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[TootsieFootsie]

New Year’s 2026: Celebrations around Australia

Australia rings in 2026 with sombre commemoration, rainy fireworks

From sombre commemoration to thunderstruck fireworks , people are gathering around Australia to welcome in 2026.

www.abc.net.au

 

[iamshadow21]

Nah I'm just here by myself.

No one in my family who live elsewhere is into ringing each other at midnight.

I used to do it but after quite a few grumpy "you woke me up" I eventually gave up.

My friend of a few years, asked me years ago do I do anything on New Year's Eve.

I said that my friend who has passed away and myself either spent the evening together, or the part heading up to midnight and if we couldn't be together in person we'd be on the phone for the countdown and to wish each other a happy new year.

My friend of a few years said I'm glad you don't do anything special for the night ? because he goes to bed early LOL

So I said Happy New Year to myself when it hit midnight

But I do miss the enthusiasm of my friend who passed away.
He made every day a holiday and every day fun.

Sometimes I think I'm living in a world full of misery guts and old fuddy duddy's

We're just heading to bed here. We stayed up for the fireworks on tv. We're staying with our good friends, who at least twice a year put us up for a few days and feed us All The Pig, cooked for hours in their Weber. Today was just the appetisers - jalapeno poppers and maple soy chicken wings. Tomorrow I expect will be a pork roast, slow cooked plus sides.

We're all neuro divergent, so we just hang out, chill, sometimes just 'parallel play' without pressure, other times watch things together, or play games. Tonight we watched Nimona and played an rpg card game called Sentinels, drank some gin and bubbly wine and watched the fireworks. I also got to sit and talk video games with one of them, which is fun for us because neither of our partners are quite as enthused about video games, and we have a fair amount of overlap in what we like to play.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Nah I'm just here by myself.

No one in my family who live elsewhere is into ringing each other at midnight.

I used to do it but after quite a few grumpy "you woke me up" I eventually gave up.

My friend of a few years, asked me years ago do I do anything on New Year's Eve.

I said that my friend who has passed away and myself either spent the evening together, or the part heading up to midnight and if we couldn't be together in person we'd be on the phone for the countdown and to wish each other a happy new year.

My friend of a few years said I'm glad you don't do anything special for the night ? because he goes to bed early LOL

So I said Happy New Year to myself when it hit midnight

But I do miss the enthusiasm of my friend who passed away.
He made every day a holiday and every day fun.

Sometimes I think I'm living in a world full of misery guts and old fuddy duddy's

I am finding myself full of remembrances ...and losses..as well....

 

[killarney rose]

We are just rising and having coffee here on this side of the world. Happy New Year to all!

 

[nhmemorymaker]

We're just heading to bed here. We stayed up for the fireworks on tv. We're staying with our good friends, who at least twice a year put us up for a few days and feed us All The Pig, cooked for hours in their Weber. Today was just the appetisers - jalapeno poppers and maple soy chicken wings. Tomorrow I expect will be a pork roast, slow cooked plus sides.

We're all neuro divergent, so we just hang out, chill, sometimes just 'parallel play' without pressure, other times watch things together, or play games. Tonight we watched Nimona and played an rpg card game called Sentinels, drank some gin and bubbly wine and watched the fireworks. I also got to sit and talk video games with one of them, which is fun for us because neither of our partners are quite as enthused about video games, and we have a fair amount of overlap in what we like to play.

Those wings sound fabulous....
Living in Florida for the past 15 years... there were lots of "all the pig" New Years events....
I really do miss this.
Up North... people just stay put for the most part.....

 

[nhmemorymaker]

New Year’s 2026: Celebrations around Australia

Australia rings in 2026 with sombre commemoration, rainy fireworks

From sombre commemoration to thunderstruck fireworks , people are gathering around Australia to welcome in 2026.

www.abc.net.au

ahhhh. beautiful piks....

 

[iamshadow21]

Those wings sound fabulous....
Living in Florida for the past 15 years... there were lots of "all the pig" New Years events....
I really do miss this.
Up North... people just stay put for the most part.....

I say All The Pig, it isn't a whole hog roast, just lots more than we usually eat all at once! Multiple absolutely delicious meals. It's lovely, really, but every time we come home and eat salads for a few days to balance out! Not because we're dieting, but just because after that much protein we're craving vegetables.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I've been trying to balance myself out since Christmas.
My daughter sent me a huge box of the most amazing chocolates.

I thought I wasn't a big chocolate eater, but that box became very special to me while I was on my own over Christmas..
It felt nice and special every time I ate something out of it.

Since then I think I look a bit chunkier

So it's back on the stepper bike, back walking and I even survived a few nights going to bed hungry.

I told my stomach to stop complaining and be happy with a drink of water.

 

[Gators North]

We have hit midnight!

Happy New Year for those for whom it's midnight, or got there before us like New Zealand.

Happy New Year! It’s only a little after 10:00 AM here, so we have a while to go.