New Years Eve we spent on the Ship with dinner on deck, followed by dancing in the Plaza to the music and singing with The High Rollers Band. Sydney was so busy in the city with many people arriving early morning, to pitch tents and reserve spots anywhere they could find space to watch the midnight fireworks. When we left the city at 3pm it was so crowded that we could only imagine what it was going to be like by evening. Roads had been closed, the ferries all stopped running by 2.30pm except the Government operated ones and security was very high. If we had stayed in the city the earliest we could have got a ferry back to the ship would have been 1.45am so decided to see in the New Year onboard.

 We had it all. Lovely food, beautiful views, great music and Fireworks at midnight with great friends.

 A New Year photo with our favourite resident musician.

 Fireworks from on and around the Sydney Harbour bridge. They lasted over 10 minutes and were spectacular.

 I would doubt that anyone would come to Sydney with out getting a photo of the beautiful Opera House.

 Ready to sail out of Sydney. Always memorable. It has to be one of the most beautiful harbours in the world.

And off course we had to sail back under the Bridge and its goodbye to Sydney.