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The city of Perth in Australia will host the country’s biggest Australia Day celebrations on January 26th, according to the local tourist board.

Between 300,000 and 400,000 people are expected to flock to the shores of the city’s river to join in with the festivities.

One of the highlights of Australia Day in Perth will be the Skyshow, a pyrotechnic display that sees fireworks launched over the city to musical accompaniment.

The foreshore to the south of the city and Kings Park are among the best vantage points for people hoping to see the show.

Perth’s Supreme Court Gardens will also get involved in Australia Day, hosting a free concert featuring hip-hop, soul, funk and other types of music performed by local artists.

Tourism Western Australia announced details of several other events and experiences that will be available next year, including a new underground adventure tour in Kalgoorlie.

The excursion takes visitors 72 metres below ground in a pitch black mine shaft, offering an insight into the working life of a 19th century miner.

Listerine’s 100 years as a brand in Australia were celebrated in 2006 with this print advertisement, Fireworks.

listerine fireworks 100 years celebration advert

The Listerine Fireworks ad was developed at JWT, Sydney, by executive creative director Andy Mckeon, copywriter Guy Futcher, art director Adam Fine, retoucher John Rumbold.

Listerine was originally formulated by Dr Joseph Lawrence and Jordan Wheat Lambert, a disinfectant for surgical procedures named after British surgeon Sir Joseph Lister. In 1895, the Lambert Company extended the sale of Listerine to the dental profession as a powerful oral antiseptic. Warner Lambert, the producer of Listerine for many years, was acquired by Pfizer in 2000. Listerine was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2006.

SYDNEYSIDERS looking for a free spot to watch the New Year‘s Eve fireworks have something to celebrate, after the State Government confirmed Barangaroo will be opened for the night and a Sydney council reversed its decision to charge admission to a public park.

Woollahra Municipal Council has abandoned its plan to charge $60 per family to watch the fireworks from Yarranabbe Park in Darling Point, citing ”excessive security demands” from local police.

The Mayor of Woollahra, Andrew Petrie, said: ”We were told by Rose Bay police at the 11th hour that we would have to employ 80 extra security guards on top of the 40 we had already planned for, and would have to pay the police themselves to be there.”

Cr Petrie said there was ”no way” the council could find or afford the extra guards.

Plans for the celebrations were made public by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, yesterday and include: new high-tech fireworks; asking everyone watching around the harbour to wear something blue; and the new vantage point for 10,000 people at Barangaroo.

The Sydney New Year’s Eve creative director, Rhoda Roberts, said the celebrations revolved around the theme ”Awakening the spirit”.

”As a Bundjalung woman, my ancestors believe every year we gather and we awaken the spirit within, a new spirit for each year,” she said.

Wearing blue was a way to unite people on the night, she said, with a colour that reflected the spirit of the city.

”It is the colour of our amazing harbour, it is the colour of that gorgeous summer sky.”

People wanting to watch from Barangaroo must book in advance through Ticketek. Tickets are free, but there is a booking fee of between $5.95 and $9.95 on each set.

Organisers were typically secretive about what the final display on the Harbour Bridge would be this year, but Ms Roberts hinted that it would feature three distinct images that ”celebrate the ancient, new beginnings and unity”.

The fireworks director, Fortunato Foti, hinted that the blue theme would be repeated throughout the fireworks display, featuring the Australian debut of microchip fireworks, allowing greater precision in the timing of explosions and the clarity of the images created.

One and a half million people are expected to flock to the harbour for the event, which will cost the City of Sydney and its sponsors $5 million.

Cr Moore said the event would be powered by clean energy, and carbon offsets had been purchased to make it carbon neutral.

DARLING HARBOUR was the scene yesterday of an old Sydney ritual called Waiting for the Fireworks. The sun shines. Drums beat. The afternoon ebbs away. Under the Pier Street overpass, an acrobat called Psycho Sam was swallowing long balloons and asking his audience for respect. He meant applause. Darling Harbour was celebrating its 21st birthday. Trees have grown in those years. Cafes have come and gone. Ditto princes and premiers. But celebrations along that stretch of the harbour never change much. They’re like the Royal Easter Show with the crowds as the grand parade. It’s very Sydney: tawdry and good humoured, happy people making whoopee in a landscape of lost opportunities, a great day for city politicians and scavenging seagulls. Getting it right one day is still the underlying promise. Nothing will budge the monorail but Sega World and McDonald’s have disappeared. The hoardings say we’re going to get in their place “low rise campus-style office space, a youth theatre, a rejuvenated retail precinct, extensive public space upgrades, innovative new children’s playgrounds and car parking facilities”. We’re having to curb our excitement. At yesterday’s birthday bash it was still a 1.5-hectare hole in the ground. But up and running on the other side of the Urban Stream was the annual MindBodySpirit expo. Entry: $16. The place was jam packed and mysterious. Several women were sleeping deeply at the Reiki Empowerment Seminar. Some Amazonian berry “as seen on the Oprah Winfrey Show” was being touted as a wonder food. A bloke from the Petersham Assembly of God was offering prayers for passers-by. “Be free,” he called rather glumly “from the depression of your life”. Outside the sun had sunk further. Families with strollers were heading home. Everyone over 20 was digging in for dark. A few tonnes of gunpowder going off in the air seem to make most things in this city feel right.

From Epic Fireworks – Star Bursts – Part 2

A MONSTER fireworks display is set to kick off a spectacular Easter show this year in keeping with the annual event on the water at Lake Moogerah Caravan Park.

Moogerah Caravan Park manager Robyn Mason said she felt blessed “to live and work in the most beautiful place in the world”.

Operated by Scenic Rim Regional Council, the lakeside park was built in the early 1960s and had been providing a recreational adventure spot for family groups, caravan clubs, school groups, fishermen and water-skiers for almost half a century.

“The council is in the process of approving the construction of a cafe, which I believe would be a much appreciated service to our many campers,” Ms Mason said.

“It should also provide a good drawcard for day visitors to the area due to the beautiful scenery surrounding the park.

“We provide two boat ramps, fishing permits, electric and wood barbecues and a children’s playground.

“Local attractions include wineries, the lavender farm, bush food outlets, scenic drives, art and craft galleries, fishing and rock climbing.

“My objective is to work with the council for necessary upgrades to facilities.” Click here for the original story.