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Community. The Borough of Queenscliffe has a high percentage of volunteers and it is usually volunteers that are chosen as the special guest/guests of honour in recognition of their contribution to the community. Santa arrives at 7:25 pm in the local Fire Brigade Truck, whilst throwing lollies to the children, to start an evening of entertainment by local performers. Glowcandles are sold as a fundraiser for maintaining equipment on the tree with all profits supporting the ongoing lighting of the tree. The tree itself is decorated by community volunteers and service club members coordinated by The Christmas Tree Committee. Festooning is hauled up by hand and manually secured into the tree. This tree can be found at the corner of Grimes Road and Point Lonsdale Rd, Point Lonsdale, Victoria. When lit up this tree can be seen for miles out to sea and is a Queenscliffe Borough icon, having been lit since about 1952–1953. When the lights are on you know Christmas is getting close.
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591:16 November
554:Fred Kruger
459:calcarenite
420:Environment
360:Queenscliff
324:2016 census
288:Queenscliff
263:Bass Strait
256:Bass Strait
249:Bass Strait
241:Queenscliff
233:Ocean Grove
216:Marcus Hill
198:Corangamite
129:Postcode(s)
121:2016 census
103: /
91:144°36′49″E
78:Coordinates
1614:Categories
1599:Wallington
1379:Wallington
1354:Rippleside
1275:Herne Hill
1240:Drumcondra
1227:Connewarre
1217:Charlemont
1207:Breakwater
892:22 January
561:References
430:waterbirds
352:lighthouse
340:Wautharong
116:Population
88:38°16′21″S
1523:Bellarine
1433:Moorabool
1410:Bellarine
1255:Fyansford
1197:Bell Park
1189:Batesford
1113:Grovedale
517:guests.
471:bryozoans
463:ascidians
434:migratory
322:. At the
296:Australia
186:Bellarine
145:Melbourne
1589:Swan Bay
1553:Mannerim
1538:Drysdale
1533:Curlewis
1448:Swan Bay
1423:Mannerim
1415:Breamlea
1403:Locality
1303:Marshall
1245:Drysdale
1235:Curlewis
1176:Balliang
1018:Locality
886:Archived
848:archived
843:Lonsdale
819:Archived
753:Archived
717:Archived
681:Archived
651:23 April
645:Archived
478:humpback
450:system.
445:Swan Bay
443:-listed
310:, frame
302:and the
292:Victoria
226:Swan Bay
221:Mannerim
138:Location
30:Victoria
1548:Leopold
1374:Thomson
1326:Norlane
1321:Newcomb
1260:Geelong
1133:Newtown
1128:Leopold
1118:Highton
1103:Belmont
620:5 April
521:Gallery
467:sponges
448:wetland
356:Geelong
330:History
312:The Rip
286:, near
151:Geelong
1308:Moolap
1171:Avalon
1163:Anakie
854:11 May
825:5 July
797:
759:4 July
723:4 July
687:4 July
441:Ramsar
437:waders
398:Arilpa
160:LGA(s)
1212:Ceres
1108:Corio
512:Sport
488:Other
1156:Town
1123:Lara
1091:City
985:Town
894:2020
856:2009
827:2023
795:ISBN
761:2014
725:2014
689:2014
653:2009
622:2021
593:2017
480:and
469:and
432:and
334:The
133:3225
1465:LGA
1042:LGA
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