Sydney is the Australian city famous for New Year's Eve fireworks over its harbor.
The celebration centers on Sydney Harbour, with fireworks staged around landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Its dramatic waterfront setting and position near the beginning of the global New Year sequence have made the event one of the most widely televised celebrations in the world.
Sydney's official program commonly includes an earlier family fireworks display and a larger midnight display, although exact schedules and formats can change from year to year. Boats, parks, rooftops, and waterfront vantage points attract large crowds.
The event is often described as occurring among the first major city celebrations of the New Year, but it is not the planet's first midnight everywhere: several Pacific communities reach January 1 earlier because of their time zones. The harbor fireworks are a Sydney tradition, not a national celebration held in every Australian city.