Happy New Year 2008

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Happy New Year 2008

Postby Antony » Mon 31 Dec, 2007 9:48 am

Happy New Year everybody.

It's about quarter to 2am, just got back from Mrs Macquaries Point for fireworks photos.

I will post photos later.
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Postby James » Mon 31 Dec, 2007 11:16 am

Happy New Year, Antony. I hope this is a good one for all of us.
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Postby iJohnE » Mon 31 Dec, 2007 12:00 pm

Happy new year to all.

Let us all make this a good one.
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Postby Pu7o » Mon 31 Dec, 2007 12:56 pm

I repeat what was said last year:

WOW! You are rich, you can afford a time machine to get to 2008 before any of us! :lol:

With that said, happy new year everyone :)
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Postby Mandrake » Mon 31 Dec, 2007 12:56 pm

Pu7o wrote:I repeat what was said last year:

WOW! You are rich, you can afford a time machine to get to 2008 before any of us! :lol:


:lol:

Happy new year everyone. :)
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Postby Antony » Mon 31 Dec, 2007 10:02 pm

Last sunset of 2007:
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Photos from Sydney's 9pm fireworks, taken from Mrs Macquaries Point.

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More photos available in my blog entry.

I will post the midnight fireworks photo later.
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Postby Don_HH2K » Tue 01 Jan, 2008 12:10 am

Happy New Year from Boston!

Okay, so I'm ten minutes late posting this... :)
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Postby beanboy89 » Tue 01 Jan, 2008 12:28 am

Happy New Year from the mid-Atlantic region of the US (a good 27 minutes late).

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Postby Antony » Tue 01 Jan, 2008 8:56 am

This was the forecast for today's (New Year's Day) weather:
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Please note: units are in Celsius, and for those who are not familiar, °F = (°C × 1.8) + 32
I.e. 36°C (in Perth) = 96.8°F

In plain words, it is extremely hot in most cities in Australia, we don't have beautiful snow.

There are photos of Sydney's fireworks, the midnight version.

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20 more fireworks photos and a video clip are available in this blog entry.
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Postby iJohnE » Tue 01 Jan, 2008 11:46 am

Well happy 2008, I know I am a little late posting this but now it actually is 2008 here.
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Postby north450 » Tue 01 Jan, 2008 5:34 pm

Happy New Year to everyone.
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Postby Edward » Wed 02 Jan, 2008 10:02 pm

Happy New Year (also from the Boston area).
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