NYE 2006 Celebration — 1 year ago
My friends and I were among the crowd who viewed the spectacular fireworks display that served as the highlight of Sydney’s 2006 New Year’s Eve celebration from Mrs Macquaire’s Chair, which provides one of the best vantage points for viewing the Harbour … The papers reported that more than a million people turned up at several areas around Sydney Harbour to watch one of Australia’s largest fireworks display in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Coathanger – the Sydney Harbour Bridge – which was actually in March 2007 … We got there in the afternoon and stayed on until past midnight … People from all over the world joined in the festivities … The fireworks display started at 9 pm followed by the final one at 12 midnight … One had to queue to buy food and drink, use the portable toilets, and weave one’s self in and out of the crowd, but the importance of the occasion and the well-orchestrated fireworks display made it, for me, an event to remember …
