1/56Pamela Shaw and Kristina Dowson enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
50+ PHOTOS: Festivities in full swing across Sunshine Coast
Santa Hats and delicious feasts were in abundance around the Sunshine Coast as friends and families celebrated Christmas and Boxing Day.
2/56Belinda, Craig and Alisa Weimstein enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
3/56Rowenia, Trent, Marty and Ella Kwast enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
4/56Tom, Ollie, Mitch and Sally Lehmann (back left) enjoy Christmas celebrations with Dylan (second right), Di (back middle) and Mitch Ebsworth (back right) at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
5/56Katie Moore and Brooklyn Zamani enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
6/56Donna, Charlotte and Konrad Gillies enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
7/56Brad and Melissa Ward enjoy Christmas celebrations with their children Ruby and Skyla at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
8/56Maicon, Nicole and Tania Sapelli enjoy Christmas celebrations with Racardo and Mariana Muller (right) at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
9/56Willow and Harper Austin enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
10/56Jess, Alex and Michael Lynn enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
11/56Ian and Pat Room enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
12/56Ken, Jo and Harry Chan enjoy Christmas celebrations with Robyn Johnston (second right) at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
13/56Imogen Murphy, Maye and Alys Beutel enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
14/56Jude McCullum, Ruben, Howie and Dave Price (back left) enjoy Christmas celebrations with Toby and Darcy McCullum (back right) at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
15/56Sid "Santa" Whittaker and Karlene Thoresen enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
16/56Janelle Gibbons and Gianni Vario enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
17/56Lisa and Courtney Martin enjoy Christmas celebrations with Luke Chaplin at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
18/56Ben Fischer, Agatha Moar and Winifred, Lennox, Troy and Sigrid Fischer, Cecilia Moar and Simone Cullen enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
19/56Siena and Tasha Whiting enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
20/56Nancy and Chris Gallop enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
21/56Oliver, Isabelle and Kylie Burkwood enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
22/56Norman Lawson (left) and Patrick (baby) and Matthew Harris enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
23/56Cassandra, Bowie (bottom left) and Archie Virgen (bottom right) enjoy Christmas celebrations with Sharon Lindsay (back left) at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
24/56Russ and Jen Barton enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
25/56Emily and Chantelle Jack enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
26/56Cassandra Virgen and Sharon and Georgia Lindsay enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
27/56Daniella Doyle and Dominic Boyle enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
28/56Simone and Drew Cameron enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
29/56Jae and April Harvey, Caysea Carey, Codey Madden and Caylen Bartz enjoy Christmas celebrations at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
30/56Imogen (far left) and Lauren Murphy (far right) enjoy Christmas celebrations with Maye, Alys, Aari, Jacinta and Taryn Beutel at Cotton Tree Park. Picture: Laura Pettigrew.
31/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
32/56Grayson, John and Olive Taylor with Annalise Wallis in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
33/56Dermo, Jake, Ella, Ava, Kerry, Stu and Parker in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
34/56Cohen, Mason, Jaxson, Eli, Audrey and Renee in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
35/56Corey and Melissa Brough in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
36/56Benjamin Hampe with Levi and Archie Blattman in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
37/56Hannah, Ben and Jess Ayling in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
38/56Benjamin Hampe with Levi and Archie Blattman in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
39/56Andrew Gregory and Kaitlyn Mann in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
40/56The Taylor family in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
41/56Grayson and John Taylor in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
42/56Barry, Talen and Baylin in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
43/56Dennis and River Driver in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
44/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
45/56Julia Englhardt in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
46/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
47/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
48/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
49/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
50/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
51/56James Smith, Emma Smith, Stuart Smith and Zoe Smith in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
52/56Benjamin Hampe with Levi and Archie Blattman in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
53/56Matthew North, Mark Kelly and Jason North in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
54/56Kaitlyn Mann, Andrew Gregory and Neil McManus playing cricket in Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
55/56Jake, Ava and Ella in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
56/56Julie Englhardt in Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore for Boxing Day. Picture: Sam Turner
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