Lightning Strikes & Fireworks on NYE can cause Governments to Fall...Happy New Year
January 4th 2019 Billed as front row seats to the world's best New Years Eve fireworks under the sails of the Sydney Opera House with unobstructed views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Also as the biggest fireworks display ever.
Next day the Sydney Morning Herald reported, "More than a million people braved lightning storms and transport chaos to pack vantage points around the harbour as Sydney ushered in 2
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Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro
Looks awesome
Sounds like an eventful evening and that you were awarded with a fabulous fireworks. New Year 1999 I celebrated with 250,000 others in central Gothenburg. Luckily we could then walk down to the city centre so we didn't have to rely on public transport like you had. Hope you have some interesting travel plans coming up for 2019. /Ake