{"id":4246,"date":"2019-11-16T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4246"},"modified":"2019-11-16T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:25:52","slug":"city-unveils-towering-harbourside-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/16\/city-unveils-towering-harbourside-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"City unveils towering harbourside Christmas tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nCity of Newcastle has installed an 11-metre-tall Christmas tree at Queens Wharf today\u00a0to spread festive cheer and activate the city centre over the holiday season.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n\"Tree-install-cropped-inside3.jpg\"Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes at this morning’s installation.<\/sup><\/strong><\/span>
\nAdorned by more than 4,300 lights\u00a0and 350 decorations, the tree is expected to become\u00a0a City tradition\u00a0over\u00a0the next decade and will be lit-up for the first time\u00a0Sunday\u00a0night.
\n\u201cNovocastrians love getting into the Christmas spirit, which is why we see thousands\u00a0of people\u00a0flock to see Christmas lights\u00a0and sing carols at events\u00a0across the city\u00a0and region,\u201d Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n\"Tree-install-cropped-inside4.jpg\"\u201cCity of Newcastle is bringing festive cheer to the city centre by installing a giant Christmas tree lit by thousands of twinkling lights and dressed\u00a0in\u00a0hundreds of ornamental baubles\u00a0and decorations.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n\u201cNovocastrians will appreciate the sight of\u00a0the tree\u00a0by the harbour, especially at night. It\u2019s sure to become\u00a0a major drawcard, bringing families into the city.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n\u201cAs we get closer to Christmas,\u00a0it will be home to carollers and maybe even visits from Santa, creating family-friendly fun for visitors to the city centre.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>
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\nThe Christmas tree\u00a0has been\u00a0assembled by a team of six\u00a0people,\u00a0after arriving\u00a0in four pieces in addition to the base and\u00a0a\u00a0star to be placed on top.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
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\nInstalled on the former Queens Wharf Tower site, it will be visible from kilometres away across the harbour and make a welcoming sight for cruise ship passengers as they\u00a0enter the port.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe lights will be switched on for the first time Sunday night at 8pm.\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe tree will be\u00a0visible\u00a0until 7 January and\u00a0will\u00a0be installed in the city centre annually over the next eight years.\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe\u00a0city centre is currently subject to traffic changes due to the Newcastle 500 Supercars, so light rail is the best option as it stops adjacent to the Christmas Tree site.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nVisit\u00a0<\/span>livetraffic.com<\/u><\/a>\u00a0or plan your trip with\u00a0<\/span>newcastletransport.info\/<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>
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City of Newcastle has installed an 11-metre-tall Christmas tree at Queens Wharf today\u00a0to spread festive cheer and activate the city centre over the holiday season.\u00a0 Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes at this morning’s installation. Adorned by more than 4,300 lights\u00a0and 350 decorations, the tree is expected to become\u00a0a City tradition\u00a0over\u00a0the next decade and will be lit-up … Continue reading “City unveils towering harbourside Christmas tree”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}