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NEW YEAR – The countdown on the other side of the world has already ended. Australia has already arrived in 2024 and to celebrate the New Year, the city of Sydney offered spectators a magnificent fireworks display. as you can see in the video at the top of the article.
There were silver and gold pyrotechnics to mark the 50th anniversary of the famous Sydney Opera House. The 12-minute show included 36,000 comet-like shot effects and 13,000 aerial projectiles in the shape of a Saturn ring or star cluster.
The fireworks were launched from the Harbor Bridge, the Opera House, six water platforms, five building roofs and four pontoons throughout the city. According to organizers, the show used more than 8.5 tons of fireworks.
French Polynesia is among the last to celebrate New Year
Due to the time zones – there are 24 different ones – the transition to 2024 will take place in some countries before France. This is the case in New Zealand, which celebrated 2024 when it was only midday in France, as did Pacific islands such as Fiji and Samoa or the French archipelago of Wallis and Futuna.
Conversely, French Polynesia is one of the last countries to start the new year. The Tahitians, for example, will do their count when it is 11 a.m. on January 1st in mainland France.
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