Winter is a tough time to attract tourists to Australia. We’re in the depths of bitter cold. Why today the high is only 17 degrees celsius. For Americans, that’s a mind-numbing 63 degrees fahrenheit. Clearly something needed to be done.

Attracting winter time tourists is an art in itself. Sydney doens’t reach the cold depths that would allow an ice hotel - as in Scandinavia. Instead we’ve taken the best looking city - and made it prettier.

Tuesday night was the launch of “Vivid” - a light display across Sydney linked to a series of special events. I was fortunate enough to be taking a client to dinner on launch night at Circular Quay. We saw the display of light boxes in front of Custom House - then saw the pink paisley light show on the sails of Opera House.

Take time to come into the CBD one night this week. Take a wander and see what you can see. More on the Vivid can be found on their website.

Buy dress warm…brrrrrr…..