Australia is celebrating its first restriction-free New 12 months’s Eve after two years of Covid disruptions, with greater than one million revellers at Sydney’s harbour entrance and an elaborate fireworks show.

Sydney is among the world’s first main cities to welcome within the New 12 months, drawing big TV audiences around the globe, with a public countdown and fireworks show over its iconic Opera Home.

“This New 12 months’s Eve we’re saying Sydney is again as we kick off festivities around the globe and convey within the New 12 months with a bang,” mentioned Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney.

A rainbow of color lit up Sydney Harbour, with 2,000 fireworks to be launched from the 4 sails of the Sydney Opera Home and seven,000 fireworks from extra positions on the Sydney Harbour Bridge than ever earlier than.

For the primary time in 12 years, fireworks can be launched from 4 constructing rooftops to border the spectacular present, the organisers mentioned.

Previous to the pandemic, over one million individuals would be a part of the festivities on the bottom in Sydney as a billion spectators tuned in from different elements of the world.