Where you can still get tickets to Brisbane’s biggest New Year’s Eve parties
If you didn’t keep last year’s new year’s resolution to be better organised, don’t panic — you can still secure a spot at many of Brisbane’s A-list New Year’s Eve parties.
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If you didn’t keep last year’s New Year’s resolution to be better organised, don’t panic — you can still secure a spot at many of Brisbane’s A list New Year’s Eve parties.
Some venues are hosting two “sittings” to take in either the family-friendly 8.30pm fireworks or the midnight fireworks – both set off from barges on the Brisbane River at South Bank, Eagle Street Pier and Portside Wharf.
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The Sunday Mail found plenty of places to party.
Tickets are still available for Treasury Brisbane’s two celebrations — one on the ground floor and a roof top party. Together, partygoers are expected to work their way through 200 dozen oysters, 30kg of cheese and 500 sliders washed down with 2000 cocktails.
The new W Hotel Brisbane in the new Brisbane Quarter in George Street hosts its first New Year’s Eve and, also, in the Brisbane Quarter, Heritij is hosting an Indian feast.
The recently opened Howard Smith Wharves are expected to be popular but you can still book a place at Greca Restaurant for $150 which gets you a menu that includes king prawns, grilled octopus and baked lamb shoulder.
Most restaurants at Eagle St Pier are still taking bookings – including the Kookaburra Queen paddle boat – although you will have to get in quick if you want to treat yourself to Aria Brisbane’s three course $180 dinner.
Of course, if your budget is a bit stretched after Christmas there’s always cheaper options than a sit down dinner or beverage and canape package. Greg Kalligeros owner of Fresh n Wild at Portside Wharf said New Year’s Eve was one of his biggest nights of the year.
“We expect to sell over 300 fish and chips orders for families who come to see the fireworks at Portside Wharf plus hundreds of kilos of Australian prawns, local sand crabs mud crabs and oysters to people who enjoy balcony and river parties,” Mr Kalligeros said.
LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS
TREASURY BRISBANE, CITY
Shimmer and Shine
$175, 4.5 hours
Features: Five themed rooms – Roaring 20s, Masquerade, Hollywood, Route 66 and Shimmer and Shine – two DJs, jazz band, trumpet player.
On the Rooftop with Dom Perignon.
$350, 3-hour package
Features: Dom Perignon Champagne, Hennessy cocktails, Cloudy Bay Wines, an oyster bar, live DJ.
W BRISBANE, BRISBANE QUARTER
WET Deck rooftop
$220, 4.5-hour cocktail and cuisine package
Features: Sydney DJ/Producer Emily Scott, oyster and charcuterie/cheese bars, smoked salmon, pulled pork, spanner crab sliders, welcome glass of Veuve Clicquot, beer, cider, wine and cocktails.
GRECA, HOWARD SMITH WHARVES
$150 per person
Features: Olives, taramasalata (traditional fish roe dip with sturgeon Cavier), dolmades, saganaki, grilled king prawns and grilled octopus, baked lamb shoulder, glass of Laurent-Perrier champagne.
PONY DINING, EAGLE STPIER
$130 Black and Gold Gala Sit Down Dinner
Features: Glass of Veuve Clicquot on arrival. Menu includes BBQ Freemantle octopus, Macadamia crusted pork jowl and 500g dry aged sirloin on the bone. Tickets also available for the $179 five hour beverage package.
BYBLOS, PORTSIDE WHARF
$189, 5.5-hour package
Features: Menu including roasted and slow cooked lamb, Sayadieh (a traditional Lebanese dish prepared with barramundi) and cocktails including espresso martinis, a Pimm’s fruit cup, champagne, spirits, beer and cider.
BLACKBIRD BAR & GRILL, EAGLE ST
$230, 5-hour package
Features: Musicians, DJs, roving acts. Moet & Chandon, cocktails, spirits, beer and wine, canapes.
THE BOOM BOOM ROOM, ELIZABETH ST
$168 5-hour package
Features: Veuve Clicquot, cocktails, spirits, beer and wine, Chinese cuisine inspired canapes, live music, DJs
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