There’s a carousel going up near the Botanic Gardens car park and a sign by the kiosk says ‘Light Show Packing In’. There is evidence of this happening, but there were no people in sight as I walked through the Gardens on this cold showery day. A sign on the kiosk door said, ‘Meeting in Progress’. Perhaps they were all in there keeping warm.

Later, I saw two events vehicles, one of which seemed to be driven by a brown cocker spaniel grinning cheerfully out of the driver’s window.

The Illuminate Show is running for three weeks from 14 August, Thursday to Sunday, 5.45pm to 9.30pm, to cheer us up at the end of winter. $15 single admission, $52.50 for a group of four.