March in the Mardi Gras parade

Darlinghurst is showered in glitter on the first Saturday of March for this annual celebration of Sydney’s LGBTQI+ community, one of the largest Pride parades on Earth. From humble beginnings in the 1970s, Sydney’s Mardi Gras has blossomed into one of Australia’s largest cultural events, as 200 floats wind their way up Oxford St in front of tens of thousands of rainbow-clad revellers.