Happy New Year

Hope you all had a fantastic New Years Eve. Ours was amazing. We had the most fantastic views of the harbour from the unit we were staying in, and we didn't have to pay a penny for the privilege! What a way to see the Sydney New Years Eve fireworks for the first time.








We got there during the afternoon, and just let the kids play together whilst we took in the views of the harbour. There were bi-planes flying in formation over the crowds at the harbour, on the hour, every hour and we could see Circular Quay and the areas surrounding it filling up with people getting ready to watch the fireworks.

Mia didn't wake up at all throughout the fireworks, and they were really loud, so we were quite surprised she stayed snoring away. After the 9pm Family Fireworks, there was something called the Harbour of Light Parade, where basically 50 ships, boats and ferries sail around the harbour with illuminated emblems in red on their hulls. It looks fantastic all lit up at night.

The Midnight Fireworks lasted for about 12 minutes, it was just spectacular. The atmosphere was great, everyone seemed to be having house parties and all had their windows and doors open and were talking to each other or just soaking up the atmosphere, there was even some guy playing the bagpipes (badly) upstairs from us. I've never seen New Year's Eve celebrated quite like it.