The Chinese Lantern Festival.

The girls and I went to the Chinese Lantern Festival on Sunday evening. It wasn't supposed to start until 5pm, however we turned up around 4pm and there was still heaps to see and do. We took the bus into town, then the tram down to the festival site. We walked around looking at all the animals and lanterns and it was vibrant, bustling and interesting. We bought some Chinese food from the food stalls for dinner and sat and ate that by the river.

Ciara was fascinated by the Foo Lions, and she wanted some ladies walking along the path to 'be lions'. The ladies were very obliging and gave some good growls.

After dinner we had a Vanilla Ice sundae, which while not Chinese, was exceedingly yummy. We caught the tram back to the bus station and then the girls roared around and ran up and down the yellow lines painted on the floor for the fifteen minutes we had to wait until the bus came. We'll definitely make this a yearly event, as it was heaps of fun, and we're looking forward to being able to stay late enough to actually see some lanterns lit up!