Free ice cream. Now that we have your attention: there actually is free ice cream. And you thought Sydney Mardi Gras couldn’t get any more fun.

That’s right, there’s going to be an old school ice cream truck dishing out complimentary soft serve this weekend, ahead of the March 6 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras event at the SCG. 

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W Hotels is celebrating the lead-up to Mardi Gras in true W style, by creating the Witty & Whippy van, which will be serving up complimentary waffle cones in two limited edition W x Mardi Gras ice cream flavours this weekend at North Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club and the Rainbow Walk at Coogee Beach. 

Rainbow Rise features a classic waffle cone, vanilla soft serve and rainbow sprinkles, and Love Out Loud, is a vibrant red velvet waffle cone with vanilla soft serve oozing with strawberry sauce and tutti frutti popcorn pieces. (Swoon. We’ll take twelve of each.) 

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Even the iconic Aussie Mr Whippy van tune is being given a makeover: keep an ear out for the edgy remix of Greensleeves, courtesy of drag queen superstar Courtney Act and DJ-duo Jawbreakers. 

W’s Witty & Whippy van will be at Coogee Beach Rainbow Walk from 10am – 11:30am and North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club from 2:30pm – 5pm on Saturday February 27th. We’ll be there with bells on. 

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