New Year’s Eve fireworks 2024: the best places to watch NYE celebrations around Australia
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Night skies will light up on New Year’s Eve to welcome in 2025. Here’s your guide to child-friendly shows plus what time and where to see the fireworks in Sydney, Melbourne and across the country. Night skies across Australia will light up on New Year’s Eve to herald the beginning of 2025.
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Whether you are in a capital city or regional town, there are fireworks displays scheduled early in the night – for children, and those wishing to hit the hay early – and at midnight, for people counting down to the new year. Here are the key celebrations taking place across the country on Tuesday night.
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Sydney will ring in the new year with its iconic fireworks ceremony over the harbour. More than a million people are expected to gather across the city to watch the action. The $6.3m display will go ahead after the New South Wales government and rail unions reached an agreement and there will be no new action affecting train services on NYE.
On Tuesday night a smoking ceremony will begin at 7.30pm, followed by a welcome to country at 8.30pm. Pylon projections will then light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The 9pm fireworks will be followed by a light display across the harbour, before the main event: the midnight fireworks.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email. There are dozens of vantage points across the city – some free, others ticketed – and you can view the full list online. For those watching at home, there is the City of Sydney live stream or ABC TV.
