Sydney Day 11

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It's the end of another year and we'd decided to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks at the Botanical Gardens. Guess what - it was cloudy and misty again when we looked out the apartment window. The gates opened at 10:00, so we made some sandwiches and packed our bags at walked through Hyde Park again to the Domain car park. Got to near the Art Gallery ignoring not realising the queue on the car park field was actually the start. At 11:20 we joined the queue, we got past barriers eventually at 13:30! Whilst we were waiting it started to rain! The crowd amused itself by doing Mexican waves. Got to our pitch near the McQuaries Point at settled down for the wait. Passed ok as I got a bottle of wine. Brian had a couple of beer cans late afternoon. Was really humid in the afternoon, but at least it wasn't raining. There were loads of people milling around - was a good atmosphere. At sunset got some good piccies of the flying foxes. Around 21:00 there were some preliminary fireworks from the bridge, at the end of the point near us and from the top of the city centre buildings - didn't know where to look! The ones at midnight were just as great.

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Photos

NYE 1
Domain car park field queue - some 1 mile away from the barriers at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens

NYE 2
NYE restrictions sign - BYO = Bring Your Own

NYE 3
Through the entrance barrier at last!

NYE 4
Our pitch

NYE 5
No Brian was not drunk - just closes his eyes for photos as usual!

NYE 6
Flying fox!

NYE 7
Free hugs! there was a group of orange Irish oompa lumpas with a sign written on cardboard for anyone that wanted a free hug

NYE 8
Bridge view

NYE 8
New Year fireworks!

Comments

[Mazie2]

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In picture NYD5 Phillip the fish and chips don't show. Still a workout won't do any harm says mum.