Sydney Mardi Gras
Australia
Mardi Gras Parade & Closing Party - Saturday 7 March, 2009
Join us for the greatest Gay Show on earth when Sydney closes the Mardi Gras with the parade to end all parades. But get there a few days earlier to enjoy the atmosphere of Mardi Gras with its many parties and the gay harbour cruise.
Buy our special Mardi Gras Party Pack and save money. The pack includes the Gay Harbour Cruise on Fri 6 March evening, a reserved grandstand seat for the parade whihc saves you hours of queueing on the pavement and a ticket for the Closing Party - both on Sat 7 March. Save on the individual tickets prices and also ensure you get in with this £209 package. Buy this as an add-on to your hotel booking or direct from us.
Blessed with one of the world's most beautiful natural harbours, Sydneysiders have graced it with two amazing structures – the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Just so you don’t miss all this, the harbour ferries, forming an integral part of the city transport system, offer spectacular close-up views.
If ferries make you a little queezy, they have even developed the Circular Quay area with cafes, shops and bars for you to sit outside and people watch whilst sipping a chilled local chardonnay. And as if that isn’t enough, Darling Harbour offers just as much with the Australian National Maritime Museum, an IMAX theatre and the Sydney Aquarium only 5 minutes away by ferry.
Add in superb all year weather and an environment where same sex couples can walk down the street holding hands and no-one bats an eyelid! So you wonder why any gay man or lesbian ever bothers to leave!
Sydney and much of New South Wales enjoys a sub-tropical climate. Summer from October until March has warm sunny days up to 27C with winter, June until August, being cooler with temperatures up to 18C. Most days are sunny, with few wet days even in winter.
And why not spend a few days afterwards in Cairns at one of our exclusively gay resorts where the many throng to recover from Mardi Gras. Our special packages start at £449 per person for 5 nights of fun.
Here are our top must do’s:
• Climb the Harbour Bridge and take in a concert at the Opera House.
• Ride the monorail above the busy city streets or the Manley Ferry across the harbour.
• Walk the cliff top path from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Bay - we can't think why it has the nickname Glamarama!
• Shop in the original Grace Bros store – the inspiration for Are You Being Served?
• Dine in the Sydney Tower Restaurant – tacky? Yes, but the view is amazing.
• Experience the Outback with a trip to the Blue Mountains.
• Or simply walk, shop, cruise, eat and talk your way down gay Oxford Street