在澳大利亚民众加入全世界庆祝2009年新年活动的时候，至少150万人拥挤在悉尼港举行庆祝。他们在当地午夜(格林威治标准时间13点)来临之际观看了耗费数百万美元的大型焰火秀将天空照亮，焰火秀名为“创造”。悉尼市富有创造力的导演罗伯茨说，焰火秀的主题将表达对即将到来的一年新的开始的希望。
At least one-and-a-half million people crammed into Sydney Harbor in Australia as residents joined worldwide celebrations to mark New Year’s Day 2009. As they watched, a massive multi-million dollar display of fireworks entitled “Creation” lit up the sky at the stroke of midnight local time (1300 GMT). The city’s creative director, Rhoda Roberts, says theme of the show will express hope for a new beginning in the coming year.