Originally posted by IgorZ That's pretty impressive! The sunrise is great. So you need to camp out before sunrise to get a spot to shoot fireworks???
Thanks mate!
Sydney is a pretty mad place around New Year's Eve. If you want a position around the waterfront (and you don't have a ticket for one of the expensive enclosures, which don't have this view anyway), you have to queue. People begin to queue from the day before! If you want to secure a position at the front (essential if you want pictures without people in the way), you need to be near the front of the queue. I arrived at around 4am and there were a lot of people there before me - many of them asleep in tents.
So the answer to your question is 'yes'! :-) Worth it though.