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Old Jan 1st 2011, 10:23 am
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You after the 'Most boring poster' winner of 2011?
i have won that the last few years lol
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Talking of which, time to change your avatar!


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Old Jan 1st 2011, 9:02 pm
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The Sydney fireworks were AWESOME! Really puts London to shame and I like many others hope to see them in person next year. Roll on July 25th when we finally get the hell outta here!!

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Wow I just thought the complete opposite!!

I thought Sydney was great until I saw London's firework display - now that was truly SPECTACULAR!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_9bx6U8_0
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Wow I just thought the complete opposite!!

I thought Sydney was great until I saw London's firework display - now that was truly SPECTACULAR!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_9bx6U8_0
I thought the London fireworks totally out shone the Sydney ones, it was an incredible display. I have saved the 18 min footage on Youtube into my favourites.

To me, it isn't New Year until you have heard Big Ben and I listened to him chime in the New Year live on the radio stream onto my computer and then as soon as the clip was uploaded, I watched it on youtube.
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I thought the London fireworks totally out shone the Sydney ones, it was an incredible display. I have saved the 18 min footage on Youtube into my favourites.

To me, it isn't New Year until you have heard Big Ben and I listened to him chime in the New Year live on the radio stream onto my computer and then as soon as the clip was uploaded, I watched it on youtube.

To be honest I have never watched them before!!!! Somebody had posted it on my Facebook.

I just usually stick to Sydney on the telly, I have been to see them live two or three times in the past.

How long has London being doing them for? I loved the way they were all in synch with the music and Big Ben just set the scene along with the filming of the London skyline.
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To be honest I have never watched them before!!!! Somebody had posted it on my Facebook.

I just usually stick to Sydney on the telly, I have been to see them live two or three times in the past.

How long has London being doing them for? I loved the way they were all in synch with the music and Big Ben just set the scene along with the filming of the London skyline.
Well I think but not sure, that it started on the embankment in 2000 for the millenium but it wasnt nearly as organised and as elaborate as it is now. Prior to that we used to gather at Trafalgar Square by the fountain, I remember at midnight one year, a policeman had to lift me down from the edge of the fountain as the crowd surged

You could never hear Big Ben from Trafalgar anyway and the only way we knew it was New Year was when the lights would flash 'Happy New Year from the Metropolitan Police'.

But the coverage this year was superb and for all I love living here, I would have paid handsomely to have been at the London celebrations this NYE.

Every year my Dad calls me at midnight and has his phone on speaker phone and holds it up to the TV that shows Big Ben in his local Pub so I can hear him chime in the New Year. He does that as usually on NYD in Perth I am going off on a trip somewhere.

This time I was at home at that time and I woke Mr PP up by blaring Big Ben out on BBC London on the speakers whilst talking to Dad.
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Originally Posted by Beedubya
Wow I just thought the complete opposite!!

I thought Sydney was great until I saw London's firework display - now that was truly SPECTACULAR!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_9bx6U8_0
Wow just watched the London fireworks - absolutely stunning!
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I have to say I didn't see the London ones this year, I was referring to previous years which were frankly pants! But by all accounts they outdid themselves this year which is great, it's about time London stepped up to the plate and put on a decent display. This year we watched the coverage of the Hogmanay festivities in Edinburgh...brilliant!
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Old Jan 2nd 2011, 8:52 pm
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Well I think but not sure, that it started on the embankment in 2000 for the millenium but it wasnt nearly as organised and as elaborate as it is now. Prior to that we used to gather at Trafalgar Square by the fountain, I remember at midnight one year, a policeman had to lift me down from the edge of the fountain as the crowd surged

You could never hear Big Ben from Trafalgar anyway and the only way we knew it was New Year was when the lights would flash 'Happy New Year from the Metropolitan Police'.

But the coverage this year was superb and for all I love living here, I would have paid handsomely to have been at the London celebrations this NYE.

Every year my Dad calls me at midnight and has his phone on speaker phone and holds it up to the TV that shows Big Ben in his local Pub so I can hear him chime in the New Year. He does that as usually on NYD in Perth I am going off on a trip somewhere.

This time I was at home at that time and I woke Mr PP up by blaring Big Ben out on BBC London on the speakers whilst talking to Dad.
What a lovely dad you have.
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What a lovely dad you have.
Yep and what he doesnt realise, that while he is crying down the phone to me as we hear Big Ben chime in the new year, is that I am biting my lip crying my eyes out as well , which he cant hear as he normally calls from his local pub - being 73, that is his main place to socialise on NYE.

He said he is coming out to see me in March for a month, I am excited but nervous - the feeling you get when visitors (although we have only had one) walk through the doors and how you have to keep staring at them or touching them because you cant quite believe they are sitting next to you, or how strong their accent is. Then it is like you have never been apart, and then you have to say goodbye and when you see them walk through the doors to leave, you cry because as the doors shut, you dont know when you will see them again or if you will see them again in the case of my Dad.

And for purely selfish reasons, that is the bit I am dreading.
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Old Jan 3rd 2011, 6:58 am
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Yep and what he doesnt realise, that while he is crying down the phone to me as we hear Big Ben chime in the new year, is that I am biting my lip crying my eyes out as well , which he cant hear as he normally calls from his local pub - being 73, that is his main place to socialise on NYE.

He said he is coming out to see me in March for a month, I am excited but nervous - the feeling you get when visitors (although we have only had one) walk through the doors and how you have to keep staring at them or touching them because you cant quite believe they are sitting next to you, or how strong their accent is. Then it is like you have never been apart, and then you have to say goodbye and when you see them walk through the doors to leave, you cry because as the doors shut, you dont know when you will see them again or if you will see them again in the case of my Dad.

And for purely selfish reasons, that is the bit I am dreading.
Yes it is very hard when they go home. Nothing selfish about it, just human.
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Old Jan 4th 2011, 8:34 pm
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i'd have to say the london fireworks are great but it's lacking the party spirit in sydney. if you just wanna watch fireworks go london. but fireworks + party, sydney is a much more amazing experience.
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