A belated "Happy New Year" from Sydney

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January 1st 2012

Published: January 8th 2012

"Given that there's now around 7 tonne of dynamite strapped to the bridge, did you still want me to drive over it?" asked my brother-in-law as he gave us a ride into town. 'The bridge' was the Sydney Harbour bridge, and my sister and I had tickets for an event on my bucket list - a pole position view of the New Year's Eve fireworks display, with an afterparty of course. Unfortunate... Read Full Entry

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Jo McCarthy

Jo Trouble

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain." - Vivian Greene "I don't think we conquered Everest, I think the mountain relented." "It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." "...even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve." - Sir Edmund Hillary "The only trips I regret are the ones I never took" - Paddy Pallin 「山に対して優勝することじゃなくて、自分自身のことに対して優勝することだ。」 ... full info

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8th January 2012

The Travel Camel
Shane Dallas

The Best Place in the World To Experience New Year's Eve
Great photos and videos - they do convey what an amazing spectacle results from six million dollars worth of fireworks! I saw both 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 displays and they were both very memorable evenings.

8th January 2012

Donna and Neil
Donna and Neil

Disappointing photos???!
Jo, those photos are great to our eyes...considering you didn't have a tripod they turned out amazing! It looks like a spectacular display, definitely a bucket list event! We are sure you will more than make up for your quieter year of travelling with your upcoming trip. Where are you going? A belated happy new year!

8th January 2012

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

Thanks Donna and Neil :-) The upcoming trip will only be about 10 days - I'm heading up to KL for the TB 10th anniversary meetup. Looking forward to meeting more TBers - and exploring a new country!

9th January 2012

liliram
liliram

Those are great photos, jo!
My 2 nieces were there for the fireworks too and sent me some photos. Yours are wayyyyy better! Love them. Happy new year, Jo!

9th January 2012

John and Sylvia
John Wallace & Sylvia Bowman Wallace

Glad you enjoyed yourself
Sorry we weren't able to meet up. Next time I'll be more organised. John

9th January 2012

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

Nice talking to you both anyway - and with my sister and her family over there now I'm sure I'll be back this year at some stage. Hope you had a great New Year :-)

9th January 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

WOW
Great...super pics...from my home town...usually all I see of the New Year Fireworks is a couple of secs on TV in an overseas locale...thanks for reminding me what I am missing...wow, wow, wow..!

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