22 July | Australia lights up for World Fragile X Day
World Fragile X Day is 22 July. This day is celebrated in many countries around the world including Australia.
Each year we invite significant landmarks in each state and territory to celebrate World Fragile X Day by illuminating in orange on the night of 22 July.
Our Fragile X Day illumination program kicked off in 2016, with Brisbane City Council and Launceston City Council the first to participate. Fast forward to 2024 – 122 landmarks, across each state and territory have committed to shining a light for Fragile X.
This program is now international, thanks to FRAXA Research Foundation – on 22 July 2024 we expect to see close to 400 landmarks globally showing their support for the Fragile X community.
A website named World Fragile X Day has an Activity Map showing ALL of the landmarks illuminating for Fragile X on 22 July.
What’s lighting up in Australia near you??
| ACT | CANBERRA | National Carillon |
| Old Parliament House | ||
| Shine Dome | ||
| Telstra Tower – 21 July | ||
| Treasury Building | ||
| NSW | ALBURY | Albury Entertainment Centre |
| COFFS HARBOUR | Big Banana | |
| GRIFFITH | Nancy Blumer Memorial | |
| LAKE MACQUARIE | MAP mima, Lake Macquarie | |
| NEWCASTLE | Newcastle Clock Tower Face | |
| SYDNEY | Manly Town Hall | |
| Sydney Olympic Park: * Olympic Blvd Light Towers, * Accor Stadium, * Hotels – Pullman, Ibis and Novotel, * Olympic Park Station | ||
| WOLLONGONG | City Beach Function Centre | |
| NT | PALMERSTON | Palmerston Recreation Centre |
| QLD | BRISBANE | Breakfast Creek Bridge |
| City Hall and King George Square | ||
| Reddacliff Place | ||
| Sandgate Town Hall | ||
| Story Bridge | ||
| Suncorp Stadium | ||
| Treasury Brisbane | ||
| Victoria Bridge | ||
| Wickham Terrace Car Park | ||
| CAIRNS | Court House Gallery | |
| Reef Casino Hotel | ||
| GOLD COAST | Broadbeach sign | |
| Isle of Capri Bridge | ||
| Marina Mirage | ||
| Surfers Paradise foreshore garden lighting | ||
| Surfers Paradise sign | ||
| Victoria Park decorative lighting | ||
| LONGREACH | Longreach Tower (22 and 23 July) | |
| MACKAY | Sir Albert Abbott Administration Building | |
| MARYBOROUGH | Maryborough City Hall | |
| ROCKHAMPTON | Riverside Heritage Facades | |
| TOOWOOMBA | Council Annex | |
| Victoria Street Bridge | ||
| TOWNSVILLE | Central Park Boardwalk | |
| Flinders Square | ||
| George Roberts Bridge | ||
| Little Fletcher Bridge | ||
| Old Magistrates Court House | ||
| Queensland Country Bank Stadium | ||
| Townsville Sign | ||
| Victoria Bridge | ||
| Wharton Reef Lighthouse | ||
| YEPPOON | Keppel Sands Playground / Foreshore | |
| The Singing Ship (Emu Park) | ||
| Wreck Point Lookout (Cooee Bay) , | ||
| Yeppoon Stage/Ampitheatre (Yeppoon Foreshore) | ||
| SA | ADELAIDE | Adelaide Oval |
| Parliament House | ||
| Port Adelaide Lighthouse | ||
| Riverbank Footbridge | ||
| SA Power Networks Building | ||
| Unley Town Hall | ||
| MOUNT GAMBIER | Mount Gambier Visitor Information Centre | |
| Riddoch Arts and Culture Centre | ||
| TAS | BURNIE | Burnie Council Office |
| DEVONPORT | paranaple convention centre | |
| HOBART | Cardinals | |
| Crowne Plaza Hotel | ||
| Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre | ||
| Elizabeth Mall | ||
| Franklin Square Fountain | ||
| Kennedy Lane | ||
| Rose Garden Bridge | ||
| Tasman Bridge | ||
| Wrest Point Casino Tower | ||
| LAUNCESTON | Chalmers | |
| Launceston Town Hall | ||
| VIC | BALLARAT | Eureka Memorial Park Fountain |
| Lake Wendouree Fountain | ||
| Town Hall Clockface | ||
| BENDIGO | Bendigo Conservatory | |
| GEELONG | Catenary Lights | |
| MELBOURNE | AAMI Park | |
| Bolte Bridge | ||
| CityLink Soundtube | ||
| Fed Square | ||
| Flinders Street Station | ||
| MCG | ||
| Melbourne Town Hall | ||
| Old Treasury Building | ||
| WARRAGUL | WGAC (West Gippsland Arts Centre) | |
| WA | ALBANY | Albany Town Square (20 to 22 July) |
| Alison Hartman Gardens (20 to 22 July) | ||
| BUNBURY | Arrol Crane, at Jetty Road | |
| Guppy Park | ||
| Koolambidi Woola (Bunbury’s youth precinct) | ||
| Koombana Bay Footbridge | ||
| Koombana Bay Foreshore | ||
| Marlston Hill Lookout | ||
| Marlston Waterfront | ||
| Richmond Reserve | ||
| The Navigators at Koombana Drive roundabout | ||
| FREMANTLE | Fremantle Prison Gatehouse | |
| GERALDTON | Queens Park Theatre | |
| KALGOORLIE | Eastern Goldfields Community Centre | |
| KARRATHA | Red Earth Arts Precinct | |
| MANDURAH | Mandurah Bridge | |
| PERTH | Council House – 21 July | |
| Elizabeth Quay | ||
| Joondalup Drive Bridge | ||
| Kings Park – Fraser Avenue tree lights | ||
| Matagarup Bridge | ||
| Mount Street Bridge | ||
| Northbridge Tunnel Façade | ||
| Optus Stadium | ||
| SkyRibbon | ||
| The Bell Tower, Perth | ||
| Trafalgar Bridge | ||
| WA Parliament House Fountain | ||
| Yagan Sqaure | ||
| PORT HEDLAND | Great Northern Highway Port Hedland Interchange Bridge |
