Fortunately,. we were able to step outside Elizabeth's apartment in the Docklands and witness a truly spectacular show. Melbourne put on its biggest show of the year in the Central Business District, with 14 tonnes of fireworks launched from the top of 22 city buildings for New Year's Eve festivities. Pyrotechnician Rusty Johnston said Melbourne put on a bigger show than Sydney."We've got a higher tonnage because we have so many firing sites where Sydney is a
smallish area," he said. Despite the heightened security presence, which included the deployment of more than 2,000 police officers, at least 500,000 people brought in the new year in Victoria's capital.
