1/37New Year's Eve midnight fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
Sydney skies light up for New Years Eve
GALLERY: The Sydney Harbour foreshore is set ablaze by an absolutely stunning fireworks display, illuminating the Opera House and Harbour Bridge amidst a sea of excitement as Australia rings in the new year.
2/37New Year's Eve midnight fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
3/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
4/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
5/37New Year's Eve midnight fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
6/37New Year's Eve midnight fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
7/37New Year's Eve midnight fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
8/37New Year's Eve midnight fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
9/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
10/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
11/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
12/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
13/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
14/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
15/37New Year's Eve 2018 - The midnight fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from a rooftop in Potts Point. Picture: Toby Zerna
16/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
17/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
18/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
19/37The 9pm NYE Fireworks seen from Dover Heights Pictures: Toby Zerna
20/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
21/37New Years Eve 2018 - 9pm Fireworks display from Dudley Page Reserve in Dover Heights. Picture: Toby Zerna
22/37The 9pm NYE Fireworks seen from Dover Heights Pictures: Toby Zerna
23/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
24/37The 9pm NYE Fireworks seen from Dover Heights Pictures: Toby Zerna
25/37The 9pm NYE Fireworks seen from Dover Heights. Pictures: Toby Zerna
26/37The 9pm NYE Fireworks seen from Dover Heights. Pictures: Toby Zerna
27/37New Years Eve 2018 - 9pm Fireworks display from Dudley Page Reserve in Dover Heights. Picture: Toby Zerna
28/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
29/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
30/37Lightning before the New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
31/37New Years Eve 2018 - 9pm Fireworks display from Dudley Page Reserve in Dover Heights. Picture: Toby Zerna
32/37New Years Eve 2018 - 9pm Fireworks display from Dudley Page Reserve in Dover Heights. Picture: Toby Zerna
33/37Sydney’s New Years Eve fireworks are pictured from the Opera House foreshore. Picture: Derrick Krusche
34/37Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during the 9pm display on New Year's Eve on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Picture: Brett Hemmings / Getty Images)
35/37New Year's Eve 9pm fireworks over Sydney Harbour as seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Picture: Jonathan Ng
36/37New Years Eve 2018 - 9pm Fireworks display from Dudley Page Reserve in Dover Height. Picture: Toby Zerna
37/37Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during the 9pm display on New Year's Eve on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Picture: Brett Hemmings / Getty Images
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