Thousands of revellers turned out to help celebrate Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras's 30th anniversary. The parade had over 10.000 participants spread out over 150 floats. The parade started at Hyde Park and went all along Oxford Street and Flinders Street. It took almost 3 hours for all the floats to pass by. Since we had media passes, we could see and photograph the floats and its participants from within the fenced off area, so a great opportunity to see it all up close.
Some of the highlights in the parade where:
- The 78'ers, people who joined the first parade 30 years ago in 1978 and were arrested by police;
- Craig and Shane, two boys that were recently abused and bashed in the area after holding hands;
- World famous comedian, Margaret Cho, the Chief of Parade;
- Our Lord Mayor, Clover Moore;
- The Australian Defence Force, the first time they were allowed to join the parade, but not in uniform;
- The NSW police and fire brigade;
Some of our friends from Amsterdam
where here in Sydney for Mardi Gras.
Our Lord Mayor,
Clover Moore was also in the parade.
1 comment:
wat een leuk feestje!!!!! Jammer hoor, dat ik niet mee mocht...
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