Sydney hosts the famous Australian New Year's Eve fireworks display.
The celebration is centered on Sydney Harbour, where fireworks are launched from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, barges, and other locations around the water. The harbour setting makes the display especially recognizable, with the bridge and Opera House forming its best-known visual backdrop.
Sydney's New Year's Eve program commonly includes an evening air show, a 9 p.m. family fireworks display, and the main midnight fireworks. The exact program can change from year to year, but the midnight event marks the arrival of January 1 in Australia's eastern summer time zone.
The display is often described as one of the first major international New Year's celebrations because Australia reaches midnight before Europe and the Americas. It should not be confused with the separate Melbourne fireworks event: Sydney's signature celebration is the one associated with Sydney Harbour and its bridge.