A town once the flashpot for the bate on crimalisg homosexualy Tasmania rais the rabow pri flag over s uncil chambers, markg a change attus after gay lols grew up there and pped abe daily.
Contents:
- CANBERRA, NOT SYDNEY, IS THE GAY AND LBIAN PAL OF ATRALIA
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- JAKE'S STORY OF BEG GAY RAL ATRALIA
CANBERRA, NOT SYDNEY, IS THE GAY AND LBIAN PAL OF ATRALIA
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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. 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.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
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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. Photograph: /flickrTasmaniaTasmania has e a long way sce beme the last Atralian state to pass gay law reform 1997.
Today boasts a small but visible gay scene Hobart and Lncton, and offers many good optns for gay travellers. Hobart even has s own LGBTQI dance bar at Flamgos, but tth one wouldn’t travel to Tasmania to vis gay night clubs.
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. Tasmania also now has more acknowledgement of s same sex history tourism rmatn cludg early gay explorers, nvict love and “psdo-mal”. Sydney and San Francis are sister ci, wh one of their strong lks beg a shared history of gay activism.
JAKE'S STORY OF BEG GAY RAL ATRALIA
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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. 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.