Sydney's fireworks to go ahead despite total fire ban

[davidc4430]

Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks to go ahead despite total fire ban

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-30/new-years-eve-sydney-fireworks-at-risk-amid-fire-ban/11832042

i dont see how fireworks on sydney harbour could cause any bushfires but i'm not in know.

however where i llive every new years eve we have people letting off fireworks they shoouldnt, its against the law.

now they certainly could start fires!

i recon letting off fireworks during summer when you know your breaking the law should be a big penalty!

plus pretty much every dog will be much happier!

Foo would hide and shiver for an hour or so every year!

[icyfroth]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

It's like Sydney fiddles while the rest of the country is burning.

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And Adelaide, and Brisbane and Perth and Hobart and Melbourne and Darwin. The only capital that has cancelled is Canberra. Or is it only Sydney that counts in this scenario.

I know a lot of people around Batemans Bay were disappointed their fireworks were cancelled. It would have given them some distraction for a few minutes. Events have overtaken that, but the principle remains.

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Yes, I know I tend to think Sydney is the centre of the universe, lol.

Still...I think I would had felt the same way about fireworks to celebrate when the rest of the country is burning, whatever capital city of any state I was living in.

[lyhargr_0]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

It's like Sydney fiddles while the rest of the country is burning.

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And Adelaide, and Brisbane and Perth and Hobart and Melbourne and Darwin. The only capital that has cancelled is Canberra. Or is it only Sydney that counts in this scenario.

I know a lot of people around Batemans Bay were disappointed their fireworks were cancelled. It would have given them some distraction for a few minutes. Events have overtaken that, but the principle remains.

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Yes, I know I tend to think Sydney is the centre of the universe, lol.

Still...I think I would had felt the same way about fireworks to celebrate when the rest of the country is burning, whatever capital city of any state I was living in.

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I am an ex Sydney girl, a true local, born in Crown St hossie, spent the first 30 yrs of my life there, Couldnt live there now, could not  take the pace but still have a great fondness for my birth city