The New Year's Eve event held in Sydney Harbour with fireworks around the Opera House and Harbour Bridge is called Sydney New Year's Eve.
The celebration is one of Australia's most internationally broadcast New Year's events. Its displays use locations around the harbor, including barges and major landmarks, creating a wide visual panorama rather than a single launch point. The program commonly includes an earlier family fireworks display and a larger midnight display, although schedules can change.
The Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge are separate structures with different histories and functions. The Opera House opened in 1973, while the Harbour Bridge opened in 1932. Both became central visual symbols in television coverage of the harbor celebration.
Sydney's location in the Southern Hemisphere means the event takes place during summer. That seasonal detail distinguishes it from many heavily televised Northern Hemisphere celebrations, which occur during winter.