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Cheers, claps and partying heard across Melbourne's CBD at midnight as lockdown lifts

Cheers, claps and partying was heard across Melbourne's CBD last night as excited residents celebrated their new freedoms and lockdown lifting.
Social media users took to platforms like Twitter, and TikTok and Instagram from 11.59pm as restrictions across the city finally lifted.
Cheers, claps and partying was heard across Melbourne's CBD last night. (Supplied)
People were heard screaming, blasting music, tooting car horns, clapping and jumping for joy as a city who spent more days under lockdown than any other in the world was finally set free.
A bar owner celebrates freedom in Melbourne last night as lockdown lifts. (9News)
Celebrations are expected to continue into today and across the weekend, as bars, pubs, cafes, retailers and hotels are finally allowed to open back up again in a COVID-safe way.
People were seen partying on the street celebrating restrictions easing across Melbourne. (9News)
After the state hit 70 per cent double dose vaccination coverage by midmorning yesterday, restrictions lifted as planned overnight.
In pictures: Melbourne celebrates lockdown's end at long last
Victoria also reached a second vaccine milestone yesterday, with 90 per cent of the eligible population having had their first dose as well.
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