Sydney's world-famous New Year's Eve fireworks light up the Harbour Bridge and Opera House at midnight Australian Eastern time, making Sydney one of the first major cities on earth to welcome 2027. This countdown ticks down to that midnight, in your own timezone.
More than a million people line Sydney Harbour while over a billion watch worldwide as tonnes of fireworks launch from the Harbour Bridge, barges and city rooftops. A 9 p.m. family display precedes the main midnight show.
Thanks to its timezone, Sydney hosts one of the earliest big-city celebrations each New Year's Eve, hours ahead of Europe and the Americas, so the world often gets its first glimpse of the new year over Sydney Harbour.