Roger Hyland, New Year hopes (PEOPLE 2025)

I attended the NY celebration in Federation Square & was taking pictures of people in the crowd leading up to and after midnight. Just after midnight, everyone was fixed on the light show and when I approached this woman she turned her son to me for a photo. The crowd in Fed Square was mainly migrants, little or no drinking, just a great feeling of peaceful sharing and enjoyment. It was something I'd never done in over 40 years of living in Melbourne & I found it a moving and uplifting experience.

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