After sailing into Sydney Harbour in October and then watching the start of the Sydney to Hobart Race on Boxing Day, celebrating New Years in Sydney Harbour was the grande finale in a trifecta of Australia bucket list adventures for us.
The celebration viewed from our backyard off the stern of Amandla was an extravaganza that delivered far more than expected.
Wishing you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Pursue your dreams. Everything is possible.
I watched the video footage yesterday evening and thought of you. Great shots! Happy New Year to you and yours, Lisa 🙂
It is lovely to be though of Jo! Delighted you like the shots. I hope you had an enjoyable New Years Eve and are ready to enjoy your best year to date (2016 here you come!)
Went to see Star Wars with our son then just chilled and watched fireworks 🙂
Well that sounds like a perfect way to celebrate. I can not wait to see Star Wars. The IMAX tickets were sold out here during the holidays so I am patiently waiting for my turn to see it.
Fantastic photos. Sydney really know how to put on a NYE extravaganza.
It was truly SPECTACULAR to behold Michelle. Never in my life have I seen such a display. WAY beyond my expectations which were very high. I could have benefited from a few of your night photography tricks. Thank you for your comment and compliment.
I always find it so hard to photograph fireworks. Either they come out as a blur or I miss them so thank you for sharing.
I just wondered. In Australia to the fireworks technically go up or down?
? Definitely up Mark. Hope you and Angelina had a fabulous New Year. Look forward to ‘buddy boating’ virtually with you in 2016 ⛵️
That looks absolutely wonderful! Happy new year.
Hope you had a very enjoyable New Year’s Eve celebration. Wishing you an adventure filled 2016
An amazing spectacle! I was wondering if the fireworks left a lot of debris in the harbour? Perhaps not as apparently the company which does the fireworks is carbon neutral and does proper environmental assessments.
I did not know that about the fireworks company but the harbor remained clean as a whistle. Hope you had a fabulous New Year. Wishing you a tremendous 2016
What a great view you had of the fireworks. Hope you have a safe, healthy and happy new year. All the best to you and yours. Great pics!
? for your lovely compliment and New Year wishes. Hope your 2016 is filled with peace, happiness and lots of street art
Wow! Great pics. Fireworks are really hard to capture. Very nice job!
Mark & Cindy
s/v Cream Puff
? Thank you. Looking forward to see where your boat takes you in 2016. Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
We hope to be in the northern Caribbean this year and Cuba later in the year. After that, who knows 🙂
Mark & Cindy
s/v Cream Puff
Sounds like a great plan #whereverthewindtakesyou
Looks spectacular. Happy New Year to you and yours Lisa
? Back at you. Hope yours was a silent night that you rarely experience when school is in session ✨
We have wishes. We have dreams. We make plans. We do it.
Not all of us. And not because we cannot.
Mostly for we don’t know nor believe we can.
Or because we think it’s too difficult or out of reach.
You’ve been and will continue to be the best testimony that we can indeed pursue our dreams and that everything is possible.
Thinking always of you and your journey, as a precious compass to remind me to stay the course.
Happy New Year!
Huge hug with love from Brazil.
A very Happy New Year to you Lucile. You are a cherished friend and most certainly an inspiration to me. Wishing you peace, joy, and love in 2016.
And wow! What a spectacular gallery! Thank you!
Awwww – thank you Lucile!
Perfection!
Well thank you so much! Happy New Year
Loved the photos, Lisa. Great job! I am so glad you guys were able to experience such a wonderful display.
Love to you and Fabio.
Margo
Thank you!!!!!! Wish you and Steve could have shared it with us Margo. Although I thought these were the best fireworks I have ever seen, The Captain said ‘they weren’t as good as what I saw from Steve and Margo’s boat in 2011’ Perhaps he would have thought these were the best if you had both been here 🙂
Watched this fantastic display on TV last night. It must have been so amazing to actually be there. Happy New Year! 🙂
It was truly amazing to view this ‘art’ in the harbour making it my best New Years Eve EVER. Happy 2016 to you!
Happy new year, Lisa!
?Back at you Richard! Looking forward to seeing all the brilliance you manifest in 2016 ??
Great night shots, Lisa! Looks fantastic and what a show and way to ring in the New Year! Happy New year, my friend, and cheers to a sizzling ’16!
Happy New Year Terri! ‘Twas a great show. Pictures don’t do it justice but I had fun taking ’em. May your 2016 be filled with much leisure and love!
These photos bring back wonderful memories of our New Year’s Eve there in 1999. We then took off later on January 1 and landed in LA in time for New Year’s Eve fireworks there also – we rang in “Y2K” right! (I’m impressed with your nighttime sparkly photos; mine are always a big blur.)
Wow! They are actually still talking about the Y2K Sydney fireworks here – they were supposed to be ‘that good’. And then to follow that up with the ‘late show’ in LA! Amazing ? I hope you had a wonderful NYE in Columbia. Wishing you a travel filled 2016. Glad you liked the photos. They really don’t do justice to the fantastic show here sonI may just have to come back and try again next year ?
So now you know I spent my NYE under a blanket on my couch at home … but that’s OK. I enjoyed everyone else’s celebratory photos and stories and yours was one that was particularly fun! I also remember the crowds from that night in Sydney and the fact that we lost one of our kids after the show! He got pushed onto a different train and we found him later at the correct station! That’s when we knew traveling with kids was going to train them well!
Well I am glad to know that your family has remains complete in 2016. The great thing about watching the event from our sailboat was no after show commuting necessary. And surprisingly, the loudest revelers left right after the fireworks ended so the entertainment was followed by a peaceful slumber.
Hope you are feeling better. Looking forward to seeing your Bogota Street Art.
Beautiful Lisa! Must have been a fantastic way to ring in the new year! Wishing you a wonderful 2016!
