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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?
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ATRALIA
• 11 REASONS WHY ATRALIA IS GREAT FOR LGBT TRAVELLERS TOM SMH 24 NOVEMBER 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ATRALIA IS A POPULAR CHOICE OF HOLIDAY FOR LGBTI TRAVELLERS — AND AFTER THE ATRALIAN PUBLIC RETURNED A THUMPG ‘Y!’ VOTE ON THE QUTN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY THIS MONTH, EXPECT TO SEE EVEN MORE ‘RABOW TOURISM’ THE G YEARS. READ ON TO LEARN EXACTLY WHY ATRALIA IS A GREAT STATN FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELLERS. VIEW ALL TRIPS WE FALLY HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALY ATRALIA HAS LAGGED WELL BEHD THE RT OF THE VELOPED WORLD REGNISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT AFTER A ROUNDG ‘Y’ VOTE WAS RETURNED THIS YEAR’S POSTAL SURVEY ON THE ISSUE, WE’VE FALLY UGHT UP. THE 61.6% VOTE MAK ATRALIA JT THE SEND NATN ON EARTH (AFTER IRELAND) TO LEGALISE MARRIAGE EQUALY THROUGH A PUBLIC VOTE, AND THE 25TH OVERALL. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC MEXI ECUADOR EGYPT ICELAND GREECE SOUTH AI BALI TURKEY THAILAND INDIA JAPAN SPA CROATIA MARRIAGE EQUALY RALLY MELBOURNE | © PARIS BUTTFIELD-ADDISON/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THERE’S A BIG LGBTI POPULATN IT’S DIFFICULT TO TIMATE HOW MANY LGBTI PEOPLE LIVE ATRALIA, BUT THE ATRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN TIMAT THAT 11 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS HAVE A DIVERSE SEXUAL ORIENTATN, SEX OR GENR INTY — THAT’S AROUND 2.5 LN PEOPLE. AND THEIR FOOTPRT IS OBV RABOW NEIGHBOURHOODS LIKE DARLGHURST AND NEWTOWN SYDNEY, ST KILDA AND BNSWICK MELBOURNE, PL NEW FARM AND FORTU VALLEY BRISBANE. AND BIG NUMBERS OF GAY INS, TOO FROM TRAILBLAZERS LIKE ‘BOY OM OZ’ PETER ALLEN TO MORN-DAY INS LIKE RUBY ROSE, URAGEO SPORTSMEN LIKE IAN ROBERTS AND IAN THORPE TO TRANSGENR PUBLIC FIGUR LIKE CATE MCGREGOR AND ANDREJA PEJIC, PERFORMERS LIKE KYLIE MOGUE TO MARRIAGE EQUALY ADVOT LIKE MAGDA SZUBANSKI, ATRALIA ISN’T SHORT OF PUBLIC FIGUR THAT THE LGBTI MUNY HAVE EMBRACED WH OPEN ARMS. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP KYLIE MOGUE PERFORMG AT THE MARDI GRAS | © EVA RALDI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THE LOLS ARE GAY-IENDLY THERE’S NO BEATG AROUND THE BH: LGBTI PEOPLE ATRALIA STILL SUFFER DISCRIMATN. BUT ON THE WHOLE, GAY TRAVELLERS RECEIVE AN EXCEPTNALLY WARM WELE OM THE LOLS. IN FACT, A 2013 PEW REARCH POLL DISVERED THAT 79% OF ASI AGRE THAT HOMOSEXUALY SHOULD BE ACCEPTED — THE WORLD’S FIFTH MOST TOLERANT UNTRY, TRAILG ONLY SPA, GERMANY, CANADA AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THE PRI EVENTS ARE HUGE THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS CELEBRATG S 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018 — AND HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE, ’S SET TO BE A PARTY FOR THE AG. AND SYDNEY’S NOT THE ONLY PLACE YOU’LL FD HUGE LGBTI EVENTS — THERE’S MELBOURNE’S MIDSUMMA FTIVAL JANUARY, BRISBANE PRI SEPTEMBER, PRIFT PERTH EACH OCTOBER, ALAI’S FEAST FTIVAL NOVEMBER, PL OTHER SMALLER EVENTS AROUND THE UNTRY. