The famous Australian New Year's Eve fireworks display held around the Harbour Bridge takes place in Sydney.
Sydney's celebration centers on Sydney Harbour, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House forming its most recognizable backdrop. The event includes an earlier family fireworks display and a midnight fireworks show, although exact program details can vary from year to year. The harbor setting allows viewers to watch from foreshore areas, boats, parks, and designated vantage points.
The display is often described as one of the first major international New Year's celebrations because Australia reaches midnight earlier than many heavily populated regions in Europe and the Americas. It is not the world's first midnight everywhere, however: locations farther east in the Pacific enter the new year earlier. The bridge is also not the only launch point; fireworks are coordinated across the harbor and surrounding areas.