Lithgow Lights is the only site dedicated to Animated Christmas Lights in Lithgow, NSW, Australia. 2009's light build is well under way, so feel free to view the
build pages.
2008's show is now over, raising $2,850 for charity, and the details can be seen in the table below, as well as the detailed
2008 page.
This year we have chosen a new charity called
Redkite, and will be adding more information about them in the next few months. As we did last year, 100% of donations will go to our chosen charity. By delivering specialised childhood cancer counselling and support, Redkite aims to alleviate the challenges young people and their families experience throughout the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and beyond. The organisation was founded in 1983 and prior to August 2005 was known as
The Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children in Australia.
Redkite spends 100% of all net income raised from fundraising activities on services to the children and their families.
| Item |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Lights |
19,022 |
33, 816 |
50,000 (est), including over 5,000 LED's |
| Wattage |
4.5kw |
9kw |
9kw (est) |
| Channel Makeup |
128 Channels of Olsen 595 on/off only |
128 Channels of Olsen 595 + Ren-C (Dimmable)
128 Channels of Grinch + Ren-C (Dimmable)
64 of Renard 64 (Dimmable)
1536 LED's in 2 panel Ledtriks display |
128 Channels of Olsen 595 + Ren-C (Dimmable)
64 Channels of Grinch + Ren-C (Dimmable)
192 Channels of Renard 64 (Dimmable)
3072 LED's in 4 panel Ledtriks display |
| Channels Used/Total |
122/128 |
260/320 |
350/384 (est) |
| Driving PC |
Toshiba A70 P4 3Ghz Laptop via 1 parallel port |
Toshiba A200 Dual Core Laptop with 4GB RAM, running Windows Vista |
Toshiba A200 Dual Core Laptop with 4GB RAM, running Windows Vista. Using 4 Serial ports on 2 USB ports. |
| Cars per night |
80 to 100 per night |
Averaged 100+ per night |
Unknown, but hope to beat last year :) |
| Donation for Charity |
$35 for Careflight - See 2007 page for information as we did not ask for donations! |
$2,850 for the Red Cross Blood Bus |
Chosen charity will be Redkite, helping children with cancer. |
| Total Spend |
$1,000 |
$5,197 |
$4,000 (est), plus $11,000 shed upgrade for storage! |
| Sponsors |
None |
Fluidtek |
CTC Communications |
