Saturday, 1 January 2022

New Year Fireworks 21-22

 G'day everyone, I hope you enjoyed the usual fireworks displays last night wherever you were located. Armidale put on two displays as usual, one at 9pm on 31 December and the other at mid-night. I attended the former and it was a great occasion. Here I'm viewing the Wicklow Oval in Armidale's creeklands at dusk. The sun has hidden itself below the sky-line, but left a lovely glow.


Soon after, hoards of families invaded Wicklow Oval and there were huge numbers of kids running around furiously, barely restrained by their anxious parents. I was 'alone' as Dot preferred not to come. The crowds were also multi-ethnic often chattering away in strange languages, but all were anxiously awaiting what turned out to be a magnificent display that went on for perhaps 15 minutes. While awaiting the start, the field's floodlights lit up the assembling crowd as shown below.


Then, all of a sudden, the lights were turned off and we huddled together in the dark. A few seconds later the display commenced with a bang! There were many different elements to the display, many of them quite creative and elegant. These few pictures show something of the art-work for which the Armidale Regional Council should be congratulated.



The crowd was raucus and delighted with what they saw and the applause at the end was enthusiastic. After that, hundreds if not thousands of people raced to their cars to drive away from the site quickly. That included me and I took a long way home to avoid congested intersections!

I hope all my readers will have a happy and prosperous new year!

AS






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