Sydney hosts the annual New Year's Eve fireworks display centered on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Sydney's celebration uses the harbour as its setting, with fireworks launched from the Harbour Bridge, barges and nearby structures. The Sydney Opera House and the bridge form the event's most recognizable visual background. Because Australia reaches midnight early in the day for many international viewers, the display is widely broadcast around the world.
The modern event grew from public celebrations held around Sydney Harbour and became an increasingly large, professionally organized spectacle in the late twentieth century. It commonly includes an earlier family fireworks display and a major midnight show, although exact programming can change.
The bridge is sometimes described as the sole launch site, but fireworks have also been fired from barges and other harbour locations. Sydney is the city answer; the harbour is the setting and the bridge is the landmark most associated with the event.