Sydney pride review

Besides the size and the amount of people there are a few things that stand out. The time money and effort put in to the parade and the floats are amazing. In stockholm it sometimes feels like all we can do is put a bunch of political and angry dykes on the back of a truck and call it a float.
There is also not a designated pride park - the whole city is a pride venue open to everyone, however the gay area around oxford street becomes a "pride park" without the fence.
There is of course the big end party, a huge venue with 60.000 people attending. It was hysterical and fun, but I gave up around 3 am - the party went on 'til 8 and then plenty of after parties. Gay sydney is extremely drug orientated and pills is the big thing, so for us drinkers it's a bit of a struggle to keep it up 24/7.
There are 10's of thousands of foreign queens in town to fill all the bars - but the big thing for the locals is sunday night after the parade - where there is a party for every taste and fetish. No fag works monday after marsi gras.
So is the parade political ???? Yes and no...... Polititians keep a very low key but the big thing was of course marriage equality.
The biggest + for me was the fact that the whole city participated and gays and straights partied together and weren't seperated like "them and us" like in stockholm.
The biggest - , I should have come more prepared and bought tickets for some of the themed parties - everything was sold out months ago.
It's definetely worth going but plan ahead.
And seriously all you need is a pair of shorts and flip flops for the whole time oh and a t-shirt if you are shy, they reeeeaaaaallllly don't dress up here at all ........