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. SYDNEY MARDI GRAS | © HASHA TUDUGALLE/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND SO ARE THE CULTURAL FTIVALS THOSE PRI EVENTS ARE ACPANIED BY CULTURAL PROGRAMS THAT ALSO ATTRACT LGBTI VISORS BY THE THOAND. QUEER SCREEN’S MARDI GRAS FILM FTIVAL LIGHTS UP SYDNEY’S CEMAS THE FORTNIGHT BEFORE THE BIG RNIVAL UP OXFORD ST, BRISBANE QUEER FILM FTIVAL TO THE POWERHOE EACH MARCH, A PROGRAM OF EVENTS SURROUNDS THE MIDSUMMA AND FEAST FTIVALS MELBOURNE AND ALAI RPECTIVELY, PL THERE’S A STRONG LGBTI PRENCE THE EDY AND GE FTIVAL THAT PEPPER ATRALIAN CI’ CULTURAL LENDARS. THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF GREAT GAY BARS THIRSTY FOR AN LGBTI-IENDLY TIPPLE? ATRALIA’S GOT YOU SORTED. HEAD TO OXFORD ST SYDNEY FOR A PROCSN OF VENU — NOTABLY THE COLOMBIAN AND THE STONEWALL — AS WELL AS THE HARBOUR CY’S PREMIER LBIAN PUB, SLY FOX. INNER-CY FZROY AND COLLGWOOD ARE HOME TO MELBOURNE FAVOUR THE LAIRD AND SIRCU BAR, THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL SCRIB SELF AS “THE GAY MEETG PLACE BRISBANE” AND CONNECTNS NIGHTCLUB PERTH GUARANTE A LIVELY NIGHT OUT. STONEWALL HOTEL | © COURTY OF STONEWALL AND PLENTY OF LGBTI-IENDLY BS, TOO YOU N’T WALK AROUND NEIGHBOURHOODS LIKE DARLGHURST AND ST KILDA WHOUT NOTICG RABOW STICKERS SHOP WDOWS TO AFFIRM THEY’RE A GAY-IENDLY BS, CLUDG MANY ‘SAFE PLACE’ STICKERS CERTIFYG THAT BS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WH LGBTI MUNI. YOU ALSO N’T MISS THE MULTIPLE ONLE DIRECTORI OF SUPPORTIVE BS, SUCH AS RABOW FLAG ATRALIA, GAY PRI ATRALIA AND LTLE PK BOOK. IT’S NOT HARD TO FD OUT WHAT’S ON ATRALIA’S VIBRANT LGBTI MUNY HAS ALSO FORMED A VIBRANT LGBTI MEDIA, SPEARHEAD BY 38-YEAR-OLD PUBLITN STAR OBSERVER. YOU N ALSO KEEP THE LOOP VIA Q MAGAZE — ATRALIA’S ONLY EE MONTHLY LGBTI MAGAZE, PUBLISHED OUT OF BRISBANE — AS WELL AS MELBOURNE-BASED JOY 94.9, THE UNTRY’S FIRST AND ONLY GAY AND LBIAN RAD STATN. THERE ARE GREAT PLAC TO PE THE CY DAYLFORD — A GENTEEL SPA TOWN TWO HOURS NORTH-WT OF MELBOURNE — HOSTS CHILLOUT FTIVAL EACH MARCH LONG WEEKEND, THE BIGGT PRI FTIVAL REGNAL ATRALIA, AS WELL AS HUGE NUMBERS OF LGBTI VISORS YEAR ROUND. LISMORE — NOT FAR OM BYRON BAY ON THE EAST AST — IS ALSO RENOWNED AS A ‘RABOW REGN’, THANKS LARGE PART TO THE LOURFUL EVENTS N BY THE TROPIL FS GROUP. BROKEN HILL, SHEPPARTON AND ALICE SPRGS ARE OTHER REGNAL CENTR THAT HOLD NOTABLE LGBTI EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DAYLFORD, VICTORIA | © GREENSTONE GIRL/FLICKR ATRALIA’S A GREAT PLACE TO VIS GENERAL ULTIMATELY, DON’T REALLY MATTER WHAT FLOATS YOUR BOAT BETWEEN THE SHEETS WHEN TO CHOOSG A GREAT HOLIDAY STATN. ATRALIA TICKS PLENTY OF BOX, OM WORLD-CLASS BEACH AND UNSPOILED NATURE TO A SOPHISTITED FOOD AND DRK SCENE AND LIVELY BIG CI — AND LGBTI TRAVELLERS N BE ASSURED OF A WARM WELE. 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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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?

