One of the first countries to have already met 2023 on Sunday night, January 1, Australia was local time, writes Deutsche Welle.
In Australia, this is the first new year in the last two years, which is celebrated without coronavirus restrictions. About a million people gathered in the Harbor Sydney to see the grandiose fireworks. Fireworks also took place in many large cities of Australia.
Residents of one and a half million New Zealand Auckland were also able to celebrate the New Year without coronavirus restrictions. Thousands of people gathered here under the Sky Tower, the highest structure of the country. The fireworks launched from her, the return countdown of the last seconds to midnight was replaced here.