FINALLY made it to Australia! without luggage but at least I am here & the weather is beautiful! Met my roommates Liz, Kalli, Jen & Jen H. who are all awesome & allowing me to borrow their clothing. I walked down town with Jen & another girl from a different group who was also late in arriving to Sydney. Then we headed down towards Rushcutters Bay to watch the fireworks for New Years. The area was filled with families, teens, students, and old people who were all excited to celebrate the New Year. The fireworks were amazing! They had fireworks going off in four different areas of the harbor & also off the tops of some of the sky scrapers surrounding the Harbor Bridge.
The New Years Celebration is an important event for Australia in many ways. According to the Sydney media article there were almost 1000 people worked at this event last year. Also, it is a worldwide televised event which helps get word out there about Australia and potentially influence people to come on holiday. The article mentions that the average person stay 16 nights in Sydney over the New Year period. Also, people flock in from all over the world to come and see this show. According to the articles about the event last year, this event generates more than $156 million in direct economic impact for Sydney. Some things that I would like to know about this event are; How many celebrities attend this event? What country sends the most tourists for the event? What are the main things that the tourists do during their stay at the New Year period?
Sydney New Years Fireworks!
The next morning I got up and went to Manly Beach with a bunch of the girls. We took the ferry across the harbor which was awesome because I missed the harbor ferry the group had taken on one of the first days. I got to see the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge from the water, which was gorgeous. It finally hit me on the ferry ride that I was finally in Sydney! I had my first class & met with my tourism group for our final presentation later in the trip. The rest of the day consisted of dinner and getting to know the other people in the class.
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