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After a copious Christmas dinner, filled with joy, love and presents, there's nothing left but to celebrate the night between the years with a bang. For this year I plan something memorable - to see the night sky painted in amazing colors above the Sydney Opera House, making the night a most memorable one. I have a bunch of reasons to do so - and the balmy weather is just one of the many.

The City of Sydney has, as usual, prepared more than one ways to celebrate New Year's Eve in the city. First, "flying mastermind" Matt Hill will thrill the crowds with flying over the Sydney Harbour at 6 PM. His performance will be followed by a special fire tug boat and an amazing water display in the Harbour, "blasting tonnes into the skies" against the setting son. If you fail to see the show, don't be sad - Matt Hill will return with another ten-minute aerial display at 8PM, leaving you time to walk around and play europalace games on the go if you like.

At 9PM, when it's dark enough, you'll have the chance to see the first, "family friendly" fireworks display of the night. The sky above the Opera House, as well as the Harbour Bridge, will turn into an amazing display of light, color and banging noises. The 8 minute display will honor the Royal Botanic Garden, recently turned 200, and the Taronga Zoo, at the respectable age of 100, by painting shapes of the local flora and fauna on the night sky.

But the light show is just getting started. At 9.15PM the Sydney Harbour will come alive with floating lights during the Harbour of Light Parade®. A flotilla of up to 60 vessels will glide across the dark waters of the Sydney Harbour, each one outlined with a rope of light. And all this leads up to the main attraction of the night: the midnight fireworks.

The City of Sydney prepares for a spectacular 12 minute fireworks display on the night between the years. The rockets will be fired from seven barges across the Sydney Harbour, as well as four sails of the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This show, just like the family friendly one before, will honor the Royal Botanic Garden and the Zoo, but it won't limit itself to the local flora and fauna.

Spending the night on the shores of the Harbour, sipping on a glass of champagne and watching the skies light on fire from all directions is one of the most beautiful ways imaginable to spend New Year's Eve. I'm looking forward to it very much...

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