New Year's Eve

Aussie wine is almost entirely screw cap -- a fine thing in my opinion. Easy to open, and no chance of the cork failing and ruining the wine. Anyone who's carefully cellared a bottle for 5+ years only to open it and have it spoiled by a bad cork knows why screw caps rule.
That said, bubbly deserves a cork. Sometimes they're a bit tight. One man's struggle...

The bottle was Black Shiraz bubbly. We then hopped the tram and headed to downtown Melbourne for the festivities. A bit like 4th of July in the States -- fireworks and fun, only NYE.

That's t-minus ~10 minutes. Then the camera battery died while taking video of the fireworks. But you can guess the rest.