Posts Tagged ‘Events’

Mardi Gras Fair Day 2008

Fair Day is one of the key events of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It is actually the most inclusive and diverse program of the festival. Kids run around with their straight and gay parents. Dogs sniff and play with others. Friends and families drink and BBQ together while watching stage entertainments. Dressed-up queens [...]

Sydney Chinese New Year Parade 2008

Another the City of Sydney’s selling point of parties is Chinese New Year Festival, the largest outside Asia, they claim. Although the city does not have to try hard to reflect its multiculturalism, Chinese New Year Festival, which runs 1-24 February, is the biggest push to showcase the vibrant cultures of ethnic minorities. The parade [...]

Mardi Gras Launch

Crowd watching Mardi Gras 2008 Launch.
Sydney’s Gay & Lesbian tourist season has officially popped. The Launch is moved from Moore Park to The Supper Club, Oxford Street because of the wet weather. Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras turns 30 this year. It has been significant ride for the community since the first Stonewall riots [...]

Up Coming Mardi Gras

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is about to kick off in a few weeks. And I will be participating as one of the photographers in one of visual arts programs, Mardi Gras: the Slide Show.
Last year event was a big break for me, not only to stretch my photographic actions but also to have [...]

What Is Really True Blue?

I am not surprising myself that for six year living in Sydney Australia Day has never been anything but another public holiday. However, since my Australian citizenship application has been approved late last year and I will take an oath to be become an Aussie sooner or later, I decide to explore the celebration of [...]