AAP January 1, 2014, 12:31 pm
An estimated 1.6 million people had been expected to descend on the city for the $6.8 million firework display, but Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said preliminary figures show crowd numbers exceeded expectations.
Sydney had its best and most crowded New Year's Eve to date, with more than two million packing into the city for the fireworks display.
An estimated 1.6 million people had been expected to descend on the city for the $6.8 million firework display, but Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said preliminary figures show crowd numbers exceeded expectations.
"We know that the event has just become more, and more, and more popular, and that is something that we will have to take into consideration as we plan for next year," she told reporters on Wednesday.
Ms Moore said her highlight of the night was the midnight show where synchronised explosions saw 1000 fireworks shot from the Opera House sails, as well as glittering waterfalls of fire cascading from the Harbour Bridge.
- Thanking the night's creative ambassador Reg Mombassa, Ms Moore said: "I think we can say it was the best ever yet".
Fireworks lit up the sky across Sydney Harbour three times across the evening to welcome in the new year. Photo: AFP.
