Sydney NYE Vantage Points

Despite City Of Sydney advice not to camp overnight in queues for queues, queues for queues were reported at the entry of the queue to The Domain: Fleet Steps & Mrs Macquaries Point from 9AM on the 30th of December!

These are the times Sydney NYE vantage points reached capacity on 31 December 2025:

  • Royal Botanic Garden Sydney: Bennelong Lawn – 10:19AM
  • The Domain: Mrs Macquarie’s Point – 11:28AM
  • The Domain: Fleet Steps – 11:31AM
  • The Domain: Tarpeian Lawn – 12:56PM
  • Hickson Road Reserve – 1:53PM
  • Barangaroo Reserve – 2:49PM
  • Campbell’s Cove – 3:27PM
  • East Circular Quay – 3:28PM
  • Mary Booth Lookout/Bradfield Park – 4:40PM
  • Observatory Hill Park – 4:50PM
  • Lavender Bay Parklands – 5:13PM
  • TOTAL North Sydney – 5:26PM
  • ***EVENT BEGINS***
  • West Circular Quay – 7:35PM
  • Yurulbin Park – 8:53PM
  • Duff Reserve – 8:53PM
  • Dumaresq Reserve – 8:53PM
  • McKell Park – 8:54PM
  • Dawes Point (Tar-Ra) Park – 11:06PM
  • Embarkation Park – 11:25PM
  • Giba Park – 11:40PM

The following vantage points were nearly full at the times stated, at which point it is advised to not join their queues:

  • ***EVENT BEGINS***
  • lloura Reserve – 8:52pm
  • Lookes Avenue Reserve – 8:53pm

NYE2024 – Women

These are the times Sydney NYE vantage points reached capacity on 31 December 2024:

UPDATE (5PM 31 December 2024): All vantage points in the city are now full. Please do not travel into these areas.

  • Blues Point – 10:36AM ***PAID TICKETED VANTAGE POINT FOR NYE2025***
  • Sydney Opera House – 11:55AM ***FREE TICKETED VANTAGE POINT FOR NYE2025***
  • ***EVENT BEGINS***
  • TOTAL Sydney Central Business District & North Sydney – 5PM
  • Darling Harbour – 9:08PM

NYE2023 – Life

These are the times Sydney NYE vantage points reached capacity on 31 December 2023:

  • The Rocks – 6:47PM ***NOT A VANTAGE POINT FOR NYE2025***
  • ***EVENT BEGINS***