Does anything happen at Lady Bay, Sydney on New Year's Eve, or is it closed like some other beaches?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 5 Aug, 2023
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As Doc said in his answer, places within a very short walk were open for New Year’s Eve – even beaches.
There was a partial view including skyline but not including the Harbour Bridge or Opera house.
As Doc also said Lady Bay is within an area which is closed overnight every night of the year anyway. The sign at the walkway said that all of South Head is closed:
But there was also an addittional sign for the occasion stating that South Head would be closed from Noon on the 31st until 5am on the 1st:
There turned out to be some parties in the rough vicinity in parks that required tickets, and other places with partial views with very small crowds compared to other places.
Here’s what the 9pm (for the kids) fireworks looked like from this area:
Lady Bay is a part of the Sydney Harbour National Park.
In general, Sydney Harbour National Park is only open sunrise to sunset. During special events like New Years Eve they do open parts of the park outside of these times, but this only applies to specific areas, and normally requires tickets purchased in advance. The list of such sites for NYE 2013 is listed on the National Parks website.
The nearest site to Lady Bay that would be available for NYE is Robertson Park which is a few hundred metres south of Lady Bay, but is not a part of the National Park. As with most parks near the harbour there are restrictions in place – specifically no glass.
It is possible that you would be able to get to Lady Bay, but as far as I can see it’s not allowed – and with the lack of public transport to that area and road closures even physically getting there is going to be difficult.
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