That's Chrissie out of the way and now it's NYE and I've blagged my way into watching the pyrotechnics from the roof of a building on the harbour. The fireworks are so popular the city has two goes at wowing the crowds:at nine and then at midnight.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald,  9pm is the new midnight so I decided to follow their advice and watch the earlier show. Yep it was fab, but the bridge doesn't feature as much as later on: no golden waterfall effect. I had to watch that on the telly.