There are plenty of reasons to round up the kids and board the bus to join the 4KQ Christmas Lights tour around Brisbane’s northern suburbs this year. The most impressive reason of all is to see the best in the competition as the overall winner’s house happens to be from this side of the city!
Jeanette Meyer, a grandmother from 4 Huron Street in Banyo, was adjudged as the champion of this year’s 4KQ contest. She and her whole family have been joining this event since 2011 and they prepare everything by hand and by sheer passion for sparkling Christmas joy.
To catch Ms Meyer’s Christmas lights display, as well as the showcase of the other houses around North Brisbane, the council has arranged a tour from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on 16th up to 20th of Dec 2019.
Those who want to join the tour from the north may take the Brisbane City stop at Ann Street, (Anzac Square Stop 7) or the bus at the Chermside Shopping Centre (Stop D). Ticket reservations are available online.
These are the other stops for those interested in touring east, south or west Brisbane:
- Carindale Shopping Centre (Stop H) to eastern suburbs
- Garden City Shopping Centre (Stop J & K) to southern suburbs
- Indooroopilly Shopping Centre (Stop C) to western suburbs
Best North Brisbane Christmas Lights Display
Chermide West’s St Gerard Majella Catholic Church also won the Community Award from one of the sponsors, whilst Michael Turnbull’s home in Clontarf is one of the finalists for the People’s Choice.
Here is the list of the winners for North Brisbane:
| WHO | WHERE | AWARD |
| John & Kaye Baker | 12 Elm Street, Murrumba Downs | Best Lights Display – Runner-Up, North |
| Alex Rolfe | 123 Dorrington Drive, Ashgrove | Judges Commendations |
| Carolyn & Troy Ebsworth | 81 Froude Street, Banyo | Judges Commendations |
| Michael Turnbull | 1 Long Street, Clontarf | Judges Commendations |
| Iris Gillingham | 116 Board Street Deagon | Judges Commendations |
| Michael & Vanessa Saccasan | 26 Cockatiel Court, Deception Bay | Judges Commendations |
| Jeremy Ward | 8 Hughes Street, McDowall | Judges Commendations Best New Entrant |
| McLights Petrie | 11 Eachman Street, Petrie | Judges Commendations |
| Matt & Kat Barwick | 27 Minimise Street, Stafford | Judges Commendations |
| St Gerard Majella Catholic Church | 146 Maundrell Terrace, Chermside West | Winner 7 News Church and Community Award |
| Sarah Crawford | 23 Bonnet Parade, Mango Hill | Runner-Up Neighbourhood |
| Emma Bromage | 25 Bonnet Parade, Mango Hill | Runner-Up Neighbourhood |
North Brisbane Participants
| SUBURB | HOME |
| Albany Creek | Ron and Barb Vincent, 16 Kosta Place |
| Arana Hills | Ingrid Moyle, 4 Ironwood Court |
| Aspley | Glenys Richards, 54 Kildonan Street |
| Banyo | Richard Martin, 24 Ellamark Street |
| Beachmere | Debbie Hancock, 25 Murray Court |
| Bellmere | Tracy Taylor, 3 Parkwood Place |
| Boondall | Philip Greg, 86 College Way |
| Bracken Ridge | Ann Jeffery, 72 Gawain Road Larry & Thyra Browning, 78 Greenore Street |
| Bray Park | Dan Broxham, 122 Sparkes Road |
| Burpengary | Karen Doneman, 56-58 Rosehill Drive Patty Hayward, 1-9 Lilly Pilly Court |
| Caboolture | Darryl & Karen Cini, 25 Tullawong Drive Dale Heron, 11 Hazelwood Court |
| Carseldine | Terri Corey, 34 Dannenberg Street |
| Chermside West | Jonathan Albury, 34 Ashley Road Brendon Withers, 27 Allamanda Place |
| Eatons Hill | Joy Boyd, 60 Drapers Road |
| Griffin | Wayne Charrington, 18 Ultramarine Parade |
| Kallangur | Peter Jackson, 22 Azalea Court |
| Mango Hill | Christopher Rickard, 16 Freshwater Creek |
| McDowall | David Flood, 62 Sinatra Crescent |
| Mitchelton | Nick Boucher, 6 Greenview Close |
| Murrumba Downs | John & Kaye Baker, 12 Elm Stree |
| Narangba | Aaron Ryan, 15 Blaxland Plac |
| Redcliffe | Ian Russell, 1 Richens Stre |
| Rothwell | Jesse Ryan, 6 Dobell Street |
| Sandgate | Sharon Carroll-Mullins, Shop 9 Second Avenue Anastasia Holmes, 1 Loudon Street |
| Strathpine | Chrystal Cox, 19 Jasmine Street |
| Warner | Krystal Corley, 3 Oakwood Road Christine Carroll, 31 Thorrold Street |
Can’t make it to the bus tour? If you’d like to arrange your own drive to see the magical houses, download the following and map out your destinations properly:
Mobile App Christmas Lights 2019
Full List of Participants’ Houses
Full List of Winners’ Houses