Bt ci Sydney 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.

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.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ATRALIA

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.

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. A trip to a queer lole n provi everythg you need, wh trendy f for readg femist lerature, unrground bars for a big gay night out and avant-gar galleri for supportg queer art and exprsn.

The areas surroundg Oxford St and Taylor Square Darlghurst are the epicentre of Atralia’s gay muny, wh Darlghurst the fol pot of the annual Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras each year. Melbourne’s CBD, Fzroy and Collgwood all offer refed bars, upsle rtrants and cultural attractns (perfect for the effortlsly posh gays), while if you're more ‘hipster gay’ cled, Bnswick featur the ual hallmarks of gaybourhoods wh a profn of f, street art, and quirky shops. While queer Atralians tend to hab the ner-cy suburbs of pal ci, further afield Daylford (often affectnately known as Gaylford) li a thrivg gay muny.

11 REASONS WHY ATRALIA IS GREAT FOR LGBT TRAVELLERS TOM SMH 24 NOVEMBER 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ATRALIA IS A POPULAR CHOICE OF HOLIDAY FOR LGBTI TRAVELLERS — AND AFTER THE ATRALIAN PUBLIC RETURNED A THUMPG ‘Y!’ VOTE ON THE QUTN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY THIS MONTH, EXPECT TO SEE EVEN MORE ‘RABOW TOURISM’ THE G YEARS. READ ON TO LEARN EXACTLY WHY ATRALIA IS A GREAT STATN FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELLERS. VIEW ALL TRIPS WE FALLY HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALY ATRALIA HAS LAGGED WELL BEHD THE RT OF THE VELOPED WORLD REGNISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT AFTER A ROUNDG ‘Y’ VOTE WAS RETURNED THIS YEAR’S POSTAL SURVEY ON THE ISSUE, WE’VE FALLY UGHT UP. THE 61.6% VOTE MAK ATRALIA JT THE SEND NATN ON EARTH (AFTER IRELAND) TO LEGALISE MARRIAGE EQUALY THROUGH A PUBLIC VOTE, AND THE 25TH OVERALL. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC MEXI ECUADOR EGYPT ICELAND GREECE SOUTH AI BALI TURKEY THAILAND INDIA JAPAN SPA CROATIA MARRIAGE EQUALY RALLY MELBOURNE | © PARIS BUTTFIELD-ADDISON/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THERE’S A BIG LGBTI POPULATN IT’S DIFFICULT TO TIMATE HOW MANY LGBTI PEOPLE LIVE ATRALIA, BUT THE ATRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN TIMAT THAT 11 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS HAVE A DIVERSE SEXUAL ORIENTATN, SEX OR GENR INTY — THAT’S AROUND 2.5 LN PEOPLE. AND THEIR FOOTPRT IS OBV RABOW NEIGHBOURHOODS LIKE DARLGHURST AND NEWTOWN SYDNEY, ST KILDA AND BNSWICK MELBOURNE, PL NEW FARM AND FORTU VALLEY BRISBANE. AND BIG NUMBERS OF GAY INS, TOO FROM TRAILBLAZERS LIKE ‘BOY OM OZ’ PETER ALLEN TO MORN-DAY INS LIKE RUBY ROSE, URAGEO SPORTSMEN LIKE IAN ROBERTS AND IAN THORPE TO TRANSGENR PUBLIC FIGUR LIKE CATE MCGREGOR AND ANDREJA PEJIC, PERFORMERS LIKE KYLIE MOGUE TO MARRIAGE EQUALY ADVOT LIKE MAGDA SZUBANSKI, ATRALIA ISN’T SHORT OF PUBLIC FIGUR THAT THE LGBTI MUNY HAVE EMBRACED WH OPEN ARMS. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP KYLIE MOGUE PERFORMG AT THE MARDI GRAS | © EVA RALDI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS THE LOLS ARE GAY-IENDLY THERE’S NO BEATG AROUND THE BH: LGBTI PEOPLE ATRALIA STILL SUFFER DISCRIMATN. BUT ON THE WHOLE, GAY TRAVELLERS RECEIVE AN EXCEPTNALLY WARM WELE OM THE LOLS. IN FACT, A 2013 PEW REARCH POLL DISVERED THAT 79% OF ASI AGRE THAT HOMOSEXUALY SHOULD BE ACCEPTED — THE WORLD’S FIFTH MOST TOLERANT UNTRY, TRAILG ONLY SPA, GERMANY, CANADA AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THE PRI EVENTS ARE HUGE THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS CELEBRATG S 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018 — AND HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE, ’S SET TO BE A PARTY FOR THE AG. AND SYDNEY’S NOT THE ONLY PLACE YOU’LL FD HUGE LGBTI EVENTS — THERE’S MELBOURNE’S MIDSUMMA FTIVAL JANUARY, BRISBANE PRI SEPTEMBER, PRIFT PERTH EACH OCTOBER, ALAI’S FEAST FTIVAL NOVEMBER, PL OTHER SMALLER EVENTS AROUND THE UNTRY. 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The streets of Perth Cy, Maylands (Gaylands) and Bayswater (Gayswater) e alive durg the month-long PriFEST, wh lol-favoure events like Fairday, Bake-Off and the Para beg highlights. Perth has a few nu beach that are popular amongst gay crowds, wh the most popular beg North Swanbourne Beach, Warnbro Beach and the seclud bays of Rottnt Island. It’s fair to assume Canberra would be filled wh heteronormative, sued up policians, but statistilly speakg, ACT has more gay and lbian upl than any other state or terrory.

