Year in the middle of a new recession

Australia has celebrated the new year celebrations with the biggest record of visitors reached around 1.5 million people around the bridges in the city of Sydney Harbor. They directly witness the fireworks party, which cost millions of dollars spent, while other Australians enjoy through TV broadcasts. The new year of the Sydney organizers say the new year celebrations have been the largest and they expect Australians slightly to the right of shadow economic sluggishness 2008 and also the threat of recession in 2009. "Many of sadness around," said Director of the Sydney Festival Fireworks, Fortunato Foti, told journalists. "If we can make people forget it and just enjoy the fireworks for 15 to 20 minutes, that means we have to do our task," he added.

Meanwhile New Zealand party to bring fireworks and fireworks around the Sky Tower in Auckland city.

The hemisphere's first time entering the New Year 2009 is the Pacific Ocean in Kiribati.