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Contents:

• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ATRALIA
• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
• WELE TO OUR GAY ATRALIA TRAVEL BLOG
• GAY GUI MELBOURNE

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS 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.

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.

In addn to Melbourne, Daylford also has a large gay muny and every March hosts Atralia’s largt untry queer ftival: ChillOut Ftival. 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. 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.

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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. Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Atralia.

Sydney is one of the most gay-iendly ci the world, and across most of Atralia, the gay muny has a high profile and lots of support servic. 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 f and pubs of Oxford Street Darlghurst, a short b ri or long stroll om Sydney's downtown area, are the livelit gay spots. 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.

;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry, and offers an onle directory of gay- and lbian-iendly travel bs and tour operators.

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Gay & Lbian Tourism Atralia () has listgs of bs each state.

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”. 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.