New Year Eve

2022 - 12 - 31

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Image courtesy of "ABC News"

Australia begins New Year's Eve celebrations with fireworks warning ... (ABC News)

Celebrations to ring in the new year have begun around Australia with most of the country shaping up to 2023 with good weather.

We expect a busy night," he said. By 10am the area had reached capacity. Thousands of people have descended to the Hobart waterfront to ring in the new year. Plenty of families and picnickers are made the most of the good weather, with DJs, food trucks and plenty of entertainment to help ring in the New Year. "It's magic — Sydney fireworks," he said. Locals and visitors from far-flung places have turned out in droves to make the most of the nice weather. Tasmania Police said they would have a heightened presence in entertainment precincts and on the roads across the state to ensure people celebrate responsibly. Rainfall totals of up to 80mm were recorded in the greater Darwin area over the past 24 hours, with the rain and wind set to continue all weekend. "To ensure we respond to the community in a timely manner. "It's going to be a long day but it's going to be the most famous event that we've seen." At the Opera House, one of the most sought-after locations, people rushed to claim free spots and set in for the long wait. Celebrations to ring in the new year have begun around Australia with most of the country shaping up to 2023 with good weather.

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New Year's Eve LIVE: Celebrations kick off ahead of Sydney ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

New Year's Eve LIVE: Celebrations kick off ahead of Sydney, Melbourne fireworks displays · A taste of the middle east: Melbourne restaurant unphased by crowds.

Producer Dean Elliot, also known by his stage name “Monarch”, is part of the lineup ringing in the new year at Federation Square. The entire display drew inspiration from ideas including those of the sky, land and sea. “Live entertainment, DJs, food and drink.” He added, “I’ve been working all my life in the city.” The restaurant is fully booked until 1am and will have belly dancers and drummers as part of their annual NYE celebrations. Owner Mohamed Saleh is counting his blessings after a tumultuous COVID period that disrupted many businesses in the CBD.

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Return of full-scale New Year's Eve community events (The Straits Times)

Children queueing for cotton candy at the festive community carnival at Kampong Kembangan CC on Dec 31, 2022. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH.

He also said that as people celebrate New Year’s Eve differently, it is important to provide the community with different ways to commemorate the occasion. He added that this could be done confidently because of Singapore’s high vaccination rate. Participants could also register their interest for new mattresses.

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New Year's Eve: celebrations around the world as 2023 begins – live (The Guardian)

It looks like it was a good turnout as families came out to see the early bird fireworks in Australia this evening. Here are some more photos from the event ...

It is already 2023 in Kiritimati (a big happy new year to all our readers on the islands), with many major cities around the world about the kick off their own celebrations. I will be bringing you the best photos from around the world and all the latest scenes of celebration as we bid farewell to 2022 and see in the new year. It might mark an arbitrary point in the motion of the Earth around the sun, but as the year 2022 turns into 2023 as ever it will result in celebrations, fireworks, broken resolutions and quite a bit of staying up late to see in the new year, wherever you are on the globe.

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World readies for New Year parties after COVID-19 hiatus (CNA)

SYDNEY: Australia is gearing up to celebrate its first restriction-free New Year's Eve after two years of COVID disruptions, with more than a million ...

The port town of Rijeka will re-direct funds allocated for fireworks to animal care associations, the authorities said. Paris will stage its first New Year fireworks since 2019, after the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to COVID-19. The celebrations in New Zealand’s largest city are expected to be well-received after COVID-19 forced them to be cancelled a year ago. However, curbs on celebrations have been lifted this year after Australia, like many countries around the world, re-opened its borders and removed social distancing restrictions. Advertisement

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Australia's Sydney mayor reveals highlights of New Year's Eve ... (Macau Business)

International, MNA | With just hours to go before the launch of New Year's Eve celebrations, Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore on Saturday revealed an early ...

Four city rooftops will also be used as firing platforms to frame the city skyline. At midnight, 2,000 fireworks will be launched from the four sails of the Sydney Opera House, while 7,000 effects will fire from 184 positions on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. “They’re being let off from four buildings for the first time, as well as on barges, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House,” Moore said, describing this year’s celebrations as “fantastic”.

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New Year's Eve glitters under colourful fireworks displays as ... (9News)

New Year's Eve celebrations have kicked-off around the country as some Aussies celebrate a restriction-free NYE for the first time since 2019.

Due to the threat of monsoonal damaging wind and surf, Darwin Waterfront's New Year's Eve celebrations have been cancelled. New Year's Eve celebrations have kicked-off around the country as some Aussies celebrate a restriction-free NYE for the first time since 2019. It provided a preview of what's to come at midnight, when some 7,000 fireworks will explode off the Sydney Harbour Bridge and another 2,000 are set to fire off the Sydney Opera House.

Trumpets: A New Year's Eve Staple and a Business Opportunity for ... (Jakarta Globe)

Meet Parmin, a street vendor from Wonogiri, Central Java. Every day, he would ride his bike around the Bangka, Kemang, and Cipete areas in South Jakarta, ...

Parmin also told the Globe that it was easier to make money as a toy vendor in the past — a time when children did not have their eyes glued to their gadgets. Parmin said he made the trumpets all by himself. Parmin also said he hoped he could receive government support to grow his business. He had tons of colorful paper trumpets —all in eye-catching rainbow colors and shiny fringes— displayed on his bike. Every day, he would ride his bike around the Bangka, Kemang, and Cipete areas in South Jakarta, selling children's balloons. But as the new year approaches, they would begin selling colorful trumpets in addition to their existing wares.

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