I mostly ignore New Year's Eve, as it is, in my opinion, and an entirely artificial event. However, this year, I was invited to end the year with a concert at the Sydney Opera House, which also happens to have a wonderful location for viewing the inevitable midnight fireworks! I snapped the following photos while waiting for Rob and Chris to arrive, and then on the way to the Opera House for dinner before the concert.
Crowd management was largely by segregating traffic to different destinations. This is looking north along the east side of Circular Quay, and showing the entrance walkway to the Opera House area.
One of the catamaran ferries arriving at Circular Quay.
There was a plethora of helicopters flying over the area. I presume mostly for the media.
Looking over part of the crowd towards the Harbour Bridge.
Crowd and unobstructed view of the bridge.
Assorted Images
2002