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Colourful celebrations continue to colour our city.  After our New Year’s amazing fireworks display, we welcomed the Year of the Dragon with a blast.  Next on the list is our very own Australia Day revelry.  We are definitely starting the year right with vibrant festivities.  Domestic and international tourists alike are partying the summer away.

Sydney’s holidays aren’t over.  There’s still a whole year of some long weekends to be excited about.  If you’re looking ahead for another chance to getaway or to extend your vacation, then it’s good to make your reservations early so you won’t have a problem booking flights or finding budget accommodation in Sydney.  You can always count on us in providing you comfortable yet cheap accommodation in Sydney.  So you can start planning your leaves, here is a list of New South Wales’ public holidays this year:

                New Year’s Day                           January 2 (Monday)

                Australia Day                              January 26 (Thursday)

                Good Friday                                April 6 (Friday)

                Easter Saturday                          April 7 (Saturday)

                Easter Monday                            April 9 (Monday)

                ANZAC Day                                April 25 (Wednesday)

                Queen’s Birthday                         June 11 (Monday)

                Bank Holiday                               August 6 (Monday)

                Labour Day                                 October 1 (Monday)

                Christmas Day                            December 25 (Tuesday)

                Boxing Day                                 December 26 (Wednesday)

For those who are not quite familiar with how fun and festive we celebrate our holidays, let’s take a look at our recent events, so you get an idea of how Sydneysiders party.

• New Year 2012: December 31
  • A blaze of colour and light ushered in the new year
  • Hundreds of thousands of people crowded the Sydney Harbour to witness one of the world’s biggest and most spectacular fireworks display that set the world standard
  • 7 tonnes of fireworks, shot from barges, the foreshore and the Harbour Bridge, illuminated the sky.
  • Fireworks display included a giant four-coloured rainbow, cloud shapes, butterflies, golden waterfalls, etc.

• Chinese (Lunar) New Year: January 23 – Year of the Water Dragon 

• Festival Launch: January 20-22 at the Belmore Park
• Feast of colours and flavours as the two-week celebration begins
• Traditional eye-dotting ceremony to bring dragons and lions to life
• Firecrackers, spectacular lights and loud bangs, scare off last year’s misfortunes
• Live entertainment from international performers
• Chinese New Year Festival Markets (4:00pm-11:00pm)
  • Sights, sounds and flavours of Asian markets: woks, Asian pop, dragons, dumplings, traditional arts and crafts
• Twilight Parade: January 29
  • Dragon-style, magical parade from the Town Hall to Chinatown, with over 2900 performers
  • Huge illuminated dragon projections on Sydney’s buildings
  • Pre-parade entertainment: street art, dancers and acrobats
  • International performers from Chengdu and Beijing: panda float, singers, dancers
  • Local performers from Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese communities: floats, lanterns, fire breathing, martial arts
  • Stunning fireworks display to start the Year of the Dragon
• Dragon Boat Races: February 4-5 at the Darling Harbour
  • Traditional eye-dotting ceremony to bring the dragon boats to life and the blessing of the waters
  • 12-metre long boats decorated to form a dragon head and tail, with a drummer pounding loudly as 20 people manoeuvre the oars

• Australia Day: January 26
  • The country’s biggest annual day celebration
  • Over 5,000 events celebrated across New South Wales
  • Events of the day
    • Sydney CBD
      • Aussie-style activities held on the beaches, at backyards, in the sky, at the parks
      • Hyde Park
        • Entertainment, wine, food, fun and relaxation with family and friends
        • The ABC for Kids concert
        • The Lord Mayor’s Citizenship Ceremony
        • John Williamson, an Australian music legend, takes centre stage
        •  Sydney Harbour
          • A spectrum of events can be enjoyed on land or on the water
        • Activities
          • Woggan-ma-gule Morning Ceremony – to commemorate the past and celebrate the future
          • GIO Oz Day 10K – an iconic wheelchair race participated by the finest wheelchair athletes across the globe
          • Exhibits by the most popular cultural institutions and public buildings in the city
          • Yabun Concert – to showcase the rich indigenous creative talent
          • NRMA Motorfest – to showcase approximately 1,000 vintage, veteran and classic vehicles
          • Vintage Bus Service – taking a ride around the city through the unique, nostalgic charm of old-world transport
          • Festival of the Voice at The Rocks – to enjoy 9 hours of free live music from more than 50 singers and songwriters, featuring pop, rock, funk, soul, folk, and blues music
          • Darling Harbour Spectacular – to showcase a variety of talents, arts and history: children’s stage, world music and dance, boat parades, NSW Premier’s and the Governor’s speeches, symphony of light and sound, and fireworks by the water for the big finale

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