Best dressed at the anti-vax rally

The Back Page attended this protest by accident but stayed long enough to record the wild posters and costumes.

Receiving unsolicited medical misinformation by megaphone while on a bike ride through Sydney’s Hyde Park is not our idea of a good time.

But this particular anti-vax protest, which occurred on Sunday 30 May, drew The Back Page’s interest.

It wasn’t the appalling spectacle of anti-covid-vaccine signs being put on display just days after Victoria went into another lockdown.

It was the attire.

We saw a man in Braveheart blueface carrying a shield and a sword, dogs wearing anti-covid-vaccine passport signs and people in “Stand for Freedom” hoodies.

There was even a stall offering “Covid is Fake News” stencilling for your clothing.

It was like wandering through the looking glass into an entirely different universe where up was down and nonsense was the new black.

We don’t usually cover anti-vax affairs (because it’s a pretty small group of vocal people who shouldn’t be overrepresented just because they have fun outfits) but we’re going to make an exception here.

The following are the most outrageous costumes and posters from this event, with fact checking where necessary, which is often.