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    Sydney is the first major city to experience New Years Eve and consequently the Sydney fireworks are beamed around the world on news services and telecasts. Sydney’s reputation is of an exciting and spectacular harbor city and the fireworks are on a grand scale with preparations for a typical year taking 14 months by dozens of pyrotechnicians.This year has been announced to be artistically risky with never attempted before effects including the worlds first countdown to midnight done in pyrotechnics. 100,000 fireworks are ready to launch in 2 separate shows. The first is at 9pm for the children. That early show is expected to last more than 20 minutes with fireworks launching from 6 barges on the harbor.But it is the finale at midnight that the crowds are looking forward to. This year a million people are expected to fill every vantage point around the harbor. People start arriving early in the morning and 3pm marks the time no more are permitted to enter the viewing areas. People will have brought picnics and drinks and party with complete strangers as the festive spirit rises. The summer weather combines with the spectacular harbor location to make not just the first big New Years Eve fireworks displays in the world, but one of the most spectacular and memorable anywhere. Tourists who flock to Sydney for the event are amazed by the event and every year more and more people come to celebrate a Sydney NYE. 

    Sydney is the first major city to experience New Years Eve and consequently the Sydney fireworks are beamed around the world on news services and telecasts. Sydney’s reputation is of an exciting and spectacular harbor city and the fireworks are on a grand scale with preparations for a typical year taking 14 months by dozens of pyrotechnicians.

    This year has been announced to be artistically risky with never attempted before effects including the worlds first countdown to midnight done in pyrotechnics. 100,000 fireworks are ready to launch in 2 separate shows. The first is at 9pm for the children. That early show is expected to last more than 20 minutes with fireworks launching from 6 barges on the harbor.

    But it is the finale at midnight that the crowds are looking forward to. This year a million people are expected to fill every vantage point around the harbor. People start arriving early in the morning and 3pm marks the time no more are permitted to enter the viewing areas. People will have brought picnics and drinks and party with complete strangers as the festive spirit rises. The summer weather combines with the spectacular harbor location to make not just the first big New Years Eve fireworks displays in the world, but one of the most spectacular and memorable anywhere. Tourists who flock to Sydney for the event are amazed by the event and every year more and more people come to celebrate a Sydney NYE.