Which harbor hosts Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks around the Opera House?

Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks are staged around Sydney Harbour, with the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as major landmarks.

The celebration uses barges and other launch points across the harbor, creating a display visible from many shores and vantage points. Its imagery is especially recognizable because fireworks frame the illuminated Opera House sails and the arch of the Harbour Bridge.

Sydney is in the Southern Hemisphere, so December 31 falls during summer there. Its time zone also means the city reaches midnight earlier than many major celebrations in Europe and the Americas, helping make the broadcast event an early global marker of the new year.

The harbor is often called Port Jackson, its broader geographic name. However, the standard answer to the celebration question is Sydney Harbour, not Darling Harbour, which is a separate inlet in the city.