger and students from Double Bay Public School helped decorate the tree and hence start the countdown to Christmas. 

Baubles, stars and tinsel will adorn the tree which heralds the arrival of a number of festive events in Woollahra municipality throughout December. 

Carols on the Bay will take place on Saturday at Wilson’s Field, Watsons Bay, and feature performances from local schools and traditional carols from the Royal Australian Navy Band. 

Chanukah at the Bay will have fireworks and family fun, as well as the lighting of the chanukah candles on Tuesday from 4pm at Steyne Park. 

Putting the cherry atop the festivities will be the annual Rose Bay Christmas Carols on Thursday, December 20, from 5.30pm at Pannerong Reserve on New South Head Road. 

The celebration will include a free sausage sizzle, entertainment and a choir singing well-known carols. 

Wentworth Courier  7 December

Emma Schiller