New Year

Australia’s New Year arrives before everyone elseThe main paradox of this holiday is that Australians celebrate it in the summer. When most cities in Russia are covered with snow, in the Southern Hemisphere there is sun and exhausting heat.

The main plus of the holiday is that New Year comes to Australia before everyone else. Millions of Australians are among the first in the world to welcome the New Year with free shows by famous musicians and magnificent fireworks.

New Year’s Eve is celebrated in Australia, especially in state capitals. All festive events are usually held in the open air.

So, in Sydney at midnight in the famous harbour Sydney Harbour flashes one of the largest fireworks in the world, which every year gathers more than a million people. The themes of fantastically beautiful light performances are every time no less fantastic. “Diamond Night in the Emerald City.” The lucky ones who managed to buy tickets can look at the famous fireworks from a height of 250 m - from the observation deck of the highest city tower Sydney Tower.

In Melbourne (free!) thematic dance parties gather up to 500 thousand citizens and tourists. Live music concerts and the best DJs in the country - so countdown is expected in Brisbane. In the smallest states of the country - Victoria and Tasmania - on New Year's Eve starts a popular music festival - The Falls Festival, which attracts young people from all over Australia. Concerts continue on New Year’s Eve.

At exactly midnight, all parties are traditionally interrupted by whistling, humming car horns and ringing bells. This is how the people of the country call. New Year's visit.

January 1st in Australia is a day off. For most Australians, it is an official day of picnics and beach parties, as well as rodeo and surf carnivals.