StixCamp Victoria, Australia

Ben Balbo, convenor of StixCampNewstead, was interviewed by Dave Lennon on ABC Central Victoria. Recordings of both interviews are now available in our Media section.

We’ll also be adding a copy of the article in the Bendigo Advertiser soon.

Welcome everybody to StixCampNewstead!

Many of us are going to blog, tweet, identi.ca, etc etc about our experiences at StixCampNewstead. Please use the following tags / hashtags;

• #stixcampnewstead
• #barcampmelbourne
• #unconference

We will be using an IRC channel to help co-ordinate;

irc://freenode/#stixcampnewstead

Many of us are on Twitter, Identi.ca and other social media services - just add yours in the comments below

• Ben Balbo - is benbalbo on Twitter, Identi.ca, freenode, @jabber.org.au and most other places
• Donna Benjamin - is KatteKrab on Twitter
• Dave Hall  - is skwashd on Twitter
• Kathy Reid - is (surprisingly!) KathyReid on Twitter

So now you’ve realised what a great event StixCamp is and registered - what next?

A number of people are carpooling to the destination:

• Kathy is travelling from Geelong on the night of Friday 13th and is picking a person up from Waurn Ponds and has room for up to one more
• Josh is travelling from Preston and is taking two people
• Michael is travelling from Northcote and has room for up to three people

If you need a lift or can offer a lift, please leave a comment below and we’ll get you in touch with each other.

We’re also planning a pickup at Southern Cross station at 8.45am for the 9.15am train to Bendigo, stopping at Castlemaine, which should get everyone to StixCamp by 11am or so. Tickets to Bendigo from Southern Cross are $23.20 return (which is less than the petrol would cost!)