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• THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ GUI TO ATRALIA COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG MONIQUE LA TERRA 30 JULY 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DPE THE ERNMENT’S PROTRACTED NEGOTIATNS TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ATRALIA IS A UNTRY WH A LARGELY OPEN-MD POPULATN. CI LIKE SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE PECIALLY WELG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY, WH FTIVALS SUCH AS MARDI GRAS AND MIDSUMMA ATTRACTG TOURISTS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IS YOUR GUI TO MAKG THE MOST OF ATRALIA’S LGBTQ SCENE. VIEW ALL TRIPS BT CI SYDNEY TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR CROATIA EGYPT BALI ICELAND TURKEY SOUTH AI MEXI GREECE INDIA MOROC JAPAN SPA THAILAND THE LGBTQ PAL OF ATRALIA, SYDNEY IS ONE OF THE MOST WELG AND GAY-IENDLY TRAVEL STATNS THE WORLD WH A SUBSTANTIAL PK TOURISM SCENE, PECIALLY DURG MARDI GRAS WHEN THE WHOLE CY SPARKL. PROUDLY OSTENTAT, THE CY BOASTS MANY GAY AND GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS CLUDG SLY FOX ON A WEDNDAY NIGHT, ARQ, STONEWALL HOTEL, PALMS ON OXFORD AND THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. FOR GREAT SHOPPG HEAD TO OXFORD ST DARLGHURST AND FOR A BEACH-TIME BAKE VIS NORTH BONDI. SYDNEY OPERA HOE | © PATTYJANSEN/PIXABAY MELBOURNE MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP OOZG WH SOPHISTITED, EUROPEAN CHARM, MELBOURNE IS A SMOPOLAN CY WH A STRONG QUEER PRENCE. KNOWN AS THE CULTURAL PAL OF ATRALIA, MELBOURNE’S LGBTQ MUNY ARE PASSNATE THEATRE-GOERS AND ARE PROMENT WH THE ARTS MUNY. POPULAR NIGHTLIFE HNTS CLU SIRCU, THE GH HOTEL, POOF DOOF, THE LAIRD HOTEL AND THE PEEL HOTEL. IN ADDN TO MELBOURNE, DAYLFORD ALSO HAS A LARGE GAY MUNY AND EVERY MARCH HOSTS ATRALIA’S LARGT UNTRY QUEER FTIVAL: CHILLOUT FTIVAL. THIS YEAR THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO TABLISH ATRALIA’S FIRST PRI CENTRE MELBOURNE WHICH WILL SHOWSE QUEER ART AND HISTORY, OFFER SUPPORT SERVIC AND PROVI MUNY SPAC. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MELBOURNE | © NICHOLASPETRIDIS/WIKICOMMONS BRISBANE WH SCENIC ASTL AND IDYLLIC BEACH, QUEENSLAND IS A SLICE OF PARADISE. THE ‘BRISVEGAS’ NER-CY SUBURBS OF FORTU VALLEY AND SPRG HILL HAVE A LIVELY NIGHTLIFE SCENE WH THE BEAT MEGACLUB, THE WICKHAM, AND THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL. FURTHER NORTH, CAIRNS, NOOSA HEADS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ARE POPULAR TRAVEL PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY – HOWEVER, YOU MAY FD REGNS THE UNTRYSI TO BE LS ACCEPTG. BRISBANE | © DAMDA/PIXABAY FTIVALS MIDSUMMA FTIVAL, MELBOURNE, JANUARY – FEBARY HELD ANNUALLY SCE 1988, MELBOURNE’S FOREMOST LGBTQIA+ ARTS AND CULTURE FTIVAL FEATUR OVER 100 EVENTS CLUDG THE MIDSUMMA CARNIVAL ALEXANDRA GARNS, WHICH ATTRACTS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE; THE INIC MIDSUMMA PRI MARCH ST KILDA; AND MIDSUMMA HORIZON, A PARTY FEATURG LIVE-PERFORMANCE, PROJECTN, VISUAL ART AND MIC. SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY, FEBARY – MARCH CELEBRATG THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS ATRALIA’S LARGT LGBTQ CELEBRATN. THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORLD-FAMO MARDI GRAS PARA, MARDI GRAS PARTY, COMEDY FTIVAL, FILM FTIVAL, POOL PARTY AND THE FAY-IENDLY FAIR DAY, WHICH ATTRACTS ROUGHLY 70,000 PEOPLE. COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG BRISBANE PRI FTIVAL, SEPTEMBER BRISBANE’S MONTH-LONG PRI FTIVAL IS THE THIRD LARGT ATRALIA DRAWG 10,000 PEOPLE. THE FTIVAL KICKS OFF WH THE LNCH (A MASSIVE PARTY) FOLLOWED BY DOZENS OF EVENTS CLUDG THE UNIFYG PRI RALLY AND PRI MARCH AND FAIR DAY AT NEW FARM PARK. FEAST FTIVAL, ALAI, NOVEMBER ALAI PREMIER LGBTQ QUEER ARTS AND CULTURAL FTIVAL CELEBRAT THE ARTISTIC ENAVOURS OF THE MUNY WH EVENTS SHOWSG LOL AND TERNATNAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. EVENTS CLU THE OPENG NIGHT STREET PARTY, PRI MARCH, THEATRE AND CABARET SHOWS AND PIIC THE PARK. PRIFT, PERTH, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER WHAT BEGAN AS A MUNY MOVEMENT PROTTG DISCRIMATORY LAWS AGAST THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY HAS SCE GROWN TO PRIFT, A FTIVALTHAT CLUS PERTH PRI FAIRDAY AND THE PERTH PRI PARA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• GAY MARRIAGE: FIRST UPL WED ATRALIA

THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ GUI TO ATRALIA COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG MONIQUE LA TERRA 30 JULY 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DPE THE ERNMENT’S PROTRACTED NEGOTIATNS TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ATRALIA IS A UNTRY WH A LARGELY OPEN-MD POPULATN. CI LIKE SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE PECIALLY WELG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY, WH FTIVALS SUCH AS MARDI GRAS AND MIDSUMMA ATTRACTG TOURISTS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IS YOUR GUI TO MAKG THE MOST OF ATRALIA’S LGBTQ SCENE. VIEW ALL TRIPS BT CI SYDNEY TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR CROATIA EGYPT BALI ICELAND TURKEY SOUTH AI MEXI GREECE INDIA MOROC JAPAN SPA THAILAND THE LGBTQ PAL OF ATRALIA, SYDNEY IS ONE OF THE MOST WELG AND GAY-IENDLY TRAVEL STATNS THE WORLD WH A SUBSTANTIAL PK TOURISM SCENE, PECIALLY DURG MARDI GRAS WHEN THE WHOLE CY SPARKL. PROUDLY OSTENTAT, THE CY BOASTS MANY GAY AND GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS CLUDG SLY FOX ON A WEDNDAY NIGHT, ARQ, STONEWALL HOTEL, PALMS ON OXFORD AND THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. FOR GREAT SHOPPG HEAD TO OXFORD ST DARLGHURST AND FOR A BEACH-TIME BAKE VIS NORTH BONDI. SYDNEY OPERA HOE | © PATTYJANSEN/PIXABAY MELBOURNE MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP OOZG WH SOPHISTITED, EUROPEAN CHARM, MELBOURNE IS A SMOPOLAN CY WH A STRONG QUEER PRENCE. KNOWN AS THE CULTURAL PAL OF ATRALIA, MELBOURNE’S LGBTQ MUNY ARE PASSNATE THEATRE-GOERS AND ARE PROMENT WH THE ARTS MUNY. POPULAR NIGHTLIFE HNTS CLU SIRCU, THE GH HOTEL, POOF DOOF, THE LAIRD HOTEL AND THE PEEL HOTEL. IN ADDN TO MELBOURNE, DAYLFORD ALSO HAS A LARGE GAY MUNY AND EVERY MARCH HOSTS ATRALIA’S LARGT UNTRY QUEER FTIVAL: CHILLOUT FTIVAL. THIS YEAR THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO TABLISH ATRALIA’S FIRST PRI CENTRE MELBOURNE WHICH WILL SHOWSE QUEER ART AND HISTORY, OFFER SUPPORT SERVIC AND PROVI MUNY SPAC. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MELBOURNE | © NICHOLASPETRIDIS/WIKICOMMONS BRISBANE WH SCENIC ASTL AND IDYLLIC BEACH, QUEENSLAND IS A SLICE OF PARADISE. THE ‘BRISVEGAS’ NER-CY SUBURBS OF FORTU VALLEY AND SPRG HILL HAVE A LIVELY NIGHTLIFE SCENE WH THE BEAT MEGACLUB, THE WICKHAM, AND THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL. FURTHER NORTH, CAIRNS, NOOSA HEADS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ARE POPULAR TRAVEL PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY – HOWEVER, YOU MAY FD REGNS THE UNTRYSI TO BE LS ACCEPTG. BRISBANE | © DAMDA/PIXABAY FTIVALS MIDSUMMA FTIVAL, MELBOURNE, JANUARY – FEBARY HELD ANNUALLY SCE 1988, MELBOURNE’S FOREMOST LGBTQIA+ ARTS AND CULTURE FTIVAL FEATUR OVER 100 EVENTS CLUDG THE MIDSUMMA CARNIVAL ALEXANDRA GARNS, WHICH ATTRACTS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE; THE INIC MIDSUMMA PRI MARCH ST KILDA; AND MIDSUMMA HORIZON, A PARTY FEATURG LIVE-PERFORMANCE, PROJECTN, VISUAL ART AND MIC. SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY, FEBARY – MARCH CELEBRATG THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS ATRALIA’S LARGT LGBTQ CELEBRATN. THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORLD-FAMO MARDI GRAS PARA, MARDI GRAS PARTY, COMEDY FTIVAL, FILM FTIVAL, POOL PARTY AND THE FAY-IENDLY FAIR DAY, WHICH ATTRACTS ROUGHLY 70,000 PEOPLE. COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG BRISBANE PRI FTIVAL, SEPTEMBER BRISBANE’S MONTH-LONG PRI FTIVAL IS THE THIRD LARGT ATRALIA DRAWG 10,000 PEOPLE. THE FTIVAL KICKS OFF WH THE LNCH (A MASSIVE PARTY) FOLLOWED BY DOZENS OF EVENTS CLUDG THE UNIFYG PRI RALLY AND PRI MARCH AND FAIR DAY AT NEW FARM PARK. FEAST FTIVAL, ALAI, NOVEMBER ALAI PREMIER LGBTQ QUEER ARTS AND CULTURAL FTIVAL CELEBRAT THE ARTISTIC ENAVOURS OF THE MUNY WH EVENTS SHOWSG LOL AND TERNATNAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. EVENTS CLU THE OPENG NIGHT STREET PARTY, PRI MARCH, THEATRE AND CABARET SHOWS AND PIIC THE PARK. PRIFT, PERTH, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER WHAT BEGAN AS A MUNY MOVEMENT PROTTG DISCRIMATORY LAWS AGAST THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY HAS SCE GROWN TO PRIFT, A FTIVALTHAT CLUS PERTH PRI FAIRDAY AND THE PERTH PRI PARA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

