skylar Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 The usual two events for this year are detailed below: 1. Parramatta Loy Krathong Festival Event date: 5 November 2005 Location: Prince Alfred Park and Market Street Time: 10am - 9:30pm Cost: Free 2. Sydney City Loy Krathong Festival Event date: Sunday, 13 November 2005 Time: 10am-6pm Location: Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour Cost: Free For more information call 02 9264 3166 This year I was caught out when Songkran was moved a week ahead at Tumbalong... not happy, Jan! These dates could potentially move at the last minute, so do check before you decide to show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylar Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 Just a gentle reminder to all Sydneysiders that the festival at Tumbalong Park is on tomorrow. MCs start from 1pm onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Mouse Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Thanks for the reminder. We'll be at the Sydney venue. Great weather too. We'll be looking forward to pigging out on a mountain of food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoophound Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Great day Good turnout Usual bad planning 1.Thais hate the sun. It was outdoors on a hot Sydney day. The person making the most money was the one selling sun parasols. My Missus burnt face not happy!! The organisers need to either move indoors or hire sun umbrellas. 2.Foodstalls were mainly from the local restaurants...all in all average food. 3.Entertainment was great for the teens The kids always have a great day. 4.Many Sweating and stressed looking husbands standing around gasping for a beer. God knows why they dont get a Liqor license for the day and set up a bar. They had one three years back,but I am told the teens got a bit mao and ruined it for all. All in all amazing to see how many Thais in Sydney. Someone told me about 20k in greater Sydney area. Seem to be lots more Falangs with new girlfriend in tow this year. Thanks for the reminder.We'll be at the Sydney venue. Great weather too. We'll be looking forward to pigging out on a mountain of food. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Mouse Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I agree with you. I thought it was a bit disappointing this year. We went just after midday and a quick walk around the food stalls indicated that the quality of food on offer was lower than last year. I think the crowd numbers were down too. Perhaps people were waiting for the evening activities. As for getting sunburnt, we 'slip slop and slapped' before going...and we also had our roll on fly repellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 The usual two events for this year are detailed below:1. Parramatta Loy Krathong Festival Event date: 5 November 2005 Location: Prince Alfred Park and Market Street Time: 10am - 9:30pm Cost: Free 2. Sydney City Loy Krathong Festival Event date: Sunday, 13 November 2005 Time: 10am-6pm Location: Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour Cost: Free For more information call 02 9264 3166 This year I was caught out when Songkran was moved a week ahead at Tumbalong... not happy, Jan! These dates could potentially move at the last minute, so do check before you decide to show up <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The hours in Sydney are way too long. The one in Brisbane is about 18.30 to 22.30. It is held at the University of Queensland at its lake. The Uni students run it in October so that the organisation of the function doesn't interfere with the end of the year examinations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylar Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 2.Foodstalls were mainly from the local restaurants...all in all average food. The restaurants chosen by the Thai Restaurants Association of Australia - it's an in-crowd thing. God knows why they dont get a Liqor license for the day and set up a bar. There was a drunk man wandering around the grounds all day. One was enough! Hey, all in all, it was a pretty good day. I was disappointed that there wasn't a pageant at this year's festival. And kids certainly enjoyed jumping on the 'kom - kom' horse - it deflated twice before it was decided to just keep it that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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