Mardi Gras says thanks with a tree
1 February 2008
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will celebrate its 30th birthday this year with its traditional parade on Saturday 1 March 2008. From turbulent beginnings in 1978 Mardi Gras has become a firmly established event on Sydney’s festival calendar, growing both in terms of both tourist and spectator numbers.
Over the years Moore Park has been the finishing point for this world-famous parade and the location of its post-Parade parties. To celebrate this anniversary and mark the event’s long association with Centennial Parklands, Mardi Gras will dedicated a tree in support of the Centennial Parklands Foundation.
The tree will be sited adjacent to the route followed by every Mardi Gras Parade for the past 30 years. In recognition of Mardi Gras’ generosity a plaque will be placed at the base of this beautiful Moreton Bay fig.
This year’s parade theme, Brave New Worlds, encourages a reflective look at how far Mardi Gras has come over the past three decades while looking to the future.
Visit www.mardigras.org.au for more information.
Contact: Julie Hunter Ward
Phone: (02) 9339 6652






