This Year's Sydney Harbour NYE Fireworks Will Feature a Giant Rainbow Waterfall
It's a celebration of marriage equality and the 40th anniversary of Mardi Gras.
Sydney Harbour's New Year's Eve fireworks are rarely a dull affair. But they're set to pack an extra punch this year, as the City of Sydney delivers a colourful celebration of both marriage equality and the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
As announced yesterday, 2018 will kick off in a blaze of glory, as a rainbow waterfall of fireworks tumbles from Sydney Harbour Bridge, capping off a momentous year for the local LGBTIQ+ community.
As well as honouring those who marched for gay rights for the first Mardi Gras, Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the display is "a fabulous way to see out 2017 – the year that four out of five Sydneysiders said a resounding 'Yes' to marriage equality."
The display will be the first of its kind for Sydney Harbour Bridge, sporting cascading fireworks in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and silver. The night's entire display, featuring over 100,000 individual pyrotechnic effects, will take the team from Foti Fireworks International a solid 5,000 hours to create.
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