- Jul 2, 2018
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The east coast of Australia would be one of the first places in the world to welcome in the year 2005. Fireworks would be launched from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House and across Sydney Harbour. A fifteen-second countdown was accompanied with the striking of a gong at midnight. This was the the first time for a NYE that a 3D bridge effect was used. The fireworks display was viewed as a disco with pop music and a disco ball suspended from the bridge. The show concluded with a remix of the national anthem "Advance Australia Fair" combined with folk song "Waltzing Matilda". The remix was criticised by politicians; in an interview with 6PR, Opposition Leader Alexander Downer stated that he had a "very strong view that the national anthem should be sung and played in a way that facilitates maximum audience participation in its singing", while Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales Kerry Chikarovski called it '"simply a bad piece of music". 1.5 million people would flood Sydney Harbour to watch the fireworks.
In Melbourne, fireworks were launched across the Yarra River bank area. There would be an intense police presence across the country making sure party goers were safe as the current National Terrorism Threat Advisory was still PROBABLE.
In Melbourne, fireworks were launched across the Yarra River bank area. There would be an intense police presence across the country making sure party goers were safe as the current National Terrorism Threat Advisory was still PROBABLE.
