Sydney hosts New Year's Eve fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.
The celebration takes place around one of the world's most recognizable natural harbours, with the bridge and opera house forming its signature skyline. It includes fireworks at midnight as well as earlier displays and other programmed events.
Sydney's location near the International Date Line means it is among the major cities to welcome the new year early relative to Europe and the Americas. The event is sometimes described as the world's first major New Year's celebration, but that wording depends on how “major city” and time-zone comparisons are defined.