SYDNEY, Dec. 6 (People's Daily Online) -- On 2014 New Year’s Eve, Sydney Harbor Bridge will be lit up with tweets from Sydneysiders and visitors about how the harbour city will inspire them in 2015 for the first time.

In the lead up to the world-renowned Midnight Fireworks display, audience gathered around Sydney Harbour – along with those watching at home – will be encouraged to use the hashtag #SydNYE to tweet New Year messages that tie into this year’s theme, Inspire.

Clover Moore, the Mayor of Sydney, said Sydney was known as the New Year’s Eve capital of the world for good reason, and this year’s event would not disappoint. "Each year, more than 1.6 million people gather around the harbour foreshore, and millions more around Australia watch at home, as Sydney rings in the New Year with the most spectacular fireworks display in the world."

"This year, for the first time in Sydney New Year’s Eve history, our audience will become part of the celebration as their New Year tweets are displayed on the Harbour Bridge pylons throughout the night."

Tweet the Bridge is just one exciting new element of this year’s $7.2 million Sydney New Year’s Eve celebrations.

During the 9PM Family Fireworks and Midnight Fireworks displays, seven tonnes of fireworks – including 11,000 shells, 25,000 shooting comets and more than 100,000 individual pyrotechnic effects – will be launched from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House and barges on Sydney Harbour.

A third mini-fireworks display, known as the 'Inspire moment', will also feature at 10.40pm to keep crowds entertained during the countdown to midnight.

As in previous years, the crowning glory will be the top-secret Sydney Harbour Bridge Effect. This will form the centrepiece of the fireworks displays, featuring 13 kilometres of LED rope light and reaching 12 storeys high.

"With an exciting pre-show entertainment program, three fireworks displays and the dazzling Bridge Effect, this New Year’s Eve promises to be a truly unforgettable evening," the Mayor said.