The organisers were so impressed with our float and activities the first year we participated that they sent us an invitation to be part of these events for the last two years. This is the Gold Coast’s only parade and attracts large numbers of people each year.
In the morning, practitioners went to San Maries, which was already immersed in a festival atmosphere, and practitioners took the opportunity to clarify the truth to local people.
Lane Cove, a beautiful city north of Sydney Australia, proclaimed “Falun Dafa Day” on August 21, 2004. Falun Gong practitioners from Sydney performed traditional Chinese dances and demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises.
Falun Dafa practitioners from Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast areas participated in the 26th annual Yandina Street Festival, the longest running fair on the Sunshine Coast.
Falun Dafa practitioners from Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Toowoomba and the Sunshine Coast areas participated in the annual Sugar Festival in Nambour, Queensland. This is the only parade in the Sunshine Coast area.
The weekend of 19 June to 21 June 2004 marked the celebration of National Falun Dafa Day in Canberra Australia. Practitioners from all over Australia took the opportunity to gather in Canberra to make the public more aware of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and to expose the torture methods and lies…
A media black-out in China, diplomatic interference abroad, and a global propaganda war keeps the true situation of Falun Gong in China largely unknown to the mainstream…
On Saturday, 15th May, Falun Gong practitioners from around Queensland joined together at Brisbane’s King George Square in front of Town Hall to celebrate the fifth World Falun Dafa Day with dignitaries and the public. This was also the 12th anniversary of Dafa’s introduction to the public in China.
On May 15, 2004 about 300 Falun Dafa practitioners from Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne gathered in Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria, and launched a grand parade, revealing the moving, tragic and glorious history of Falun Dafa since it was introduced to the public in 1992.
Falun Dafa practitioners from Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Tasmania, Perth and Sydney held a large-scale parade in Sydney’s Chinatown to recount the great and peaceful journey of Falun Dafa.
The Falun Dafa practitioners of Australia are proud to host a grand parade on Saturday, 8th May 2004 in the city centre of Sydney. The parade includes cultural performances, drums & gongs, a special traditional costume performance, floats depicting the history of Falun Gong over the last 12 years.
On Sunday morning, in a grove at Sydney’s Darling Harbor, Falun Gong practitioners held a large group practice. The peaceful exercise music attracted many passersby and tourists, who stopped to watch. Some even learned the movements and joined in.