A Friday Night Flick of The Switch

November 30, 2023Posted in: Events

picture of festive lights at night time in Corbett Gardens

The official ‘Flick of the Switch’ at Corbett Gardens tonight will light up the 2023 Festival of Lights! We’re talking many kilometres of fairy lighting, live music and stunning lighting installations! For your safety however, due to weather warnings the planned Friday night concert and games have been cancelled. Check out the full festival program...

Tulip Time delivers $1.8 million to Highlands economy

December 23, 2022Posted in: Community, Delivering, Tourism

Tulip Time girl

This year’s Tulip Time celebrations have delivered an estimated $1.8 million to the Shire’s economy with a record number of guests visiting the floral festival. A report presented to Council in December revealed that 61,000 guests visited the Shire’s premier tourism event over the course of the 18-day celebrations. Council’s Coordinator Tourism and Events Libby...

Tulips Time to expand after dark

March 31, 2022Posted in: Tourism

Wingecarribee Shire’s 2022 Tulip Time celebrations are set to shine after dark when the festivities return in September this year. The announcement of an extended evening program for Tulip Time follows an injection of $74,595 in funding secured by Wingecarribee Shire Council from the NSW Government’s Regional Events Acceleration Fund. Council’s Director Corporate Strategy and...

Tulip Time pruned back due to COVID-19

May 5, 2020Posted in: Tourism

Tulip Time 2016

The Southern Highlands annual Tulip Time is to be cut back in the wake of COVID-19 but organisers promise the floral festival will return in 2021. Council’s Group Manager of Tourism and Economic Development, Steve Rosa explained the decision. “After much deliberation we’ve decided to scale back this year’s Tulip Time,” Steve said. The decision...

Shire welcomes Ambassador to Netherlands

September 13, 2019Posted in: Events

Mr Neuhaus presented Mayor Gair with a porcelain tulip vase from Holland

Wingecarribee Shire Mayor Duncan Gair has this week welcomed Mr Matthew Neuhaus, Australia’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, on a visit to Bowral in the lead up to this year’s Tulip Time celebrations. “It was an absolute pleasure hosting Mr Neuhaus yesterday at Corbett Gardens in Bowral,” the Mayor said. “He took great delight in inspecting...