Road trip never be disappointing. I went to Sydney last
several days to celebrate New Year in Australia. People said that New Year eve
in Sydney was the best among the other major cities.
Frankly speaking, I never celebrated New Year celebration in
Malaysia. Watching those fireworks and concerts are not my thingy, but because
of the camera that I am holding right now kicked me out on the road to see how
people shot the 10-15 minutes firework. Annual firework. Some might say it was
easy thing to do and so on. For me, it was not easy as said, annually only
several events used big firework and the event will only take place in 15
minutes maximum. Several things need to consider especially shooting location.
Strategic location will determine the uniqueness of the pictures.
However, I’m not interested to share about these things
right now as I did not have the chance to shoot fireworks in proper manner. The
pictures were bad. Sigh
During the journey from Brisbane to Sydney, my thought was
like people will only go to the firework place on the night of firework. Unfortunately
I was wrong. People started to gather and camp at strategic location one night
before the firework. I was like, what! That was crazy.
On night of 31 dec, we decided to go to The Rock which is
near to opera house 3 hours before 12 am. It was a bit late as place had been
filled by sea of people from the morning. We only had the chance to watch the firework
through a gate. Not a best spot I guess.
Alright, done with the firework.
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Deer watching firework, 2014 |
What was amazed me during that night actually not the
firework but the crowd of people. The Sydney council had started to close the
city and put barricades along the road. Only several roads can be used but
mostly had been closed to ease the people to walk. There was a sea of people, literally.
People are everywhere. That was my first time seeing a huge crowd like that.
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Sea of people, 2015 |
Then, something struck my head. If and only if Islam took
place and lead the world, what will be offered by the Islamic government to
celebrate New Year? Is the firework will be demolished entirely? Or it will be
replaced by something better?
Still seeking for the answer…
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