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Cracker Night in Melbourne

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This crowd was just 1 block from my place last night as they all gathered to watch the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display.   I wasn’t going to go out amongst it last night until I heard that the CBD towers were going to have fireworks going off them.   This has only ever happened twice before (that I know of).   That was for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games a few years ago.   I ended up being jammed in a fairly bad position in the crowd at the stroke of midnight so my shots are not that great.   But I did get some good shots of the Arts Centre spire.  It was the first time it has been used in the fireworks display.   Overall the crowd was pretty friendly and I didn’t see much drunkeness as we’ve seen in past years.
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Melbourne Midnight Fireworks


I often take for granted living right in the middle of the city.   last night as the rain came down I was watching the fireworks from the front bedroom window.  And then I checked over the Yarra River and I could see the fireworks going off from the top of the Eureka Tower.   In fact I only had to move my computer chair slightly to the right to watch the show.   How lazy is that!

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A Rainy New Year's Eve


It’s not looking so good for the midnight fireworks show in Melbourne tonight as the BOM website’s radar shows a huge band of rain heading right toward the city.  The city has been preparing for this night for weeks.  The government has put 600 police on patrol to monitor the crowds and the liquor stores stopped selling beer in glass bottles.   If the rain comes then I think crowds will be a lot lower than previous years.