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Sydney and San Francis are sister ci, wh one of their strong lks beg a shared history of gay activism. Cosmopolan Sydney is nsired Atralia’s gay pal and boasts more LGBTQIA+-foced venu than any other cy the untry, spread across several neighbourhoods (see below).

And the spa untry of ral Victoria, about a 90-mute drive om Melbourne, the town of Daylford (nicknamed “Gaylford”) is a thrivg getaway spot for rabow upl and sgl. In Perth, you’ll fd a ncentratn of welg venu the cy centre and the nearby suburbs Maylands and Bayswater (between 10 and 15 mut’ drive away), which are affectnally referred to as “Gaylands” and “Gayswater”.

GAY MARRIAGE: FIRST UPL WED ATRALIA

November is also Pri Month Brisbane: annual events anised by Brisbane Pri clu the glzy Queens Ball, which origated on Tambore Mounta the Gold Coast hterland the 1960s, when homosexualy was still crimalised. And don’t miss Gaytim, a mic and mpg ftival held Febary the foothills of the Dannong Rang, jt over an hour’s drive om Melbourne. Vis for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras.

Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, Sydney, New South Wal © Jefey Feng.

Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras – SGLMG is one of the olst and ntuoly operatg LGBTQ+ anizatns Atralia and was built on the foundatns laid by early muny activists who fought for queer rights a time of opprsn. Midsumma Ftival - this annual ftival  Melbourne is one of Atralia’s leadg and long-nng LGBTQ+ events and is nsired alongsi Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras as one of the major pri celebratns the untry.