Northern Territory Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern Territory. Followed categories will be added to My News. Fireworks, water shows, arrests, hoons on Mitchell Street – the last night of 2024 had it all.
Thousands of punters – Darwin Waterfront Corporation was expecting about 9500 – flocked down to the precinct to watch the two firework and Liquid Light shows, while Mitchell St heaved, with Monsoons’ Wet’n’Wild NYE Block Party proving especially popular. In true Territory fashion, the Wet Season weather provided the expected hitches. Revellers hoping to secure prime position for the 9pm fireworks were sent scurrying for cover when the heavens opened up about 6.
30pm, while the midnight fireworks were brought forward half an hour to avoid a rapidly building storm cell. Awaiting the two tonne fireworks payload at Darwin's Waterfront Precinct for New Year's Eve 2024. Picture: Alex Treacy Mum-of-two Suzannah Northcott said it was her family’s first New Year’s Eve in Darwin – they had moved from South Australia to Katherine in October.
The family moved for “work and lifestyle opportunities” – Ms Northcott has taken up a position in children’s mental health. Asked how the Darwin fireworks compared to Adelaide, Ms Northcott said she didn’t know, as she was a Kangaroo Island native, and you’d be more likely to see snow there than a technicolour fireworks display. The Northcott family at Darwin Waterfront Precinct for the New Year's Eve 2024 f.
