Skylines across Australia have lit up as tonnes of fireworks exploded and the nation ushered in the new year.
Sydney yet again wowed an estimated one million bedazzled revellers around the harbour with a 12-minute display from midnight that featured new firework effects, a brighter bridge display and 500kg more explosives than the previous year.
Lime and peach were new additions to the pyrotechnic colour wheel while a new "wave effect" design gave gold palms coloured tips.
The famous coathanger was adorned with an extra 1000 lighting effects and lit until 1am while the Opera House had more than 800 fireworks shot from its sails.
Revellers had endured an early thunderstorm and late scattered showers before the stunning midnight show.
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House at midnight. Source: Getty
More than 350,00 revellers poured into Melbourne to see 14 tonnes of fireworks burst into the sky across a 10-minute display from the stroke of midnight to welcome in the new year.
Dazzling circles of fireworks to Saturn ring-shaped displays were among the crackling roar of effects to fire from 22 CBD buildings, which could be seen from all angles of the city.
It was synchronised to a soundtrack by Aboriginal Australian hip-hop artist Adam Briggs.
n Brisbane, tens of thousands packed into South Bank to mark the start of 2019 with the city's biggest New Year's Eve fireworks display and a soundtrack of the past year's biggest music hits.
Ciudad de Melbourne, Victoria. Source: AAP
Adelaide ensured its status as a UNESCO City of Music was promoted with live music the highlight of the festivities ahead of two fireworks displays.
Midnight and family-friendly firework shows were held across the eastern seaboard from Hobart to Queensland's Cape York to celebrate.
Parisians welcomed have with a spectacular lights and firework show over the Arc de Triomphe, at the end of the French capital's famous Champs-Elysees avenue.
People in Brisbane watch the New Year's Eve fireworks by the Brisbane River at Southbank. Source: AAP
The display began punctually at midnight, and television pictures showed a huge crowd of people. Several hundred thousand had been expected to attend.
During the lights show the names of the French football team that won the World Cup this year were projected onto the Arc de Triomphe.
In Berlin, tens of thousands of people greeted 2019 at a huge party at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, the largest New Year's Eve party in Germany.
Fireworks over France's the Arc de Triomphe. Source: AAP
Festivities culminated with a laser and fireworks display, which followed performances by musical acts including Eagle Eye Cherry and Bonnie Tyler.
Earlier, some 30,000 people in Japan welcomed in the New Year at Saitama Super Arena with Floyd Mayweather.
Spectators stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate during the beginning of the New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin. Source: EPA
The American boxer soundly defeated his opponent, Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, in the first round of what was billed as three rounds of entertainment.
