{"id":1151,"date":"2019-01-02T22:50:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T22:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2019-01-02T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T22:50:51","slug":"novocastrians-celebrate-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/01\/02\/novocastrians-celebrate-new-years-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Novocastrians celebrate New Year&#039;s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inner-head\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-desc\">The City&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations were a hit with Novocastrians well before the storm struck and prompted cancellation of the Fireworks.<br \/>\nThey may have been rained out, but as the pics below show, Novocastrians revelled in the fun of the activations on Market St Lawn and along the Foreshore.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Inside1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/Inside1.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Inside1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0802-(1).JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0802-(1).JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0802-(1).JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0705.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0705.JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0705.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_9994.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_9994.JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_9994.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0659.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0659.JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0659.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0680.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0680.JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0680.JPG\" \/>A\u00a0giant cardboard Funhouse formed part of the centrepiece of a fun family-friendly evening inspired by a colourful cast of roving characters and local makers.<br \/>\nInflatable slides and jumping castles were well patronised in the family-friendly zone, while local artist Bliss Cavanagh of Happy Senses created a safe and magical sensory experience harbour side for people with disabilities and their families.<br \/>\nThe City is working to fastrack an alternative date for the fireworks display, and we will advise everyone as soon as we know more.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0781-(1).JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0781-(1).JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0781-(1).JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0879.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0879.JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0879.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0187.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0187.JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0187.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0848.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Novocastrians-celebrate-New-Year-s-Eve\/IMG_0848.JPG.aspx\" alt=\"IMG_0848.JPG\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations were a hit with Novocastrians well before the storm struck and prompted cancellation of the Fireworks. They may have been rained out, but as the pics below show, Novocastrians revelled in the fun of the activations on Market St Lawn and along the Foreshore. A\u00a0giant cardboard Funhouse formed part &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/01\/02\/novocastrians-celebrate-new-years-eve\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Novocastrians celebrate New Year&#039;s Eve&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}