By Emily Aus
Time clicks and a burst of sound sends bangs and booms roaring into your ears while the dazzling, shimmering glitter in the sky lights up your eyes.
Many historians believe that fireworks were developed in the Second Century B.C in ancient Liuyang in China. The first natural “firecrackers” were a bamboo stalk which was then thrown in a fire, with an explosion triggered by the overheating of the hollow air clusters in the bamboo.
During the Song dynasty (960-1279), the earliest fireworks came to feature in many Chinese festivals.
New Years Eve fireworks have been held in many locations since 1967 and have blossomed to be one of the year’s biggest celebrations.
The City of Sydney spends around $6.2 million each New Years Eve with almost 60 crews to set up and over 11km of cable needed for the fireworks.
The annual fireworks display began in 1976 and attract visitors from around Australia and abroad. There are 49 vantage points with more than one million people watching the fireworks around the Harbour and at least one billion watching around the globe on TV.
It’s not just the dazzling fireworks that make celebrating New Years such an unforgettable experience. It’s also a time for reviewing the memorable pictures you have made the past year before the new year starts and wiping the tears from your eyes at how far you have come throughout the year.
Remember this moment as you fill up your phone’s storage with pictures while people fighting, pushing, and squishing through gaps to claim the greatest view, loud screams ringing in the New Year.
Featured image: Sydney’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks attracts audiences all over the world. Photos: Emily Aus
