Bear Nation is Melbourne's number one must-do bear event.
If you've never been to a Bear Nation party before book your flight to Melbourne now for January 26th 2012.
Planetdwellers is Australia's premier tour operator for the Gay and Lesbian traveller and friends & the organiser of our Bridge Climb & Blue Mountain events during Bear Essentials.
Q Bar at the Exchange Hotel on Oxford Street is the fabulous home of Chunky.
During Bear Essentials special Chunky FC party we'll be taking over all 3 bars
The Lord Roberts Hotel in East Sydney is the home of our weekly Bears on Sunday social event.
During Bear Essentials it will be the host for a number of events including our pre-parade get together.
ACON is NSW's and Australia's largest community-based gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) health and HIV/AIDS organisation and a community partner of Harbour City Bears.
Designing for you, making things brighter, with added bonus stages! Afrenasia designs in print and on the web and has designed for Bear Essentials 14,
15 and 16 as well as numerous other work for HCB.
Sydney photographer Paul D Wade created the specially commissioned images you'll see throughout Bear Essentials, in posters and flyers, as well as on the website.