Sydney primed for 2013 big finish

Spectators have begun descending on Sydney's popular spots for the New Year's Eve fireworks show. Source: AAP

PICNIC rugs are in position, beers are in hand and streets have been shut off as Sydney draws closer to its big night.

More than 1.5 million people are expected to gather across the city to view the New Year's Eve fireworks shows, themed Shine, at 9pm, 10.30pm and midnight.

From dawn, eager spectators began filing into the harbour foreshore carrying everything from rugs and chairs to fishing rods and kettles as they vied to snatch the best view.

Access to the Opera House and Blues Point Reserve was shut off from 12.30pm on Tuesday as crowds reached capacity.

As temperatures neared 27 degrees at the Botanic Gardens, some revellers who couldn't get access to shade stripped down to bikinis, or bras and undies. Others just threw water over themselves.

Ross Jollie, from the UK, said he was looking forward to seeing the show firsthand, having spent a lifetime viewing it on television.

"They are the first fireworks you see on TV, so definitely it is the place to be," he told AAP.

At 10.30pm, a one-minute cracker show based on an absurdist self-portrait by the night's artistic ambassador Reg Mombassa will be launched.

"The cranium universe display will basically be the stars, the planets and the sun inside someone's head but on the sky," he told reporters on Tuesday.

While remaining tight-lipped about the particulars, Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the bridge effect, to be unveiled just after midnight, will be "bigger than ever".

For the first time in a decade, more than 1000 fireworks will also be launched off the Opera House's sails.

But it hasn't been good news for all.

About 10,000 people have missed out on a New Year's Eve party at the newly opened Wet'n'Wild theme park in Sydney, after promoters cancelled the event just hours before it was due to kick off.

Event organiser One Cube Entertainment said it had to cancel the festival because of "a major technical production issue" and will hold a replacement concert on Australia Day.

NSW Fair Trading Minister Stuart Ayres said a case manager has been appointed to deal with complaints and to ensure full refunds are granted where requested.

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