Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

[topinla]

Flying to Sydney today for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Has anybody been to one? This will be my first time so I'm looking forward to the parade which look awesome based on the videos I have seen on YouTube. And I'm attending a hot party too!

 

Hopefully there will be no heatwave when I arrive unlike last time

[MscleLovr]

I went last year. It is a spectacular event. I hope you have already bought the best grandstand seats for the parade. Those seats have a good view and give you in/out privileges, allow you to get drinks easily, have access to bathrooms etc.

There has been some extreme weather in Sydney recently: very high temperatures, thunderstorms with hailstones as big as tennis balls.

[mike carey]

Forecast for the next week is for temperate conditions (mid 20s C), scattered or high cloud, with probable showers.

http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/sydney.shtml?ref=hdr

[foxy]

I was there two years ago. Sydney is one of my favorite cities on earth. I got a grandstand seat hoping to sit but everyone stands. I guess that's why they call it grand STAND. What's fun is the whole city seems to be celebrating. Rainbow banners everywhere. A friend of mine calls Sydney New York in shorts.

[topinla]

Ugh some showers this week. You can't win

[MscleLovr]

Ugh some showers this week. You can't win

 

Yes, Sydney is sub-tropical so its weather can be volatile and violent. I checked the weather forecast for you: be prepared for heavy drenching rain, not just "showers"

 

http://www.yr.no/place/Australia/New_South_Wales/Sydney/long.html

[mike carey]

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has released a coming out video in which the son of a family who all use BBQ sauce tells the family that he has always been a tomato sauce (ketchup) man.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1293254047380316

www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/call-marriage-equality-new-mardi-gras-video/155861

[foxy]

Love it! Especially the underwear hanging in the background.