Okay, it’s been almost a month since the NYE fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour, but that doesn’t make this time lapse video of the event any less enjoyable.
Starting well before the 9pm fireworks kick off and ending in the calm of the January 1 sunrise, it’s fantastic to watch the sea of lights sailing around the harbour as the explosions of brilliance light up the sky. For best results, click through and watch the HD version as well.
[YouTube - Thanks Lucas!]
Yoda
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 12:07 PMThanks :)
Jon
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 1:08 PMThanks was cool. The choppers looked like UFOs.
Geoff Campbell
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 10:24 PMTotal waste of tax payers money. They better cut back on it this year, after all the natural disasters. Who gives a shit about fireworks when you have no house our running water? Prioritise, people.
anthony
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9:06 PMoh, it’s an official video from city of sydney. it looks so good they should use it for promotional material.
Faceman
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 11:10 AMWhat’s with the face in the clouds, at 1:08? (right side)
David Shears
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 1:16 PM@Geoff Campbell
The fireworks display and indeed the whole event surrounding the Sydney NYE demonstrations are not going anywhere soon. In fact I’m certain they will only get bigger in the coming years if only for one very important reason.
The Sydney NYE Event makes money
Well, the fireworks themselves don’t, They cost lots of money. But the image that the demonstration gives Sydney and indeed Australia brings in Millions more dollars for Australian Business, the most obvious being tourism.
The government only spends a fraction of the tax money brought in from revenue by the Tourism industry to pay for their part of the event (other sponsors also contribute). In fact, if you take into account all of the money that is spent on the evening, the tax revenue alone from Sydney businesses would pay for the event.