Description:RAW VIDEO: New Year's Eve celebrations have kicked off on the other side of the world, with revellers in Australia and New Zealand the first to see in 2013.
Thousands of people thronged the streets in Sydney, Australia, to see the city's famous firework display over the iconic Harbour Bridge as midnight struck.
Some 1.5million people were predicted to watch the fireworks in Sydney, and an estimated one billion people around the world.(3:51)