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You are invited to Dress To Impress, a public picnic for The Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea. It’s an opportunity to raise funds for The Cancer Council, as well as give the members of the various niche communities a chance to connect with each other.
Enjoy a cup of tea, bring a gold coin donation and [...]
[/caption]Western Australia’s The Great Steampunk Affaire (recently formalised under the state’s Associations Incorporation Act) is hosting a Verne-and-Wellsian “Immersive Theatre-Ball” in the appropriately named Cabaret Cave, at Yanchep, 40 minutes North of Perth, on Saturday 28th of April, 2012.
GSPA’s hugely successful debut event attracted well over 350 [...]
New Zealand’s premiere electro-steampunk act Alex the Kid are launching their new EP “Zombies, Time Travel & Big City Living” and capturing video for their upcoming EP at two special gigs in September, one in Auckland (The Basement, Lower Greys Ave, 10-September, 9pm) and one in Wellington (Meow, Edward Street, 24-September, 9pm).
Alex The Kid will [...]
The Abbey Museum is holding its annual regency event, a Picnic at Pemberley on Saturday 3rd September. Last year’s program included everything from croquet, to badminton, maypole dancing, a fan class and a militia display by a re-enactment group, and the organisers would love to enhance the event this year with a spinning/embroidery display. The [...]
The Steam-powered Airship Aurora
The League of Victorian Imagineers in Oamaru is currently accepting expressions of interest (form) for the 2011 League of Victorian Imagineers “Steampunk: tomorrow as it used to be” Exhibition at the Forrester Gallery, Oamaru, in late 2011.
The Expression of Interest process will close on 16th September, 2011. If your art is not currently exhibition-ready, concept [...]
Better late than never - don’t miss the 3rd Annual Tweed Ride!
Title: Sydney Tweed Ride [SYD]
Location: Sydney, Australia
Link out: Click here
Description: ‘I say, fancy a cycle?’ - Sunday July 31st.
Sydney’s most enjoyable (and fashionable) bike ride is back! An ambling, elegant and graceful cycle around Sydney for dapper gents and fancy ladies, from Town Hall [...]
4
Jun
Oamaru, Redux
Tally Ho! Members of the expeditionary committee of the ALTV have again landed in fair Oamaru, as previously expounded upon with great delight last December. But we have returned, for none other than the Steampunk Fashion Parade and Gala Ball and of course to celebrate the birth of our most beloved Queen, as all subjects [...]
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May
Regard of Things Present
Pages 123 through 129 of the May 2011 edition of ACP’s Men’s Style Australia consist of an illustrated article entitled “Remembrance of Things Past”. Said article, drawn primarily from interviews with Antipodean gentlemen favouring a Victorian- or Edwardian-influenced wardrobe, includes some remarks from your faithful correspondent under his everyday monicker.
While unlikely to provide League members [...]
As has become Brisbane Supanova tradition, steampunkers descended en masse on Sunday for a lunchtime photo shoot. Click the photo to see an album of shots.