They say that after the rain comes the sun and after Saturday’s downpour participants in the 25th annual Pride March enjoyed a blinder of a day on Sunday.

More than 10,000 poeple from 220 groups formed a rather big rainbow family, ranging from a badminton team to scouts, Brazilian drummers, car enthusiasts, vikings, and City of Melbourne staffers dressed as mermaids and mermen.

Siren call: a City of Melbourne contingent in Pride March. Credit:Scott McNaughton

Tennis great Martina Navratilova took a break from playing legends at the Australian Open - and from protesting the honouring of tennis legend Margaret Court - to help lead the march down Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, alongside Premier Daniel Andrews and federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.

If anyone wore masks, they were more the party kind rather than bulwarks against the deadly coronavirus, despite more than 10,000 marching and tens of thousands more watching the parade.