Sydney ushered in the new year with a bang! This year's theme is Awaken the Spirit and Sydneysiders were asked to celebrate Sydney's Spirit by wearing a touch of blue representing our blue harbour and stunning blue sky. The fireworks were designed to represent the Stars of the Southern Cross... what a spectacular night!
The day started off being cloudy with expectations of showers. However as the night approaches, there was no sign of rain, however it was very windy. I was at a friend's house at Darling Point. There were road blocks this year and unless you are a resident, cars were not allowed to go through. People were strolling in to the park nearby with their picnic baskets. The park nearby (which families had to pay this year to attend) was an alcohol free zone. There were also quite a few parties in the various apartments in the surrounding area.
I wished I was out on one of the boats which were circling the harbour though... and the usual flotilla of boats parade around the harbour was very appealing.
As usual, there was the 9pm fireworks, followed by "teasers" at 10pm and 11pm and the finale at 12 midnight. The harbour then came alive with colours of red, green... this year's fireworks was apparently the most complex to stage, using computer microchip to achieve the rare blue colour. About 4.500 kg of fireworks were "fired" from 4 barges around the harbour.
As I was writing this, Paris ushered in the new year with less bang on the Eiffle Tower opting instead for a Twinkling Eiffle Tower... on the pretext of saving money as well as for reasons of rioting. Hmm... wonder if Sydney will be able to have as big a party without our $5m fireworks and would our $$ be put to better use? 
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