The biggest gay festival in the world...

Despite having been here for five years, I've successfully managed to avoid Sydney's Mardi Gras parade.
Dubbed as the biggest gay and lesbian celebration in the world, I always feared it would be too OTT for me. I'm not really a flag waver for anyone - more of a flag hider-under.

However, I was convinced to give the Mardi Gras a go this year. But in perhaps a little more stylish fashion than normal.
I paid $120 to take seats in a grandstand (called the GLAMstand)... with a great view of the parade, a commentary, toilets and a bar. I sound so much like a Nana, but really it was the best way to experience the parade.

There were 127 floats - my personal faces being the Surf Life Savers and the Impossible Princess: Kylie float.



The event goes on for two weeks, culminating in the parade and a huge party, which I respectfully declined. The paradae was enough.
But quite a spectacle - and I would even consider going back next year, butit would have to be in the GLAMstand :-)