The bacchanal phoenix rises from Sydney’s sterile ashes: an ode to the Bridge’s triumphant return

The sun is shining; the champagne flowing liberally: a couple hundred of Sydney’s most committed partiers gather in a sacred space to celebrate the dawn of another beautiful, warm spring Sunday: and, just maybe, the dawn of a brighter era for the community. The Bridge has long been an institution of the Sydney scene: a gritty, decaying remnant of the city’s glory days as a carefree hub of nightlife, culture, and exploration. A place of characters, of colour, of energy, of life. Time has stood still here: it stands, enigmatic, inexplicably unravaged by lockouts, lockdowns, the Liberals, and “law and order”. <a href="https://medium.com/@callumvittalismith/the-bacchanal-phoenix-rises-from-sydneys-sterile-ashes-an-ode-to-the-bridge-s-triumphant-return-28adcfbb131a">Read More</a>