Sydney Harbour Party...

[ intro | page 1 | page 2 ] review date:   Sunday, 23 February 2003 photos & words by:   Sam Milford

review

For all the hours, days and months that we've been preparing ourselves for it... it has left me speechless. Just breathtaking. I spent half of the night just standing, staring at the scene as dusk set in and the city lit up behind what has to be the most talked about party in the world. And not undeservedly so.

As expected, half of Brighton seemed to be there. Of the people we bumped into the common reaction to the party was utter astonishment that we were all actually here, and that it was more amazing than we had hoped it would be. You have to stop and catch your breath every time you catch a glimpse of the opera house or the bridge, or a party boat crusing past, or the city in lights...

Kid-in-a-candy-store is only half the story. Crowd-pleasing vocal house pumped out over the harbour and we partied like there was no tomorrow. Which of course there is... more reports from Down Under follow soon...

PHOTOS : PAGE 1

If we look rough... then we blame it on Mark & Steven's Big Night Out in Melbourne!		Quick! Get the camera! The bridge and the opera house! ...D'oh. Didn't quite get the shot, but you g...		Just about beats looking at the wall of a club for a backdrop!		Nothing can really prepare you for standing here.
Neil! You may not recognise him without his Smirnoff Ice bottle, but it's the same boy. Looking good...		The flatmates reuinted!		Screaming queen or jus happy to see me? You decide!		Gives a bit of an idea of the scale of the thing...
...and as the sun finally goes down the lights come up...		More faces from home... Dolly & Ali chilling out on the bank.		Don't interrupt me while I'm concentrating on the music, please.		Can't remember who she was, but I recognised all her songs! Anyone help out!?
The lovely Andrew and poor Daniel... hounded by the REALBrighton camera wherever he is in the world!		More top PA. Shame I can't remember who!		Andrew & Andrew in conversation about how to give the best head-massage.		Think this photo beats words for how Neil was feeling!
James!! Andy was here as well, but for some reason escaped the RB camera.		Some friendly locals... There were a lot of them about as it happens!				Er... yum?!
Never have there been so many topless men in one place...		Yeah yeah yeah... seen one Sydney opera house, and you've seen them all...		Suddenly I felt distinctly overdressed.		Eeny... meeny...
It's all that Red Bull mate.		Well the Brighton boys are looking good... but that girl isn't doing so well, poor cow.		A Redskins moment.		Is a seeder someone who takes out seeds? I'm confused.
More random crowd shots. I'm guessing these aren't locals, judging by their tans!		The party wasn't short of gorgeous girls...		Sweet nothings.		Aaahhh... there's Andy with Seeder!
Glasses by Dame Edna.		More friendly folk.		James. Oh, and someone in front of him with no shirt on... how did he get in the shot?		...nope. Can't seem to get him out of the frame.
A peck for the camera.				A rather fabulous show begins... really impressive.		Not that it would have mattered if it wasn't with these blokes in it of course.

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