Sydney welcomes in the New Year with a bang
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Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan 1, 2013. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan 1, 2013. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Fireworks explode over and around the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations on Jan 1, 2013. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual new year fireworks show. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Fireworks explode over and around the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations on Jan 1, 2013. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual new year fireworks show. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Fireworks explode on the rooftops of buildings in the city during a show prior to the new year celebrations in Sydney on Dec 31, 2012. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual fireworks show. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Fireworks explode around the Sydney Opera House during the pre New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Monday, Dec 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the pre New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Monday, Dec 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Sydneysiders camp out along the waterfront hours ahead for the New Year's Eve fireworks at midnight over Sydney Harbour on Dec 31, 2012. Australia's famous harbour city will usher in the New Year with a US$6.9 million (S$8.43 million) display curated by pop icon Kylie Minogue who designed the colour scheme and soundtrack, with officials expecting more than 1.5 million people to crowd the waterfront. -- PHOTO: AFP
Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan 1, 2013. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time. -- PHOTO: AFP
Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan 1, 2013. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time. -- PHOTO: AFP
Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Fireworks explode over and around the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations on Jan 1, 2013. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual new year fireworks show. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Fireworks explode over and around the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations on Jan 1, 2013. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual new year fireworks show. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Fireworks explode on the rooftops of buildings in the city during a show prior to the new year celebrations in Sydney on Dec 31, 2012. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual fireworks show. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Fireworks explode around the Sydney Opera House during the pre New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Monday, Dec 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the pre New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia on Monday, Dec 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Sydneysiders camp out along the waterfront hours ahead for the New Year's Eve fireworks at midnight over Sydney Harbour on Dec 31, 2012. Australia's famous harbour city will usher in the New Year with a US$6.9 million (S$8.43 million) display curated by pop icon Kylie Minogue who designed the colour scheme and soundtrack, with officials expecting more than 1.5 million people to crowd the waterfront. -- PHOTO: AFP
SYDNEY (AFP) - Spectacular fireworks exploded over Sydney in a blaze of light and colour on Tuesday to ring in the New Year, as the city kicked off a wave of global celebrations from Dubai to London to welcome 2013.
Australia's famous harbour city brought in the New Year on a balmy summer night with a US$6.9 million (S$8.43 million) display curated by pop icon Kylie Minogue, who pressed the button to start the pyrotechnics.
To the roars of the crowds, the sky erupted in light at midnight as fireworks shot up from barges and jet skis in the harbour and cascaded from the Harbour Bridge and burst and glimmered overhead.
"This is really putting Australia on the map in terms of welcoming people to the New Year," Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said.
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