The 9 pm Fireworks : -
Last night, my wife and I went to the Sydney Harbour to welcome the New Year and watch the fireworks.
There were 2 fireworks sessions, one at 9 pm and the more spectacular one at midnight.
For the 9 pm one, we watched it from Lavender Bay at the beach. After it finished, many parents with small children left for home.
We then walked for about 1/2 hour to get to Milson Point's Watson Park, which is directly under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was very crowded, with more than 300K people gathered everywhere there is space.
More than 1.5 million people watched the fireworks from about 43 different vantage points around the Sydney Harbour. Many of them started camping out at the best places with picnic baskets as early as 8am on New Year's Eve.
Apparently, 5 indigenous vessels were also used to "cleanse" the Harbour of negative spirits.
Many cruise ships, beautifully lighted up, were also offering dinner or supper programs while sailing around the Harbour to give the best view of the fireworks.
It was truly a spectacular show, with numerous fireworks going off in various sections of the Sydney Harbour. 11,000 pyrotechnic shells were used, costing about $5 million.
The sky lit up with X-shaped fireworks, lightning bolts, crescent moons, double hearts, bow ties, boomerangs and a dazzling tumbling red and white checkerboard effect. After more than 15-20 minutes, the fireworks ended with a crescendo of the traditional Bridge golden waterfall.
The focal point is on the Harbour Bridge, as you can see from the video below.
What a beautiful experience that we shared with all the Sydney-siders. There was a lot of gracious partying around, with people very friendly and greeting each other with shouts of "Happy New Year"!!
When the fireworks finished, we walked to the main road to take a bus home. There were numerous buses, with coordinators to help direct the buses and passengers, to help all the spectators go home.
Guess what - the service is free! Yup, you do not have to pay a single cent to ride the bus home.
And everything went smoothly and efficiently even though there were so many people going home. A lot of people also walked home.
It was a really memorable experience for us.
Enjoy the videos of the fireworks. Happy New Year!!
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