Die-hard spectators snag NYE spots at 5am

FOR some New Year's Eve revellers, the distant sparkle of fireworks is enough to entertain.

But for others, the occasion is worth setting up a camping chair and waiting 20 hours to ensure a front-row seat for the show.

Every year a trickle of die-hard punters heads to Sydney's prime vantage points from early New Year's Eve morning to secure a spot for the fireworks spectacular.

"We have people turning up from 5-6am easily," Sydney New Year's Eve producer Aneurin Coffey told AAP.

"They are the really die-hard fans that get there early and then another group come about 8am."

Mr Coffey said it was often the same early risers who nabbed a piece of "prime real estate" year after year.

"Often it's the same groups of people, and our staff and security guards get to know the people who turn up early," he said.

While the Sydney Opera House and Dawes Point see the first trickle of spectators, Bradfield Park, Blues Point Reserve and Observatory Hill Park are also popular early.

Boats also turn out early, from about 10am Mr Coffey says, to secure an ideal spot in the harbour.

"Boats come early and snag a spot so guests can get water taxis out and join them in the day," he said.

In past years, there have been between 2000 and 8000 vessels in the harbour on New Year's Eve.

With 1.5 million people expected to flock to Sydney for the celebrations, organisers warn people to look out the vantage points outside the CBD.

Emergency services will be out in strength, with 2500 police in Sydney and 3000 across NSW.

Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch said every "toy we possess" would be in play.

"We will have our general duties police, police on public transport, on the water, on horseback, in motor cars but extensively on foot," he told reporters on Monday.

NSW Ambulance Deputy Commissioner Mike Willis said paramedic numbers will also be boosted, as the service prepares for alcohol-related injuries.

"We will see everything from people who have fallen down stairs or more tragically fallen over some of the cliffs that are in and around some of the foreshore," he told reporters on Monday.

Sydney will see three fireworks displays this year at 9pm, 10:30pm and midnight.

President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Dr Steve Hambleton also warned against over-indulging and said people shouldn't mix alcohol and energy drinks.

"It can lead people to consume excessive amounts of alcohol and excessive amounts of caffeine, both of which can be harmful on their own, but potentially lethal when consumed together," he said.

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