![]() Thousands flooded into the Beyond the City music festival at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with acts including Jaguar Jonze, Hayden James, Pnau, Lime Cordiale, Ball Park Music and Mallrat taking the stage. This year, there were four dedicated zones at Flagstaff Gardens, Treasury Gardens, Alexandra Gardens and Docklands hosting street parties, outdoor dining, entertainment and live music before the midnight fireworks. The party also ramped up in Melbourne despite a heatwave after New Year celebrations were scrapped in 2020 due to the pandemic.Īfter enduring the world's longest lockdown, Melburnians were well and truly in the mood to party. Many of those who took up the best spots had come from interstate - particularly Melbourne - as Sydneysiders made the decision to stay closer to home. Revellers who accepted the advice that they were far safer from Covid-19 outdoors than indoors were rewarded with light queues and prime viewing positions for the spectacular show. Sydney organisers were determined to hold the biggest NYE display seen anywhere since the pandemic began, with six tonnes of fireworks deployed - around 2000 individual fireworks - for the midnight celebration watched by millions worldwide. While crowd numbers were significantly down on pre-pandemic NYE celebrations, tens of thousands were undeterred by rapidly rising Omicron case numbers and glammed up to enjoy the night after a year of restrictions and lockdowns. ![]() An extra 100 train services were scheduled to run to get more than 100,000 people in and out of the city.Australia has kissed a tough 2021 goodbye and welcomed in 2022 with celebrations across the country spearheaded by the world's biggest New Year's Eve fireworks display on Sydney Harbour. More than $2.6m was being spent on Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, which included 14 tonnes of fireworks. ![]() ![]() The declarations for Sunday night and Monday morning cover parts of the CBD and seaside Glenelg and gave police wider search and crowd control powers. Two areas in Adelaide were “declared public precincts” as police mounted a major operation to crack down on antisocial behaviour. Melbourne’s city centre was expected to be in lockdown for the celebrations, with extra bollards and additional police used to try and keep people safe from a potential attack. Circular Quay station was closed to passengers at 5pm, with revellers told to get off at Wynyard, St James or Martin Place and walk to the harbour foreshore. There were also concrete and water-filled bollards strategically located across the city.Ī high-visibility police operation took place on Sunday morning. NSW police were going to use vehicles to block off roads “where appropriate” in an attempt to ensure no one could use a truck to attack partygoers. “We have always had a really fabulous, very safe event and that’s what we’re counting on doing again tonight.” “There are extra measures tonight but there’s no particular concern, they’re just measures that are being taken because of the sorts of things that have been happening around the world,” Moore said. She said the City of Sydney council had worked closely with New South Wales police to make sure the show was a success. Police had tightened security measures before the New Year’s Eve fireworks, and Sydney’s lord mayor, Clover Moore, said revellers could expect a “fabulous and safe” display. Photograph: Mal Fairclough/AFP/Getty Images Revellers arrive early for New Year’s Eve fireworks in Melbourne.
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