Tens of thousands of Mardi Gras revellers returned to Sydney's Oxford Street on Saturday night, in what organisers say was one of their biggest parades yet.
The street and surrounding areas were bursting with colour and party vibes as people jostled from early in the morning for prime viewing spots, two years after COVID-19 forced the event to be relocated to the Sydney Cricket Ground.
"This is one of the most electric atmospheres I've seen in a very, very long time," Mardi Gras chief executive Albert Kruger said."For the first time in history, we have the prime minister marching in the parade, which just signals to the rest of the world that we are accepted."
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