Outsi of the, be sure to have a drk and a dance at Darw Cy’s legendary gay bar, Throb (be sure to tch their qualy drag shows), or else if you’re travellg down to the Red Centre of Atralia, you n live out your Priscilla Queen of the Dert dreams at the FABalice Ftival Alice Sprgs. There are no signated gay bars Alice but when you head to the pub for a beer, ’ll be fairly apparent why, anecdotally, Alice Sprgs is known as the “Lbian Capal of Atralia”! 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.

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SydneyThe New South Wal pal has long been regnised as one of the top statns the world for LGBTQI travellers, and around Mardi Gras time, you’ll feel like the whole cy has turned gay.

We probably don’t need to tell you that much of the party actn Sydney occurs around Oxford Street Darlghurst and Kg Street Newtown, or that the most popular gay cy beach are at North Bondi and Tamarama. For a lbian-iendly bar Sydney try the Sly Fox Enmore on a Wednday favoure gay gut hoe Sydney is Governors on Fzroy Surry Hills, a place that feels a b like stayg at your super-posh uncle’s hoe – but book ahead bee this place is popular (if you haven’t already booked for Mardi Gras – good luck). Photograph: Hamid Moa/suppliedKgs Beach, northern NSWNtled about 20km south of Byron Bay Broken Head Natnal Park, along a dirt road (all-vehicle accs), down a steep but manageable 1km walkg track, awas a whe sandy surf beach amid betiful tre and rocky outcrops that may well be the most betiful “gay” beach the world.

MelbourneOften lled Atralia’s cultural pal, Melbourne draws much more fluence om Europe s archecture, fashn and food – and for the gay traveller may feel like a more chilled out and refed experience after the glz of Sydney. Better still, do an art tour of Melbourne – check out the Centre for Contemporary Photography Fzroy, vis the NGV and ACMI at Feratn square, and take a drk overlookg the Yarra at gay scene Melbourne is basilly divid between the north si and south si of the cy.

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Photograph: /flickrDaylfordJt unr two hours north of Melbourne, the Swiss-Italian found town of Daylford (often affectnately known as Gaylford) is an oasis of crystal-clear sprgs, betiful lak, massage and healg retreats, and a surprisgly smopolan ma street wh Melbourne-qualy ffee. Daylford is popular at this time of year, so book early and check you and your squeeze at one of the gay-iendly gutho such as Laki at Daylford or the Green Door and spend a rejuvenatg weekend havg a long bnch at Breakfast and Beer fe, pesg the book and antique stor, walkg and swimmg at the lak, dulgg yourself wh a massage or tantric healg ssn, or visg one of Daylford’s many galleri such as the betifully renovated Convent Gallery. My advice is to spend the night Hobart at the charmg gay-owned Corda’s Cottag takg the f and galleri around the betiful sandstone buildgs at Salaman Place, then hire a vehicle and h the road.

There are plenty of gay and lbian bars, and most Saturday nights see a privately operated gay dance party takg place an ner-cy warehoe somewhere. The annual Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras, culmatg a huge street para and party late Febary or early March, is a high pot on the cy's ral areas of Atralia, you may still enunter a ltle nservative ristance to gays and lbians, but Atralians everywhere are generally open-md.

Noosa, on Queensland's Sunshe Coast, is a favored statn for revelers after Mardi Gras, and a uple of rorts north Queensland ter to gay and lbian travelers.

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1300/727 979 Atralia, or 07/4059 1800;), on a private beach between Cairns and Port servic you may fd eful are the Gay & Lbian Counsellg and Communy Service of NSW (tel.

02/9332 9600 for admistratn; 1800/451 600 or 02/9332 9700 for the rmatn le) is a HIV clic and rmatn Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA; tel.

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