Calvin Harris, Snoop Dogg and Pendulum live from Bondi Beach for Shore Thing New Year's Eve Party2011/12

Australians should be heading to Sydney this new year's eve and the massive party that is Shore Thing on Bondi Beach.

The 2011/12 party sees world acclaimed DJ, Calvin Harris take to the decks to bring in 2012 in banging style along with Snoop Dogg and Pendulum helping us to party throughout the night!

For more details please see: Shore Thing 2011/12 Live

Since 2005, Shore Thing has been Sydney’s favourite New Year’s Eve party, taking over the most famous stretch of sand in the world, Bondi Beach, with the biggest names in music. This year’s line-up ensures it will be remembered as the ‘Party of the Decade’ throw in a heap of fireworks lighting up the ocean and you have your most dazzling New Year’s yet.

Sydney Harbour Live for New Year's Eve 2011/12 Celebrations & Fireworks

Australians know how to throw a good party and that's exactly what you'll get this New Year in Sydney!

Catch the amazing fireworks display at Syndey Harbour, or head to Luna Park for some serious entertainment from Yolanda Be Cool, Ajax, Beni, Cassian, Wynter Gordon, The PotBelleez and Zoë Badwi.

For live web stream of the 2011/12 Sydney celebrations please see: Sydney New Year's Eve 2011/12 Live

Sydney New Year's Eve is an annual multi-tiered event held every New Year's Eve over Sydney Harbour, centering on the Harbour Bridge. Its main features are the two pyrotechnic displays, the 9pm Family Fireworks and the Midnight Fireworks, both of which are televised nationally by current broadcaster the Nine Network. The 2011 - 2012 Sydney New Years Eve Theme is "time to dream", the reasons given as "Australia was built upon dreams. From the dreamings of past millennia to the dreams of recent settlers. Whether day or night-time, dreams are our minds in free-flow, uninhibited and reflecting what we truly aspire to. From little babies to old people, we all dream. New Year’s Eve is when fantasy and aspirations flow. A vision for the coming year, with designs on a better life. The moonstruck and lovestruck may dream of fulfilment. The stargazers dream of the worlds beyond ours"

New Year's Eve 2012 live from Seattle Space Needle

Seattle is a great location for those looking for that memorable NYE experience, party in the Space Needle and witness the stunning fireworks display from 600 ft!

Watch all the action with this live stream straight from the Space Needle - http://www.myworldwebcams.com/new_year/seattle.html

Some of the greatest cities in the world brought to you live, enjoy new Year around the world.

http://www.myworldwebcams.com/new_year/index.html

Nottinghill Carnival 2010 Live Webcam

One of the biggest street parties of the year, Nottinghill Carnival never fails to impress. Don't miss it this weekend.

This webcam view will be covering the carnival live:

Live Nottinghill webcam

Carnival Background:

The roots of Carnival come from two separate but connected strands. Carnival began in January 1959 in St Pancras Town Hall as a response to the depressing state of race relations at the time. This carnival organised by Claudia Jones (a "Trini") who is widely recognised as 'the Mother of Notting Hill Carnival', was a huge success, despite being held indoors. The London Free School inspired festival was the first organised outside event in August 1966. The prime mover was Rhaune Laslett, who was not aware of the indoor events when she first raised the idea. This was a more diverse Notting Hill event to promote cultural unity but overlapping with earlier events by the involvement of Russ Henderson's steel band who had played at the earlier Claudia Jones events.

By 1976, the event had become definitely Caribbean in flavour, with around 150,000 people attending. However, in that year and several subsequent years, Carnival was marred by riots, in which predominantly Caribbean youths fought with police a target due to the continuous harassment the population felt they were under. During this period, there was considerable coverage of the disorder in the press, which some felt took an unfairly negative and one-sided view of Carnival. For a while it looked as if the event would be banned. Prince Charles was one of the few establishment figures who supported the event.