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Join the Harbour City Bears for their weekly Friday gathering at Oxford Hotel! Have a great start to your weekend by catching up with old mates and new friends at Furry Friday.
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Scott! The DJ helping you start your weekend right is DJ Hamo!
Everyone's welcome with open arms, but HCB members get entry into our member draws and badge draw. This Friday is themed KILTS! HCB members sporting a kilt will get double tickets into the member draws!
Join the Harbour City Bears for their weekly Sunday gathering at The Townie! The perfect way to finish off your weekend by catching up with old mates or new friends at Sunday Bears.
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Yianni!
$18 burger & fries from 12pm till close at King 326 bistro.
Newbie? Out of town visitor? Specific needs? Any concern or question, drop us a message on Facebook and we'll do our best to assist. Lift access is inside the venue at the rear, please ask the bar staff to unlock it for you.
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Brad!The DJ helping you start your weekend right is DJ Chip!
Everyone's welcome with open arms, but HCB members get entry into our member draws and badge draw.
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Graham!
Your HCB committee hosts for the evening are Yianni and Ryan! The DJ helping you start your weekend right is Jimmy Dee!
Everyone's welcome with open arms, but HCB members get entry into our member draws and badge draw. This Friday is themed HORROR! HCB members wearing a scary get up OR on entry yell "BOO!" to either committee member get double tickets into the member draws!
Join Harbour City Bears for their monthly meeting of gaming fun, Press Paws & Table Tops!
Friendly competition brought to you by a range of video games and board games.
A supplied Nintendo Switch features a variety of party-type games for all to enjoy. Bring your own board games to share and play or explore one from our selection. Beginner D&D for those looking to dabble into the delightful world of fantasy. Pool comp available for those looking to cue up and show off their sharp shots.
Extend your social activities by staying for Sunday Bears which starts right as Press Paws & Table Tops ends!
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Colin!
Your HCB committee hosts for the evening are Ryan! The DJ helping you start your weekend right is Shanie D!
Everyone's welcome with open arms, but HCB members get entry into our member draws and badge draw. This Friday is themed KINK! HCB members dressed in kink gear will get double tickets into the member draws!
Do you have a ton of old clothes that don't fit any more? Want to share your fabulous fashions with your bear kindred?
On Sunday 22 June Harbour City Bears is hosting an apparel swap and sell at the Inner West Pride centre in Newtown! Donate your good old apparel, and you'll be able to pick up an equal number of items from the selection donated by others! If you don’t have any to donate, you can still purchase on the day.
Donate items: Bring your clean, good-condition clothes and accessories to us before the event. For each item you donate, you’ll receive a coupon. On the day, you can use these coupons to “buy” other donated items.
No clothes to donate? No problem! You can still come browse and purchase items at very affordable prices.
Leftovers go to a good cause: Anything that doesn't find a new home will be donated to local charities.
Drop off your good apparel with the committee before the day, and we’ll give you a coupon for each item you donate. We’ll sort the clothes and accessories into sizes and take them all to the Newtown Pride Centre on Sunday 22 June. You can bring your stuff to the Townie any Sunday between now and then, or if you want to arrange something else, contact us.
Everyone’s welcome to browse and buy- you can use coupons if you’ve donated or buy items if you haven’t!
Anything left at the end of the day will be donated to charity.
You don’t need to be there to sell it yourself- you’re ‘donating’ the items, and then you can pick from the other items that others have donated.
We’re keeping it apparel-only for our first event, so please hold off on homewares, books, or other garage sale-type items.
Make sure your donations are freshly washed, in good shape, and something you’d be happy to see someone else wear.
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Phil!
Your HCB committee hosts for the evening are Dan and Yianni!The DJ helping you start your weekend right is DJ Hectopascal!
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Scott!
Your HCB committee host for the evening is TBA! The DJ helping you start your weekend right is Damien Mack!
Everyone's welcome with open arms, but HCB members get entry into our member draws and badge draw. This Friday is themed WONDERLAND! HCB members that say "All in the golden afternoon..." to the committee member on entry get double tickets!
Your HCB committee host for the evening is TBA! The DJ helping you start your weekend right is Rob Davis!
Your HCB committee host for the evening is TBA! The DJ helping you start your weekend right is DJ Charles!
Everyone's welcome with open arms, but HCB members get entry into our member draws and badge draw. This Friday is themed LUMBERJACK! HCB members wearing a flanno and/or jeans get double tickets into the member draws!
Your HCB committee host for the evening is Keiron!
