Ring In 2017 With Australia
More than 1 million people taking more than 1,000 extra trains and 3,500 buses will head into Sydney, Australia on Saturday to see fireworks over Sydney Harbor. Seven tonnes of pyrotechnics, including 12,000 shells and 25,000 shooting comets, will go off throughout the night, dazzling the crowd and ringing in the new year.
But you don't have to be in the Land Down Under in order to watch the show. You can join 1 billion people around the globe and tune in Saturday night for what the SydNYE website calls "one of the largest, most technologically advanced fireworks displays in the world."
Live stream the fireworks on the official SydNYE site here, on ABC here or on Facebook below.
Don't forget there are two displays — one that starts at about 9 p.m. local time for families, and the big one that kicks off at midnight for everyone. Both are sure to be lit (ha).
Before the fireworks, you can catch a 6 p.m. aerial display and a 6:50 p.m. water show, according to the event's website. Just after 8:30 p.m. local time, you can see a Welcome to Country ceremony shared by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. At about 9:15 p.m., the harbor will light up with ships draped with lights.
While you're watching, see if you can identify which portions of the fireworks show were inspired by the late David Bowie, Gene Wilder and Prince. Organizers chose to honor them in the display.
"This year sadly saw the loss of many music and entertainment legends around the world. Celebrating their music as part of the Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks displays is an opportunity to reflect on the year that’s been and celebrate what the future holds," Sydney's lord mayor, Clover Moore, said in a news release. "I'm sure we’ll all be starstruck by the amazing firework effects this New Year's Eve."
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