Barangaroo Reserve

  • Free entry
  • Accessible toilets
No tickets required

Welcome in 2025 from Barangaroo's spectacular harbourside location, Barangaroo Reserve. Ideal for families, friends and couples wanting to experience a safe and memorable night enjoying panoramic views of the fireworks and western face of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Features

Food & beverages
Food for sale. BYO food permitted
Alcohol
For sale / no BYO
Toilets
Available (including accessible toilets)
Drinking water station

Restrictions

Capacity
9,000
Restrictions
no glass, no drones, no camping, no pets, no busking, no re-entry, no portable chairs

Accessibility services

Mobility accessible services
accessible entrance and continuous path of travel

Getting here

  • Public transport is the best way to get around on New Year’s Eve, with thousands of extra services running.
  • Barangaroo Reserve is a short walk from Barangaroo metro station. Note, Barangaroo metro station will be closed from 5pm to 11:45pm to safely manage crowds in the area. If you’re arriving after 5pm use Wynyard train station or Martin Place metro and continue on foot.
  • Wynyard station is about a 1.1km walk away. Use the Wynyard Walk exit and continue towards the reserve via Wulugul Walk.
  • Driving is not recommended with limited car parking available and major road closures in place from midday.
  • See road closure information.

Leaving

  • Pedestrian diversions will be in place on New Year’s Eve. The way you leave may be different to how you arrived. Be prepared for a longer walk to transport hubs.
  • Barangaroo metro station will reopen by 11.45pm with frequent services running throughout the early hours of New Year’s Day. Note, there will be no access to Barangaroo metro station from Nawi Cove or Wulugul Walk – access from Hickson Road only.
  • For access to Wynyard station or bus interchanges continue via Hickson Road and Wynyard Walk.
  • Limited ferries run after the midnight fireworks, services will be busy so have a backup plan.
  • Buses leave from Wynyard, QVB and Hyde Park. Light rail services to the south-east will leave from Central only after 7pm.
  • See the Getting Home from Sydney CBD area map.
Location of vantage point indicated with a marker
Open hours
  • 12:00pm - 12:45am
  • This venue reached capacity at 7:10pm in 2023 *
Address

Hickson Road, Millers Point
Contact

Placemaking NSW

* Based on 2023 data only. This venue may reach capacity at a different time in 2024.