Your HCB committee hosts for the evening are TBA! The DJ helping you start your weekend right is DJ Tom Rogers!
Our winter camping event is back! We’ve booked out a new venue, Barrington River Lodge, for an extra long weekend, Thursday 31 July to Sunday 3 August.
The days are free for you to relax and explore the local area.
Thursday night we've got a BBQ and camp movie night, with BBQ dinner supplied, and a camp movie classic, follow by drinks and chats around the fire.
Friday night after you've made your own dinner, we will have bear beats for us to enjoy, as well as other Friday night activities that our previous attendees know and love- there's a dancefloor, a play area, and bears ready to go!
Saturday night make your own dinner in the shared kitchen or BBQ, or head into town to one of the local pubs. After dinner, relax with a drink around the campfire, play some games, do some stargazing, or find out exactly what it is that bears do in the woods at night.
After the freezing temperatures of last year, we’ve opted for a new venue that has lots of indoor sleeping space and heating. There’s lots of options to suit every budget.
The most luxurious accommodation is The Retreat, a private cabin separate from the rest of the lodge, with a fully furnished queen bedroom, bathroom, lounge room and full kitchen, as well as a verandah with its own BBQ.
There’s also another cabin available, with two bedrooms. You can book out the master bedroom with its queen bed or take one of the bunk beds or trundle bed in the second bedroom. The cabin also has its own bathroom, full kitchen and verandah.
The main building is “The Lodge”. It has lots of rooms in a variety of configurations, as well as a large lounge room and full kitchen. The rooms available as whole rooms or as beds in shared rooms. Bunks, queens, trundles, and whole rooms are available. The beds in the lodge don’t come with bedding, so you’ll have to bring your own sleeping bag or blankets.
If you’re a hard-core camper, there’s plenty of space to camp on the site as well. Be aware though the site is a little bit smaller than previous camps, so you won’t be able to range quite as far away from the main group.
If you're camping: you'll need:
If you're staying in the accommodation, you'll need:
If you're staying in a room, there are powerpoints available, however they aren't right next to the beds. You'll need a plugboard and extension cable for your CPAP machine.
If you're camping, ensure you bring an extension cable long enough to run from the main building to your campsite.
The main site is reasonably accessible, it's mostly flat and has few steps. There are some slopes and hills, and the entire property slopes down towards the river.
The movie night will be subtitled in English, however the subtitles may be dialog-only, not full SDH.
Where?: Barrington River Lodge, 734 Barrington East Rd, Barrington NSW 2422
When?: Thursday 31 July to Sunday 3 August 2025
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Spring has sprung, and what better way to enjoy some sunshine than by having a picnic with all your HCB friends!
Round up your mates, pack what you need and come for an afternoon of fun in the sun with your friends.
Picnic blanket? Check. Some nibbles? Check. Beverages and water? Check.
Bring a ball or frisbee for some friendly play or a camping chair to relax and soak up the sun.
Afterwards we can stroll up King Street to the Townie for Sunday Bears!
Where - Sydney Park, 416 Sydney Park Rd, Alexandria, NSW, 2015 Meeting Point - Just North of Parking Lot, 400 Sydney Park Rd, Alexandria, NSW, 2015, around BBQ facilities and surrounding parkland When - Sunday 14 September from 11am to 3pm Tickets - Free! But registration is required
PLEASE NOTE:
The weekend of 25-26 October, we’re heading up north for a weekend of fun activities with the Newcastle Bears!
Catch the train from Central to Newcastle with the bears in the morning, arriving in Newcastle late morning. Alternatively, you can make your own way and meet us there!
We've got some fun things planned in Newcastle including Newcastle Pride Fair Day. Also, as always, you’re free to explore Newcastle on your own or with friends.
After that, we’re all meeting up to kick on at Bernie’s Bar, Newcastle’s best LGBTQ+ venue, who is hosting Newcastle Bears’ monthly meetup that night! Bernie’s boasts a great dinner menu, as well as a great selection of cocktails. Meet your northern kindred and catch up with the local scene.
We’ve also booked an entire floor of the Ibis Newcastle exclusively for us, with rooms on sale here (link to be updated soon when tickets go on sale). We’ve kept aside one room as the playroom, so expect beary shenanigans all night long. Of course if you prefer, you can stay elsewhere, but if you’re planning on booking a hotel, book through us as we’ve secured a great rate.
Sunday if you’re not too dusty, we’ll explore the local area with our new friends, and then head home on the train just in time for the Sunday Social at the Townie!
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