I was in Sydney in 1990, and they were doing the fireworks displays then, at a time when we were doing the drunks V riot police spectaculars in Trafalgar Square.
It was great because you could spread out across multiple places along the harbour and it was all synced up to a radio station...
No, those of us who pay Council Tax in a London borough do ( along with the fools who pay for tickets to be on the Southbank).
Those of you in Sussex watching on TV are just free riders.