Sydney at New Year

After finishing my regional work at the bottom of the Great Ocean Road, I jetted off with my friend Aisling from Melbourne to Sydney to bring in the New Year in style whilst watching the worlds biggest firework display in person. After landing in the city Aisling and I parted ways and I went off to meet my friends from my regional work. I was great to catch up and have my first (few) Sydney based Jamesons

Over the next few days I went for dinner, drinks and just spent time chilling with my friends. On NYE we all headed into central Sydney and made our way towards an area called ‘The Rocks’ to find a spot of the midnight countdown and fireworks. We found ourselves jumping between a few different venues until we sat inside the Australian Heritage Hotel (right beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge) for some food when the boys spotted a sign on the bar that said ‘rooftop open’. We initially thought that they staff had just forgotten to take the sign down but after a little while and finally asking staff their rooftop was indeed open and to our surprise- it wasn’t full! So around 11pm we all made our way upstairs and waiting for the countdown to begin. From the rooftop we had a central view of the entire fireworks display, there we fireworks in a 270 degrees view of our location and we we stood up on the higher level we could see down over the buildings to the Opera House.

This is an experience that was right at the top of my backlist and I am delighted to tick it off.

I met up a few days later with the lovely Rachel Rushe from ‘Lost and Found in Sydney’ and a group of gals and guys from all over the world and together we walked (what felt like a million steps lol) from the harbour to the Pylon Museum on the South Side of The Sydney Harbour Bridge(highly recommend this activity only $25 and you see the views surrounding the harbour). We spent the afternoon taking in the stunning views that surround Sydney Harbour and then heading to food and drinks to catch up.

I got to visit the beautiful Coogee beach, do a spot of shopping and even meet up with a friend from University- great to see you Beth!