New Years Eve!

Sydney is supposed to be one of the best places to celebrate new years eve. People have told me this since the first day I landed in Australia. It was therefore an easy choice where I wanted to celebrate. However with over 1.5 million people all wanting the best spots to see the harbor bridge fireworks the question was where we should go.

The best spots had people camping out from the night before putting up tents and then sitting and waiting the whole day. Then the next best places had queues from 7-8 in the morning. We ended up going to a place called Bulls Head Reserve. It was a little bit away from the bridge, but still had a great view and a plus was that you could bring your own alcohol. We went there around 3 pm and had a picnic and drinks while waiting. There was a lot of people gathered and more where coming the whole time. It was also clear that the place we choose was the teenage party place, but that didn't bother us as they were all friendly, and we were not that much older than them.

At 9 pm was the first fireworks and everybody gathered at the viewing spots to get a good look. It was a good show, then at 12 was the "real" fireworks. It was magnificent. The fireworks lasted for 12 minutes and was synchronized to music if you had a radio turned on the right station. In addition they had all different kinds of effects on the harbor bridge, including lights and special fireworks and a big ball changing colors. It is hard to describe. I think it was the best fireworks I have seen. I was surprised that there was no countdown, but after the fireworks everyone was saying happy new year to each other.

At this point everyone was getting pretty drunk and it was a bit of a challenge to get back across the bridge to the apartment. I think the trip took about 2-2.5 hours. It felt good to get back after a long day, but it was worth every second of it! Now I can brag that I celebrated new years eve in Sydney! :P