3rd March 2007 – Get up early and prepare……
Saturday saw the 29th Mardi Gras Parade snake its way through the streets of Sydney.
I had spent most of the week in preparation for this event, making sure I’d had my haircut specially, domestic chores complete and shopping done on time.
Saturday saw the 29th Mardi Gras Parade snake its way through the streets of Sydney.
I had spent most of the week in preparation for this event, making sure I’d had my haircut specially, domestic chores complete and shopping done on time.
MSM arrived at Chez Pentland around the 4 O’Clock mark and all I needed to do at this point was get dressed, having showered, preened, plucked and exfoliated earlier in the day.
The day itself was a hot one with the mercury pushing the 30 mark and not a cloud in the sky.
After emptying our water bottles of water and re-filling with V&C, we headed off on our 15 minute hike to the parade route.
When we arrived, it was about 5.15 and already thousands of people were lining the way ready to gape and gawk at the faggotry. We managed to find a really great spot about ¾ of the way along. Admittedly, the “marching boys” would be tired by this point, but at least we were in front and would have a great view.
Views are all important on this route as it isn’t that long and over 500,000 people cram into the space, up to 10 deep in some places.
The parade started at 7.15 so, we had approx two and half hours of waiting before the parade reached us in Flinders St.
At about 7.45, only 15 minutes (or so) to go, when Ebeneezer turn up out of the blue. We hadn't seem him in a few weeks, so it was rude not to say “Hi”
Big mistake. Huge in fact. No sooner had we said “Hi” we lost our spot at the front of the viewing area, within 3 minutes we had all lost each other and spent the rest of the night Searching, Searching looking for love, I gotta to find me a man……Sung by Hazel Dean around 1985.
I couldn’t get to the parade to see any of it and couldn't find anyone I knew! I wandered off home….surprised to see it was now 11.30????
Oh well, maybe next year.....
PS, I didnt take any of the above piccies, they're courtesy of the WWW
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