VIVID APP LAUNCHES WITH ONE WEEK UNTIL LIGHTS GO ON

With only a few days to go until Lights On! Vivid Sydney is sharing top tips to help festivalgoers plan their trip to the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. One of the tips includes downloading the Vivid Sydney app with customised Vivid Trails from famous Australians including The Wiggles, current No. 5 World Championship Tour surfer Sally Fitzgibbons, and 2014 Australian of the Year and Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes.

Destination NSW Chief Executive Officer Sandra Chipchase said that in addition to the trails, the app includes a number of new and enhanced features for 2015.

“This year we introduce Near Me technology, which pinpoints visitors’ locations within the Vivid Sydney footprint and shows them nearby installations and events that they can get to by referencing the on-screen map,” Ms Chipchase said.

“Users can also create a My Vivid profile to further personalise their experience and highlight the light installations, events, musicians, locations and speakers they’d like to see. The list of favourites can then be viewed across multiple devices."

In other tips, Vivid Sydney suggest you don’t miss some festival highlights including:

1. Seeing the Harbour illuminated
Be dazzled by a fleet of ferries and boats that will light up different colours

2. Giving Dolly a Hug
Sure to be a crowd-pleaser, head to Campbell’s Cove to give a giant crocheted doll a hug.

3. Re-living your childhood at First Fleet Park
Enjoy tributes to family favourite games at First Fleet Park’s interactive hub

4. Being mesmerized by Enchanted Sydney
Be mesmerised by the flora and fauna of Sydney when it’s projected onto one of the city’s oldest sandstone buildings, Customs House, at Enchanted Sydney.

5. Make your way to Martin Place
Head to Martin Place for some refreshments at Transcendence and then get hands-on with ‘a game of drones’.

6. Being wowed in Darling Harbour
Head to Darling Harbour for the Vivid Laser-Fountain Water Theatre to see a spectacular liquid-light show featuring dynamic jets and spirals of water, full-colour lighting, rainbow-coloured lasers and dancing flame effects, all to a soundtrack from Sydney electronic music gurus, the Presets.

7. Jumping on the train and heading out to new precincts of Chatswood and Central Park
Whether you love street art projections and silent discos at Central Park, or if you are more inclined to be drawn into the story of Norbet and the Nautilus at Chatswood, the new Vivid Sydney precincts this year which will buzz with light installations and much more.

Vivid Sydney runs for 18 nights from 22 May to 8 June and is owned and managed by the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.

For more information on Vivid Sydney visit vividsydney.com. Download the Vivid Sydney app for free now on iTunes and Google Play.