Die-hard New Year s Eve revellers are heading out for a night of fun despite warnings from health authorities to avoid crowds amid rising Omicron case numbers.
New Year s Eve revellers who accepted the advice they were far safer from Covid-19 outdoors than indoors were rewarded with prime viewing positions on Sydney Harbour and light queues.
Australia has welcomed in 2022 spearheaded by Sydney staging the world s biggest New Year s Eve fireworks display, a dazzling, technicolour extravaganza on the famous harbour.
Australians have awoken to their first day of 2022 with some nursing sore heads and looking a little worse for wear following wild celebrations across the country.