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The boaties put on an amazing light display – now it’s over to you. Vote for your favourite lighting design and you can both win!
The Float Your Boat entrants are vying for the 2024 Newcastle Permanent People's Choice Award. The boat with the most online votes will win the title, with second and third place prizes also on offer.
Every vote counts!
Anyone who votes goes into the draw for the chance to win one of two fantastic prizes:
How to vote
Please read the Terms and conditions(PDF, 119KB). You are only eligible to vote once and must enter a valid email address.
01 - Condor (Crab by artist Brett Piva): Not eligible for voting – Council commissioned work (JPG, 2MB) 02 - Lake Macquarie Houseboats (Bird by artist Peter Parslow): Not eligible for voting – Council commissioned work (JPG, 3MB) 03 - Hydro (Humpback Whale): The CoastXP team chose a humpback whale to celebrate the beginning of the 2024 whale watching season, and the start of whale watching tours now departing from Swansea! (JPG, 888KB) 05 - Noah's Arc (Noah's Arc): We have taken inspiration from nature and presented an extravagant display of wildlife that have boarded the arc. The display will feature real life palm trees, 3D animals from the land and sea, and an appearance from Noah himself. (JPG, 2MB) 06 - Hermitage (Oh Boy Rocket and Mickey Mouse): Rocket and Mickey Mouse. Inspired by Mickey’s favourite saying Oh Boy! (JPG, 2MB) 07 - Rufus (Pride) (JPG, 2MB) 08 - Influencer (Bluey) (JPG, 1MB) 09 - Jo-Ann (Unicorn): The inspiration for the design was my four young grandchildren that like playing with and watching unicorns. (JPG, 196KB) 10 - CatTiva (Tugboat) (JPG, 1MB) 11 - Toto (TNT Dynamite) (JPG, 2MB) 12 - Bluey (Pac-man and the ghosts): We've been participating in Float Your Boat every year since it started. We love to challenge ourselves and think about installations that get the attention of the young and old. This year we will be Pac-man and the ghosts! (JPG, 2MB) 13 - Windfall (Under Sail) (JPG, 1MB) 14 - Mistique (Road Runner) (JPG, 2MB) 15 - Havarest (Eternity) (JPG, 183KB) 16 - Happy Days (Giant rubber duck): This is our second year participating, and we come all the way from Canberra to participate with other boaties. This year's idea came from the grandkids - a giant rubber duck! (JPG, 2MB) 17 - Da Moot (The Sailfish) (JPG, 2MB) 18 - Mullika (Dino Party): It’s a dino party on deck this year, as we celebrate our son Koda’s second birthday. With dino’s party hat on, and present ready to unwrap, we hope to light up our little boy’s night! (JPG, 1MB)
01 - Condor (Crab by artist Brett Piva): Not eligible for voting – Council commissioned work
02 - Lake Macquarie Houseboats (Bird by artist Peter Parslow): Not eligible for voting – Council commissioned work
03 - Hydro (Humpback Whale): The CoastXP team chose a humpback whale to celebrate the beginning of the 2024 whale watching season, and the start of whale watching tours now departing from Swansea!
05 - Noah's Arc (Noah's Arc): We have taken inspiration from nature and presented an extravagant display of wildlife that have boarded the arc. The display will feature real life palm trees, 3D animals from the land and sea, and an appearance from Noah himself.
06 - Hermitage (Oh Boy Rocket and Mickey Mouse): Rocket and Mickey Mouse. Inspired by Mickey’s favourite saying Oh Boy!
07 - Rufus (Pride)
08 - Influencer (Bluey)
09 - Jo-Ann (Unicorn): The inspiration for the design was my four young grandchildren that like playing with and watching unicorns.
10 - CatTiva (Tugboat)
11 - Toto (TNT Dynamite)
12 - Bluey (Pac-man and the ghosts): We've been participating in Float Your Boat every year since it started. We love to challenge ourselves and think about installations that get the attention of the young and old. This year we will be Pac-man and the ghosts!
13 - Windfall (Under Sail)
14 - Mistique (Road Runner)
15 - Havarest (Eternity)
16 - Happy Days (Giant rubber duck): This is our second year participating, and we come all the way from Canberra to participate with other boaties. This year's idea came from the grandkids - a giant rubber duck!
17 - Da Moot (The Sailfish)
18 - Mullika (Dino Party): It’s a dino party on deck this year, as we celebrate our son Koda’s second birthday. With dino’s party hat on, and present ready to unwrap, we hope to light up our little boy’s night!
Voting is open until 11.59pm Sunday 30 June and winners will be notified by Tuesday 2 July.
**The image gallery will be updated during the event.
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