NOTE: It is advised not to camp overnight in queues for the queues.
Queues for queues were reported at the entry of the queue to The Domain: Fleet Steps & Mrs Macquarie’s Point from 9am on the 30th of December 2025.
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
- Campbells’ Cove – 3:27PM
- East Circular Quay – 3:28PM
- Mary Booth Lookout/Upper Bradfield Park – 4:40PM ***LOWER BRADFIELD PARK IS A PAID TICKETED VANTAGE POINT FOR NYE2026. TICKETS ON SALE 9AM OCTOBER 7***
- 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.
- ***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 SINCE NYE2025***
- ***EVENT BEGINS***
