Sydney flushed with light as Vivid festival kicks off

Sydney's Vivid festival is underway for the fourteenth time after the lights were switched on at sundown.

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00:00 Customs House has been lit up with the animated artwork of Reg Mombasa.

00:06 It's a very quirky sort of Australian theme being projected onto Customs House over the

00:12 next three weeks.

00:14 It's one of numerous light installations across the Harbour City over the next 23 nights.

00:22 Vivid Festival will see thousands of people lining the city and on opening night thousands

00:29 lined Circular Quay right on 6pm when the lights were officially switched on.

00:34 Fireworks also exploded across the Harbour as the lights were switched on for the 14th

00:41 Vivid Festival.

00:42 There are so many light installations to see over the next few weeks.

00:46 There's an 8km light walk which runs from Circular Quay all the way up to Ultimo on

00:52 the goods line where there are so many food options to try as well.

00:58 Food trucks spread across the Circular Quay area here as well as up at Ultimo on the goods

01:05 line there are so many food options there as well.

01:08 It took organisers around three weeks to get everything all set up and they expect that

01:14 around 3.5 million people will experience Vivid Festival over the next three weeks.

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