2012 New Years Eve Fireworks in Sydney

New Years Eve in Sydney, NSW Australia is is an exiting time to end the year and say hello to 2012.  Two huge fireworks sessions will be held on Sydney Harbour at 9pm and midnight. Various free vantage points will be available around the Harbour to see them, but the advice is to get there early and reserve your spot with a picnic rug or chairs or otherwise you might miss out. Yes, you will be one of more than 1.5 million gathering around the Harbour to celebrate the start of 2012. Most of the spots have controlled access points, with a set number of people allowed to get in, then the gates will be closed and no one else allowed in. Some places hold only 1,000 people, while others hold 20,000 people, but the majority reach capacity and are closed.

Program 
6pm Pre Show Entertainment

8pm  Acknowledgement of Country

9pm Family Fireworks
 Designed and choreographed specifically for children, these fireworks will delight and dazzle audiences as the night sky fills with colour. This eight-minute performance is accompanied by a music soundtrack which features chart hits from 2011 including songs by Rhianna, JLo, Wes Carr and Jessica Maubuoy that will entertain the whole family and provide an upbeat and fun atmosphere for this family show.

9.15 - 11.30pm Harbour of Light Parade
Following the 9pm Family Fireworks, a flotilla of vessels switch on their lights and begin a spectacular parade around Sydney Harbour. A crowd favourite, the Harbour of Light Parade features specially lit vessels sailing on a 15km circuit around Sydney Harbour. Selected from design entries, the vessels chosen to take part in the Parade will be illuminated to represent the 2011 Sydney New Year’s Eve theme Time to Dream. The Parade will include tall ships, Sydney’s Heritage Fleet, commercial charter vessels and Sydney Ferries.

12am Midnight Fireworks.
At the stroke of midnight, we celebrate the start of a new year! Sydney does this in style by lighting up the night sky with a spectacular Fireworks Display launched from seven barges on the Harbour, the rooftops of seven city skyscrapers and, unforgettably, from Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bringing more than 1.5 million people to the Harbour, this majestic 12-minute Fireworks Display is the reason why Sydney is the New Years Eve capital of the world.