Hickson Rd Reserve
- Free entry
- Accessible toilets
No tickets required
Hickson Road Reserve is regarded as one of the premium vantage points to celebrate New Year's Eve. This vantage point places you right at the centre of the festivities. At the foot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and with the Sydney Opera House and harbour laid out before you, you’ll have all the ingredients to make it a night to remember.
Features
- Food & beverages
- Food for sale. BYO food permitted
- Alcohol
- Prohibited
- Toilets
- Available (including accessible toilets)
- Drinking water station
Restrictions
- Capacity
- 3,000
- Restrictions
- no glass, no camping, no sunshades, no portable chairs, no pets, no busking, no drones, no re-entry
Accessibility services
- Mobility accessible services
- accessible entrance and continuous path of travel
- Accessible services
- recharge point for mobility aids
Getting here
- Public transport is the best way to get around on New Year’s Eve, with thousands of extra services running.
- The closest station is Circular Quay but from 3pm trains will not be dropping off passengers. If you’re arriving after 3pm, use Wynyard train station or Martin Place train or metro stations and continue on foot.
- Light rail services will not run to Circular Quay from 2pm and buses will relocate to Martin Place and Hyde Park. Continue on foot to the harbour via George Street.
- Major roads in Circular Quay close from 2pm with some earlier morning closures in place. Plan ahead if catching taxis or rideshare. See road closure information. See road closure information.
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.
- Circular Quay station will be busy. Access to Wynyard train station and buses will via George Street and King Street only.
- Buses leave from Wynyard, QVB and Hyde Park. Light rail services to the south-east will leave from Central only after 7pm.
- Limited ferries run after the midnight fireworks, services will be busy so have a backup plan.
- See the Getting Home from Sydney CBD area map.
- Pedestrian diversions are in place on New Year’s Eve. The way you arrive, may be different to how you get home. Be prepared for a longer walk to transport hubs.
- Open hours
- 9:00am - 1:00am
- This venue reached capacity at 2:58pm in 2023 *
- Address
Hickson Road Reserve, The Rocks
- Contact
Placemaking NSW