NSW: Donkey Kong and Bart Simpson to light up harbour bridge

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2007
NSW: Donkey Kong and Bart Simpson to light up harbour bridge

SYDNEY, Dec 31 AAP - Bart Simpson and Donkey Kong will play a part in New Year's Eve
fireworks tonight in Sydney, organisers say.

City of Sydney creative director Wayne Harrison said the iconic characters would appear
on the Sydney Harbour Bridge at intervals throughout tonight's build up to the 9pm (AEDT)
and midnight pyrotechnic shows.

"This is the first time that we've had a bridge effect that is actually funny," Mr
Harrison told reporters.

"For the kids who are watching ... you might be able to depict our version of Bart
Simpson when you hear the Simpson's music and you see something darting around ... think
of Bart on his skateboard.

"A little later on there's our tribute to a very old computer game, Donkey Kong."

The theme of tonight's New Year's Eve celebration, which is expected to draw a million
people to witness the fireworks from vantage points along Sydney harbour, is The Time
Of Our Lives.

Clocks also will feature throughout tonight's lighting and fireworks spectacular, which
includes 20,000 pyrotechnics effects to be fired from Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Families began staking out prime vantage points from first light today, while Mr Harrison
said some had even camped out overnight.

He warned that the most popular harbourside parklands would be full by 5pm, when they
would be closed to further arrivals.

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