Thank you Nicole! It was a treat indeed! I was just over on your pages and amazed at what you have accomplished in 2016 both in terms of personal growth and giving back! Looking forward to more in 2016.
Fantastic photos Lisa!
Thank you Leilani! I wish you and John could have been here for the big event. It was great to share the anchorage with a few circumnavigators. We haven’t seen much of that community since we tied up in Rushcutters, so it was a real treat to connect at this amazing event.
Happy New year. Sending you lots of love.
?Back at you Leilani! Hope to see you in the New Year (hint hint ?) . You are always welcome.
Lisa Year happy, kiss
?Wishing you health and happiness in 2016 ?
I hope your 2016 will be as fabulous, spectacular, colorful and inspiring for you as your photos of the Sydney fireworks are to me, Lisa! Happy New Year to you and the Captain! xxx
Awwww! Thank you Liesbet! I think that you should consider ‘Roaming About’ here in Sydney after you’ve completed your work in Connecticut. The internet is great here for your writing and The Wirie business and I am certain there are many house sitting opportunities just waiting for a team like you and Mark. Just a thought ?
Really nice pics! Did you use a tripod? I’ve never had very much luck taking pictures of fireworks but you’ve captured the spectacular display beautifully! Happy New Year and best wishes for a 2016 full of adventures.
Well thank you so much Janis. I greatly appreciate your very generous compliment. I did not use a tripod (not part of my kit yet although I plan to get one this year to improve my ‘hit rate’). I just used a variety of settings on my camera (shutter priority, night scenery, and hand held night shot to name a few) and took A LOT of photos.
I loved the wisdom and humor of your New Year’s Resolution For Everyone post. Looking forward to hanging out virtually with you in 2016.
Incredible photography Lisa. You need to post some of those for purchase.
Marty you are very kind indeed. Thank you for your lovely compliment and for making the start of my year very bright. Happy New Year.
Hi Lisa,
Absolutely spectacular photos that captured this year’s NYE Sydney fireworks beautifully! Even though I have lived in Sydney my entire life of 12 years, this was my first time seeing the NYE fireworks (even on TV!). However, this year I was determined to watch the midnight fireworks above the Harbour Bridge much to my parent’s displeasure! 🙂 and I certainly wasn’t disappointed! Great job! 🙂
Olivia xx
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Wow! How did you manage to get a seat above the Harbour Bridge?!?!? That must have been AMAZING! When you finally decided to watch the fireworks, you certainly did it BIG. I am delighted that you liked my images. Happy New Year Olivia ?
Great shots, Lisa! Happy New Year to you and yours!
Thank you so much! I am delighted that you think the shots are great! I must admit that at 10:00 PM AET on New Year’s Eve, my thoughts and heart were with Fiji! I so miss your beautiful country. Visiting Fiji was my number one highlight of 2015!
What a way to welcome the new year! Stunning pictures! Thanks for sharing.
?Wishing you a 2016 full of joy! Thank you for your lovely compliment.
Happy New Year, Lisa. I pray you continue to have such a fun filled exciting adventure of a life time in your new year, full of love, energy, great health, and much blessings. If these are of course what you so desire. You are an extraordinary woman.
I thank you for the support, kindness and beauty you’ve shown me in 2015 Eva. Wishing you a very creative, healthy and joyous 2016.
It’s lovely with the reflections in the water. I didn’t see the fireworks this year and didn’t shoot a single photo on new years eve. Happy new year and safe travels!
I’m usually asleep by ‘cruiser’s midnight’ (9:00 PM) but this was well worth staying up for. I hope you had a wonderful New Years sans photos and fireworks. Wishing you and your adorable son a fun and art filled 2016.
Hi Lisa – thanks for the fireworks – really – your lovely collage was a treat- and we did not see any this year so right there is shows how we get. Weds met! Lol
Ok – for some reason I cannot leave comments on your blog from the reader but if I ever click like – k is that I meant it and that I enjoyed your post! I also said a small prayer for you one morning – about your job hunting – I know you are hiding your time (with the sailing yo!) but I am sure it was a challenge to be in the job mode during the longest holiday of the year – where things are on hold – and again – I know you were chilling – maybe all those days at sea gave you this great depth of patience and balance! Anyhow – wishing u a very happy new year and when u make it to the east coast of the US sometime I will greet y’all with warm food -soft towels (huh?) and a big smile!
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Hi Yvette. Great to hear from you. The Reader does not allow the origination of comments on self hosted blogs. It only allows responses to comments. Go figure. So thanks for taking the time to leave your comment directly. And thank you for your prayers. Definitely a challenge to be search for a job during the long holiday season but the sea has given me the patience and balance that you speak of to weather any challenge the universe throws my way. Looking forward to the warm food, sift towels, and big smile that awaits me when I return stateside someday ???
You are so right!! Everything is possible and even more so when you have the support!
May this new year bring you even more wonderful adventures!
FFISSSSS! CRACK! BOOM! BAM! POW!
A belated Happy New Year to you, Lisa!
? Back at you Allan ???
That looks way better in pictures than it did on TV!
✨ You are very, very kind Gary! Wishing you a 2016 filled with love and happiness ✨
Fabulous set of photos! Happy New Year! Bye. Kamila
Thank you so much for your visit and kind words! Wishing you a creative, healthy and joyous New Year
You are lucky having a close view! It looked just like that on the TV lol Magic sport we have here, hey/
You are very generous with your compliment. And Sydney has the BEST FIREWORKS EVER!
Nice shots. glad you found a great spot. for viewing. Did you watch both displays- 9pm, midnight?
Thank you. We anchored off the zoo overnight and saw both viewings. Spectacular extravaganza. Best ? EVER