On a tiny dot perched 1550km north-west of Australia, life is roaring at this time of year.
One of Australia’s seven external territories, Christmas Island — which sits off the coast of Western Australia — is the nation’s only jurisdiction to mark Lunar New Year with a public holiday.
The annual celebration, commemorating the start of the new lunar calendar which falls this year on 10 February, is so widely embraced on the island that two public holidays are observed.
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