Editing Sydney Harbour Bridge (section)

===Sydney New Year's Eve===
{{Main|Sydney New Year's Eve}}
The Harbour Bridge has been an integral part of the Sydney New Year's Eve celebrations, generally being used in spectacular ways during the [[fireworks]] displays at 9pm and midnight. In recent times, the bridge has included a ropelight display on a framework in the centre of the eastern arch, which is used to complement the fireworks. The scaffolding and framework were clearly visible for some weeks before the event, revealing the outline of the design.

During the millennium celebrations in 2000, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit up with the word "[[Eternity (graffito)|Eternity]]", as a tribute to the legacy of [[Arthur Stace]] a Sydney artist who for many years inscribed said word on pavements in chalk in copperplate writing despite the fact that he was illiterate.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Years Eve fireworks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Eternity, 1999|url=https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/567648|access-date=23 June 2021|website=City of Sydney Archives|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709164200/https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/567648|url-status=live}}</ref>

The effects have been as follows:<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2014 |title=World atlas of street art and graffiti |url=https://www.academia.edu/37789457 |journal=Choice Reviews Online |volume=51 |issue=7 |pages=51–3581 |issn=0009-4978 |access-date=8 June 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727130343/https://www.academia.edu/37789457 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Sydney new years 2008-9.JPG|thumb|The opening sequence to the 2008–09 ''Midnight Fireworks'', using the Sun for its bridge effect]]
* NYE1997: [[Smiley|Smiley face]]
* NYE1999: The word "[[Eternity (graffito)|Eternity]]" in [[copperplate script|copperplate]] writing<ref name="smh millennium">{{cite news |last1=Dennis |first1=Anthony |title=Millennium dawns |url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=eternity+and+bridge&pb=smh&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news000101_0210_6556 |access-date=23 December 2014 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald  |date=1 January 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223143039/http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=eternity+and+bridge&pb=smh&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news000101_0210_6556 |archive-date=23 December 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* NYE2000: [[Rainbow Serpent]] and [[Federation of Australia|Federation Star]]
* NYE2001: [[Uluru]], the [[Southern Cross]] and the [[Dove of Peace]]
* NYE2002: [[Dove of Peace]] and the word "PEACE"
* NYE2003: [[Laser lighting display|Light show]]
* NYE2004: "Fanfare"
* NYE2005: [[Heart (symbol)|Three concentric hearts]]
* NYE2006: [[Clothes hanger|Coathanger]] and a diamond
* NYE2007: [[Mandala]]
* NYE2008: The [[Sun]]
* NYE2009: [[Taijitu]] Symbol, a [[Blue moon]] and a ring of fire
* NYE2010: Handprint, [[X mark|"X" Mark]] and a Spot
* NYE2011: [[Speech balloon|Thought Bubble]], [[Sun]] and [[Rainbow|Endless Rainbow]]
* NYE2012: [[Butterfly]] and a [[Lip]]
* NYE2013: Eye
* NYE2014: [[Light bulb]]
* NYE2015 onwards: Light shows
The numbers for the New Year's Eve countdown also appear on the Bridge pylons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestbridge.net/Australia_en/sydney-harbour-bridge.phtml|title=Sydney Harbour Bridge|website=bestbridge.net|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102034828/http://bestbridge.net/Australia_en/sydney-harbour-bridge.phtml|archive-date=2 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>