Comments on: Tourism Victoria Double Life in Daylesford

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:45:56 +0000

This ad’s been around for a while now, & i was just trying to look up who sang the song;

Yes, everybody’s entitled to an opinion, but, my god, (yes, pun intended), the religious zealotry, the suicidal undertones, these are disturbing, not the ad itslef! I guess the Hillsong cult will try to put roadblocks in place to daylesford, & start picketing tourism victoria’s offices now

I was raised in the church, but made my own mind up about religion; I ain’t religious, but I can appreciate this genre, as much as the other diverse tastes I have in music;

It’s a song people; it’s an ad to get people to visit a beautiful part of the state; there’s no subliminal messages; just appreciate it for what it is;

By: Dur

Dur — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:02:42 +0000

No satan would be apart of your storybook I mean religion.

By: Keets

Keets — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:59:19 +0000

Why do religious people get offended so easily?

Anyway it’s a beautiful ad & I adore this song, I really feel refreshed whenever I see it on tv hahaha. I love Victoria so much I can’t wait to visit again.

By: ric matthews

ric matthews — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:25:03 +0000

This is Ric Matthews housemate -- Reading these comments, it seems that god botherers dont have a sense of humor, LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE, the ad and music is great.

By: ric matthews

ric matthews — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:12:48 +0000

i have watched the add many times because it is the best add on tv for such a long time it is so good we are leaving in the first week of nov. for a 8 day stay.the only thing that upsets me is to find so many people with out a decent thought in there head living in gods own country australia..the two things that we should get rid of are politics and religions

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:36:45 +0000

Definitely a very odd ad for Daylesford. For those that live there it’s virtually unrecognisable -- and rather creepy!

By: Tony Munro

Tony Munro — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:13:41 +0000

I’ve travelled through Victoria including the beautiful Daylesford featured in your latest TV ad.

I’m not your manic depressive, more your glass half-full optimist, but I must say I’m puzzled, even disturbed by the ad.

The mournful backing track and the girl descending into an indoor darkened pool reminded me of Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue (Eliza Jane) clip where he leads her down to the water and drowns her in the river.

There are definite suicide overtones as the girl, never smiling, looks as if she is accepting a watery fate.

I’m sure the message you want is not “See Victoria and you’ll want to commit suicide!” Maybe it is!

By: AnthonyB

AnthonyB — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:09:43 +0000

Leah,

Do people often go into Spa’s fully dressed in white and get dunked under water in that particular way? You clearly have never seen an adult immersion baptism performed, it is clearly what they are deliberaterly mimicing.

I find the add troubling, our culture has lost much of the concept of the sacred. However I intend to contact the people responsible and ask for clarification on what they meant. My baptism at 16 was one of the most meaningful events of my life, my intial feeling (and I’m, entitled to my own response) is that the add mocks that ritual.

This is democrary, they are free to make those adds. I am free (if I’m not happy with their response to my queries) to never bother going to their town. Anyway currently I’d rather spend my money supporting places like Marysville recover from the fires.

By: leah

leah — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:24:50 +0000

Well first of all this advertisement is not anything to do with religions. It is a country town that you visit referred to as spa country because what everyone seems to think of the end scene that she is being baptized, NO you couldnt be more wrong she is in a hot spa, as there are many mineral springs around the Daylesford and Hepburn Springs region. The live a double life slogan is meaning how different Daylesford is during the day to how it is at night ! you really need to go there and experience the area before making judgments !

By: patricia

patricia — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:44:33 +0000

shame on you all for putting such an add on the tele….i will never go there….shame on the lucas girl..hope she isnt related to my family…for doing that add…i used think she was beautiful…but that add…brings out the worst in her.,. i know that sounds mean…but she dosent even lick her finger like a professional..if thats what you all wanted to achieve…trying to copy the amedricans eh wot??