WATCH | 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.