It’s that time of year again and Santa will be making his way around the streets of Lilydale, Chirnside Park, Mount Evelyn and Mooroolbark to say hello and Merry Christmas before he jets off to deliver presents across the globe.
Lilydale’s Santa run will be getting underway around 5.30pm on Monday 19 December.
Route one will see Santa start on Albert Hill Road, travelling to Beresford Road, Kingsburgh Lane to The Gateway, ending on the corner of Beresford Road and Cave Hill Road.
Route two will go down Britannia Way, Nelson Road, Gardiner Street, Brown Street, to end on Anderson Street.
Route three travels up through Old Gippsland Road, weaving through those streets on the hill, to get to North Road and Alexandra Road, before heading to Goodall Drive.
Route four starts on David Road and Nicholson Crescent, before travelling to Lakeview Drive and touring Bella Vista Way among others.
For Chirnside Park, Santa’s elves have confirmed the man in the big red suit will be travelling the CFA brigade’s truck with goodies on Wednesday 21 December from 4.30pm to 7pm by visiting the parks below:
4:30pm – Cloverlea Playground, Locksley road
5:00pm – Roseman rd park, Roseman road
5:15pm – Lancaster Park, Lancaster place
530pm – Cloverlea Estate Pencil Park, Botanica drive
6:15pm – Country Club Reserve, Country Club drive
4:30pm – Rolling Hills Preschool, Landscape drive
5:00pm – Castle Hill Park, Partridge way
5:30pm – The Parkway, Chirnside drive
6:00pm – Delemere way reserve, Delamere drive side
6:30pm – Kimberley Place, Kimberley drive
Mooroolbark CFA will see Santa visiting parks and playgrounds on Friday 23 December at the times and locations below:
Wandana Cres Playground – 2:45pm – 3:45pm
Summerhill Park Playground – 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Red Earth Community Park (near coles) – 5:15pm – 6:30pm
Luke Polkinghome Reserve (Taylor Rd) – 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Shadow Play Rd Playground – 8:45pm – 9:15pm
Santa will be a busy man in Mount Evelyn when he comes to say hello across four nights from Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 December.
Starting on Tuesday at 5pm, Santa will be visiting streets like Bradman/Everton Road, Old Hereford Road, Rangeview Road, Bailey Road and finishing in Stringbark Avenue.
Wednesday’s round will begin Currajong Avenue, touring the York On Lilydale, Joy Avenue, Aqueduct Avenue and The Wridgeway, among others.
Thursday starts on Snowball Avenue before travelling to Clematis Road, Quinn Crescent, Commercial Road and ending on Marne Road.
Friday, the last and final tour sees Santa begin at Leggett Drive/Little John Avenue, to then head to Mt Evelyn Primary School, Birmingham Road playground, Stubbs Road before coming to Birmingham Primary School, making his way through Francis Crescent and finishing at the Mount Evelyn IGA after a walk through of Wray Crescent.
For a full list of streets, head to the Mt Evelyn Fire Brigade Facebook page.
Santa will be arriving in Montrose on a fire truck on Christmas Eve with his CFA helpers. If all goes to plan and his helpers are not called away to an emergency, Santa will be out and about from midday on Saturday 24 December. Keep your ears tuned in for the sirens that will let you know that he is in your area.
If you miss Santa for any reason he will finish his Montrose adventures at the Montrose Community Playground with the time to be posted to the Montrose Fire Brigade Facebook Page during the course of the afternoon.