Valley Of Praise Retirement Village

23/12/2025

A welcome special visitor tonight at the spirals ❤️🎄

22/12/2025

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The much-loved Lobethal Christmas Pageant Parade returns to the Lobethal Main Street on the 23rd of December, bringing festive cheer and holiday magic to the heart of the town.

17/12/2025

Also, The Lobethal Christmas Pageant is on Tuesday 23rd December @ 7pm

The Lights of Lobethal is a long-running, community-run Christmas lights festival in the town of Lobethal (Adelaide Hills, 35–40 km from Adelaide). It’s reputed to be the largest community Christmas light display in the Southern Hemisphere. The festival has roots back to the 1950s what began as small light displays has grown into a major Adelaide Hills Christmas tradition. 

When & Where
• Dates: 12 December 2025 to 22 December 2025 inclusive. 
• Time to view lights: From dusk each evening — often best viewed after sunset (traditionally around 8:30 pm for full effect). 
• Location: The displays are all across Lobethal — homes and businesses decorate their houses and the town’s streets/laneways. 

🌟 What’s On / Festival Highlights

When you attend, there’s a lot more than just lights. Here’s the main lineup for 2025: 

Community Lights Display / Lights Trail - homes and businesses decorated; you can drive or walk through town to see spectacular light displays the “Christmas-lights trail.” 

Centennial Hall Christmas Markets daily/nightly markets (from 13 Dec “til about 24 Dec), with crafts, gifts, local goods great for picking up handmade or festive presents. 

Living Nativity From 14 Dec nightly — a traditional re-enactment of the Christmas story with animals, live performers, etc. (shows at ~8:50 pm & 9:20 pm). 

Carols in the Valley- Evening carol concert scheduled for Sunday 14 Dec 2025. A lovely option if you enjoy live music and carols in a community setting. 

A Triumphant Christmas- Concert evenings (19, 20 & 21 December 2025) at the local church — brass, percussion & pipe organ music plus festive favourites. Great if you enjoy music with Christmas atmosphere. 

Food, Eats & Local Business Support - the town’s eateries, cafés, pubs and food vendors open for dinner or snacks a good idea to grab food first, then enjoy the lights. 

Charming, Family Friendly Atmosphere with lights displays, markets, Nativity scenes, music and more the festival caters for all ages: families, couples, groups. 

✅ Tips for Visiting
• Best time: From dusk (after sunset) — around & after 8:30 pm tends to give the best light-show effect. 
• Arrive early & grab dinner before the lights: Lobethal’s eateries are open, it’s smart to eat first, then stroll/drive the lights when it’s dark and busy. 
• Parking & traffic: Especially on busy nights start at top of town (e.g. near the bakery or other upstream parking) and walk down if possible for easier parking. 

If you enjoy Christmas magic, lights, relaxed festive strolls or drives, community markets, and a community vibe ‘Lights of Lobethal’ is a classic festive outing and well worth a visit.

13/12/2025

The Christmas Festival is here… 🎄🪅🎅Lobethal certainly shines bright this time of the year. Come and visit our bright colourful town and when you do pop in and see what we have available for you at the Valley of Praise Retirement Village. If your hungry we have for sale Spiral Potato’s, Sidewinder Potato’s with sour cream and chilli sauce, toasted sandwiches, hot dogs, scones jam and cream, tea, coffee, milo, cold drinks and of course everyone’s favourite ice creams 🍦
If you are perhaps looking for a special gift or stocking fillers check out the craft stall all hand made items made by our Residents, you will also find some hidden treasures at the white elephant stall.
Also take a walk through The Village Hub. You will be surprised by what you will find here, honey biscuits, christmas wreaths, lots of hand made items from woodwork, fabrics, items made from recycled products, hand made cards, jewellery, and many other beautiful items well worth a look. You will see some creative items made by the “LADS” (Lobethal and District Shed Men) you just might find that unique gift for a loved one! Hope to see you soon 😁 🎄🎅💡🪅🎁🎉🙏❤️

08/12/2025

08/12/2025

Annual Residents Christmas Dinner, fun, fellowship, friends and lots of food 🥰

11/11/2025

We will remember them 🙏❤️
Beautiful display in “The Hub” window 🙏

04/11/2025

The race that stops the nation… Melbourne Cup celebrations at VPRV 🙏🏇

03/07/2025

What a lovely morning with our Residents and friends from the Lobethal Bakery. Thank you for your kind gifts and love. 🙏 Happy 50 years Lobethal Bakery 🎉🎂

03/07/2025

A big thank you for your kindness and generosity Lobethal Bakery, we are all truly blessed to have you in our community. Happy 50 years

11/06/2025

100th Birthday Celebration 🎉 🎂🥳💐🦋
Olga Hein turned 100 on Tuesday 3rd June 2025. Olga has been a resident at the Valley of Praise Retirement Village for 25 of those years. Olga’s celebrations have gone on for over a week or more 🎉🙏 Olga organised her own party to celebrate with some of her family and friends from the retirement village. Congratulations to Olga one amazing lady. 💗🦋

26/04/2025

Lest we forget