Nowhere on earth does New Year like Sydney. With our glorious harbour, exotic national parks and party-hungry public, Sydney is the undisputed New Year's Eve capital of the world. And this year the world will watch in awe as our biggest and best show yet is unleashed and Sydney's spirit for the year ahead is awakened!
The countdown to midnight begins at 5 pm with pre-show entertainment on the Harbour in the form of a sries of aerial flyovers from a fleet of Three Pitts Specials, De Havilland Tiger Moths, Boeing Stearman and Beechcraft Staggerwing.
As is traditional in Gadigal country, an Indigenous Smoking Ceremony and an Acknowledgement of Country will follow at 8 pm. This is where our traditional custodians take to the Harbour in five indigenous vessels and stir up what Rhoda Roberts, creative director of the 2009 NYE, calls an awakening of "that spirit within our land, water, sky and people". This year it will also serve to ‘call up' the first reveal of the Bridge Effect with a series of fireworks firings.
At 9 pm the spectacular Family Fireworks and much-loved Harbour of Light Parade will ignite. This year's stunning display of pyrotechnics has been choreographed to a synchronised music soundtrack from much-loved children's movies and pop songs.
Following that 15 minute flurry will be the Harbour of Light Parade at 9.15 pm where a flotilla of 55 vessels illuminated by rope-lit decorative lighting that will parade around the Harbour, followed at 10 pm by the cannon blasts across the water to Awaken our Spirit for the year ahead.
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