New Year's Eve: Drones to capture Sydney fireworks for first time
By Elize Strydom and staff
December 31, 2014, 6:21 pm
More than 1.5 million people watched the fireworks a year ago and police expect a similar turnout this year.
For the first time in Sydney, drones will fly up to 1,000 feet above Sydney Harbour for tonight's New Year's Eve fireworks display.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said images of the drones would be seen internationally and she revealed additional details about the celebrations to welcome in 2015.
"We are going to have drones flying around above the fireworks giving live broadcast as these amazing fireworks go off on our bridge, on our Opera House and of course on our barges," she said.
"Those images will be beamed to a billion people around the world."
A mini-fireworks display at 10:40pm (AEDT) would also keep crowds entertained during the countdown to midnight.
Ms Moore also encouraged people to tweet messages to friends and family using the hashtag #SydNYE, which would then be projected onto the Harbour Bridge pylons throughout the night.
Mrs Macquarie's Chair and East Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour are now closed, with thousands staking out the best spots to watch the fireworks.
A couple who travelled to Sydney from Taiwan to see the Sydney fireworks had been queuing since 5:00pm on Monday for the perfect place.
Meanwhile, medical staff at hospitals across Sydney are preparing for an influx of patients needing urgent treatment during New Year's Eve celebrations.
Police have described alcohol-fuelled violence as the number one risk to community safety as 1.6 million people head into the city for parties and harbourside fireworks displays.
St Vincent's Hospital emergency department director Gordian Fulde said New Year's Eve was "the most alcoholic evening-morning-night that we have".
"It'll be full on, but we're hoping it won't be as boozy as it usually is," Professor Fulde said.
He said he expected the majority of injuries would be caused by drunken falls and minor altercations.
"Hopefully only small injuries - cuts, bruises - and if they do get into a fight hopefully it'll just be split lips and no big brain injuries."
Authorities have decided not to enforce lockout laws, which were introduced earlier this year to address alcohol-fuelled violence by requiring licensed venues to stop admitting patrons at 1:30am in Sydney's CBD and Kings Cross.
The family of Daniel Christie, who died after a one-punch attack at Kings Cross on New Year's Eve last year, has expressed disappointment with the decision.
Acting deputy police commissioner Jeff Loy said he understood the family's concern, but relaxing the laws was a commonsense approach to an extremely busy night.
"It is a situation whereby we have to take the whole of the public safety and the broader picture into account and, again, it doesn't demean their loss," he said.
ABC
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