Carss Bush Park Water Lantern Festival

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Carss Bush Park Water Lantern Festival lights up Kogarah Bay in 2025

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04:53My message so far is to let go, so to let go of things that don't serve us anymore.

05:05And I think that serves a purpose with the lantern, if you just let go of all of the

05:10things and just bring in the good.

05:12So the next bit is to be strong and to love and to enjoy your new beginning.

05:19No, it's all about love and I'm with my girls and it's about feeling the love and sharing

05:25special moments with them.

05:26Tonight was actually a surprise date, so we've had it planned for quite a while, so she didn't

05:32know about it until we rocked up, so all the surprise.

05:34Yeah, it was just a surprise.

05:37I feel like I've always talked about the Lantern Festival in Tangled and then he obviously

05:42found me.

05:43Trying to replicate the movie.

05:44It's a very nice vibe out here tonight, it's very chill, everyone's making their

05:49things and playing with the cards and everything like that, so it's a nice chill kind of night.

05:53Yeah, it definitely feels very magical, very like a movie, everyone's just making their

05:59lanterns and having a good time.

06:02The message in my lantern is just that time can heal everything and to just let things

06:08go, send things out and then hope that the universe accepts them and that everything

06:15will work out in the end.

06:17The message in my lantern was to live life with no regrets and do as much as you can.

06:22So we came down today because the kids love lanterns and water as well and this one always

06:30loves running on the beach, so we saw it on Facebook I think, didn't you?

06:34And this one always finds the best social things to do, so we thought what a beautiful

06:40thing to do on a Saturday, lovely evening on the beach, they can have a paddle, we can

06:44write the messages, we've been drawing, she's done really well, albeit with many colours,

06:53but yeah, we just thought it was a great thing to do on a Saturday and the environment's

06:57really beautiful, everyone here, the vibe's really nice, perfect for the kids, perfect

07:03weekend family night out, yeah.

07:07Love is all around and to share the love and to enjoy every moment that you have with your

07:12family and your friends and yeah, to encourage our kids to experience, you know, community

07:19and yeah, my daughter just drew all over hers with what was her favourite things in life,

07:27so we'll hopefully put that message onto the water.

07:32I'm gonna put the message on my lantern, something to do with happiness and family, I'll be with

07:36my two daughters and we're just gonna enjoy some lovely family time together tonight.

07:39The community here's beautiful, everybody's in a great mood, beautiful night and so many

07:44people have turned out tonight as well, it's absolutely fabulous.

07:48I would love to see events like this more often because it brings us out, we're all

07:51out and about, we've got our mats here, there's food, once we put the lanterns on the water,

07:56it's just, it'll be fabulous, absolutely lovely.

07:58It's a beautiful family bonding experience, like I said, I'm here with my two daughters

08:02and we're having a great time so far.

08:05Tonight I'm here with Tiago to just have a good time and maybe let go some of the things

08:12that have happened in the past couple of months, years, and have a good time.

08:18The vibe here is very chill, very, very friendly, having a good time, very relaxed.

08:26The weather, I hope it holds but it's gonna be a great time.

08:29Yeah, yeah, it's been fun, it's been fun seeing people work on their lanterns, trying to write

08:34their things, they're very, it's fun to look at everyone, even the adults being, like writing

08:40like kids on the lanterns.

08:42It allows you to connect with parts that, like it's a space for you to let go of what

08:49you don't usually think that you need to let go.

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