Pretty awesome view, right? :)

A week before NYE, people were talking about which point had the best views for watching the fireworks and every person had a different answer. We were very fortunate to have been told how amazing 'Blues Point Reserve' was. It was the most perfect patch of grass I'd ever seen - right opposite Sydney Harbour bridge, on the north side of Sydney, so that we had the Opera House in the view too.

We got there at 12 noon - 12 hours before the fireworks, in the blistering 31 degree heat, however, fully prepared with all necessities like water, rugs, umbrella and of course, tripod & camera. Although the fireworks only lasted 10 minutes, every minute of the 12 hour wait was worth it. I had the best time, even killing time was fun. The uproar when the clock hit midnight was immense. We were celebrating it with 2 million other people watching the bridge, and around 3,000 just on our patch of grass.

I was photographing the entire way through the fireworks display because it was a personal goal for me to a achieve the best photos I could on this night. It was the first time I took photos of fireworks and it hard work! Slowly but surely I found a technique which gave me the best results. I've put them up on Facebook as well as Flickr, because people were moaning at me to put them on Facebook! I hope you enjoy them, it was certainly overwhelming seeing them in real life.

(I've also put up other photos from Sydney & Nimbin on Flickr.)