Darling Harbour
- Free entry
- Accessible toilets
No tickets required
The Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks are an independent display to the Darling Harbour show and cannot be viewed from this location.
New Year’s Eve celebrations in Darling Harbour are organised and managed by Placemaking NSW. The family-friendly event includes 9pm and midnight fireworks displays.
Visit the Darling Harbour website for more information.
Features
- Food & beverages
- Food for sale. BYO food permitted
- Alcohol
- Prohibited
- Toilets
- Available (including accessible toilets)
- Drinking water station
Restrictions
- Capacity
- 27,000
- Restrictions
- no glass, no camping, no pets, no busking, no drones, no sunshades, no re-entry
Getting here
- Public transport is the best way to get around on New Year’s Eve with thousands of extra services running
- Driving is not recommended with road closures and limited car parking available.
- Catch transport to Central or Town Hall train stations or Gadigal and Central metro stations and continue on foot.
- Accessible entrance and drop off point is Iron Wharf Place. Arrive before 8pm due to road closures.
Leaving
- Pedestrian diversions will be in place on New Year’s Eve. The way you leave may be different to how you arrived. Be prepared for a longer walk to transport hubs.
- L1 Dulwich Hill Light rail services will not run between Convention and Central from 8pm. For Inner West light rail services walk to Convention light rail stop.
- Trains and metro services run frequently from nearby Central station.
- Buses leave from Wynyard, QVB, Hyde Park and Central. Light rail services to the south-east will leave from Central only after 7pm.