Sydneysiders are preparing for new year’s celebrations

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Vantage points across Sydney have started to fill up as revellers get closer to welcoming in the new year. Those that have spent their day by the harbour don’t have long to wait now until the first display lights up the sky.

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00:00Tonight, in Sydney, nine tons of fireworks are going to be set off.

00:07They'll be firing from 16 locations linked by 80 kilometers of cable.

00:13And it's expected to be the biggest display yet, with 30,000 individual fireworks firing

00:19from the harbour bridge behind me.

00:21And for the first time ever, they'll be firing from the western side of the famous landmark

00:25too.

00:26That wasn't enough.

00:27Drones are going to be lighting up in formations over the water.

00:31But before this gets underway, there'll be another display at 9pm.

00:36These family-friendly fireworks are a celebration of land, sea and sky created by an indigenous

00:41group and will take over 20 minutes.

00:44Three hours later, the New Year will be brought in with a 12-minute display lighting up the

00:49sky from the Opera House, skyscrapers and the bridge.

00:54Many of the people around me have been waiting along the foreshore since the early hours

00:58of the morning for this, and some even since yesterday afternoon.

01:03They've been managing to keep themselves entertained until now, but now there's only just hours

01:08until the big show gets underway.

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