GTG - Friendly Businesses

Places To Go

Victoria

ALSO Foundation

ALSO is one of Australia's largest lesbian and gay organisations, it provides support and services for the gay community, including health and welfare. Community events and Melbourne's largest warehouse parties.

Phone 03 95105569
Fax 03 95105699

Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus (formerly Alsounds)

A group of Lesbian and Gay (and tranny) singers who strive for musical excellence. Musical experience is not essential, but commitment to rehearsals and practice is. Rehearsals each Wednesday night in South Melbourne, with performances throughout the year.

Phone 03 96878340 (Adrian) or
Phone 03 95109443 (Kim).

New South Wales

The Taxi Club

This is Sydney's mecca for raging trannies most nights of the week. It's reasonably small and comfy, with a couple of bars, bistro meals, lots of pokies, and a disco. It costs the princely sum of $5 to join for a year, and admission to the main part of the club is free. Entry to the disco, which is usually open from 12 midnight, is $5 for members, and $10 for visitors. There's typically a dozen or twenty trannies there of a Saturday night, some sex workers, most just out for a good time. This club also attracts people who'd like to meet trannies.

Grosvenor Club,
40 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, 2010.
Phone 02 93314256

The Albury Hotel

A very noisy, busy pub on Oxford street. Regular drag shows, very friendly.

6 Oxford Street, Paddington.
Phone 02 93616555

Annie's Bar/Carrington Hotel

Great shows and mixed friendly atmosphere. Talent nights, drag of course.

Bourke street, Surrey Hills, 2016

Court House Hotel

Great fun for a Saturday or Friday night out. The bands are really good, the crowd very mixed, depending which team are playing at the S.C.G. Occasonanly there is a tranny DJ. The staff/management sponsered an entrance in the Mardi Gras which was a tranny float.

Taylor Square/Oxford Street, Sydney, 2000

Ceasars Hotel

Friendly mixed bar/night club for Fridays, Saturdays. Sundays are now movie nights. Carlotta is playing there at the moment doing her stuff and the music is great to dance to.

Parramatta road, Petersham.

Central Coast Connections Monthly Dance and Show

Totally Gay/TS affair. Tickets at the door. $6 members and $8 non members. From 8.00pm to 2.00 am. All welcome. Full Security provided.

The Tennis Club,
Cnr Rse and Ithome Streets, Wyong.

Cafe Salubrious

A tranny friendly cafe.

kaffe@dingoblue.com.au
238 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction, 2022
Phone 02 93692414

Australian Capital Territory

Heaven Nightclub

It's a really nice place, with a lounge area where you can get away from the noisy music (the bak bar). It attracts gays, lesbians, bi's, trannys, and even straight people (gasp!). Drag shows on Saturday nights.

Bunda Street, Canberra City, 2600
Phone 02 62576180

The Meridian Club

A very gay bar, run by the Canberra Queer Co-op. Sort of like a noisy(er), smoky(er) Heaven, but without the straights.

34 Mort Street,
Braddon,
Phone 02 62489966

Tilleys Cafe and Nightclub

Tilleys is a very friendly, cosmopolitan cafe on the north side of Canberra, mostly populated by the (slightly) less noisy queer population of Canberra. It’s also a popular venue for bands.

Wattle Street, Lyneham.
Phone 06 249 1543

Caffe Della Piazza

One of those places where you always seem to run into people you know (well, I do, anyway). Just a nice, quiet cafe in Canberra city that happens to attract lots of local queers. Maybe it’s because they make such yummy focacia. It’s a pity they serve their cappucinos in those annoying cups with the little handles you can’t put your finger through though. :)

19 Garema Place,
Canberra City.

Queensland

Tasmania

Birdcage Bar: Wrest Point Hotel & Casino,
410 Sandy Bay Rd,
Sandy Bay, 7004.
La Cage Nightclub (Gay): 2B Gladstone St,
Battery Point, 7004.
Phone 002 23 8337 (Open only Thurs, Fri and Sat)

South Australia

Northern Territory

Western Australia

Court Hotel

Gay bar where drag queens and cross dressers are welcome. The Chameleons normally go there after their Wednesday meetings and some on Saturday nights.

Cnr Beaufort and James Streets, Northbridge, 6003
Phone 08 93281870

Trade

Night club. Thursdays (9pm 'till late) is the night for crossdressers and drag queens.

139 James Street, Northbridge, 6003

Connections

Gay night club. Different events on different days of the week so it pays to check.

81 James Street, Northbridge, 6003