About Dazzling Lights:
Formerly known as Ballarat's Dazzling Lights David and Katie started decorating their Ballarat home together in 2003. In 2004 we introduced synchronised lighting using DMX-512 control. In 2006 we launched our www.DazzlingLights.com web site and bought our first batch of Light-O-Rama computer controlled lighting. Since commencing our display we have received a number of awards including winning the Best Display in the 2015 The Courier Christmas Lights Competition. Over the last few years we have averaged somewhere between 5 - 8,000 visitors to our new house. Our original display in Alfredton drew crowds of between 15 - 20,000 visitors.
June 2014 saw the move from our original Christmas House in Alfredton to a brand new home in Brown Hill. A number of design considerations were taken into account including a lot of external CAT6 data and 240V power points to simplify setting up of our lights display each year. A key feature is the inclusion of a large iGlass window at the front of the house that allows us to project video to the outside.
In December 2016 our family moved to Bushland Beach in Townsville, Queensland. As part of the move David gave away the vast majority of his Christmas Lights to other enthusiasts with a plan to get back into it during 2018. The plan was going so well until late November 2017 when our youngest daughter Maddy told Katie all she wanted for Christmas was Daddy's Christmas Lights. With 4 days until 1 December a frantic rush of putting up what lights we had and some quick sequencing has resulted in a fairly modest display for 2017.
June 2014 saw the move from our original Christmas House in Alfredton to a brand new home in Brown Hill. A number of design considerations were taken into account including a lot of external CAT6 data and 240V power points to simplify setting up of our lights display each year. A key feature is the inclusion of a large iGlass window at the front of the house that allows us to project video to the outside.
In December 2016 our family moved to Bushland Beach in Townsville, Queensland. As part of the move David gave away the vast majority of his Christmas Lights to other enthusiasts with a plan to get back into it during 2018. The plan was going so well until late November 2017 when our youngest daughter Maddy told Katie all she wanted for Christmas was Daddy's Christmas Lights. With 4 days until 1 December a frantic rush of putting up what lights we had and some quick sequencing has resulted in a fairly modest display for 2017.
David
David is the Christmas Lights fanatic who drives everyone else in the house nuts throughout the year playing Christmas music and tinkering in the garage late at night.
Katie
Katie puts up with David's constant playing of Christmas music and tinkering late at night. Katie is a qualified beauty therapist and operates a home beauty salon (www.BushlandBeauty.com.au). Katie is also a qualified Kindergarten teacher and has owned three small businesses over the years based around face painting, children's music and movement classes and a home based beauty salon in Ballarat.
Juliette
Juliette, our eldest daughter, loves is our gorgeous ballerina who loves to dance to the music in the driveway under the Christmas lights. She loves to play in the snow and is always getting into mischief.
Madeline
Madeline, our youngest daughter, is a little power house of energy and fun. Her favourite colours are purple and green. During our Christmas Lights display Madeline likes to dress up, dance in the driveway and help Santa give out lollies to all of the visiting boys and girls.
Yo Yo
Yo Yo, also known as Santa Paws, is responsible for security at Ballarat's Dazzling Lights. After the 2005 fiasco when a cat jumped onto our inflatable Santa Claus at 2am, damaging Santa beyond repair and scaring the pants off everyone in the house, Yo Yo makes sure no cats or stray dogs get anywhere near the display.
