Having watched a number of Sherlock Holmes trailers it’s looking like the current envisioning of the story has quite a few steampunk friendly elements.  As such, ROSEA is making noises to organise a Brisbane Steampunk outing to the Dec 26th opening night of Sherlock Holmes.  I’m also wondering if other groups around the country are [...]

This masterful conversion of a non-functional early C20th Elgin pocketwatch casing into a fully functional LED-handed timepiece with vibrating alarm and light-responsive display is a thing of beauty — which one might expect from a project which took two years and cost $1,000 (not including the heirloom watch). Australian maker Paul Pounds (whose recent PhD [...]

Title: Time Travellers Picnic [MEL] Nov 3 2009 Location: Fitzroy Gardens Link out: Click here Description: When: from 11am, Tuesday 3 November (Melb Cup Day) Where: Fitzroy Gardens - I think we should meet on the nice lawn in front of the Conservatory.. this would be a good place to retreat to in the case of any showers, too.. Bring: Bring [...]

Coming across a detailed encyclopedia of British Utopias throughout history (I had no idea Glastonbury had a countercultural Festival back in the Edwardian era!), I was inspired to investigate what manner of similar occurences may have been underway in the Antipodes at the same time, as the influence of Mother England was of course very [...]

We’ve had this on our Calendar for months, but we thought we should give a little reminder as the event is now right around the corner, and the President & Secretary of the ALTV will be in attendance for this fine festival in our Nation’s Capital next weekend! Victorian Era Dance & Costume Festival, Canberra - [...]

The New Year’s Eve committee, after much deliberation and consideration, have decided that, in keeping with the character and quality of their “Euchronia” event, it would henceforth be presented on alternate years. Members and friends are advised to make other arrangements to farewell the noughties, and we should all look forward to the riotous revelry [...]

Title: Conflux 1880’s Banquet Location: Canberra Link out: Click here Description: Dr Gillian Polack is planning a fascinating banquet experience this year! As always, the recipes and menu are authentic to the time periods. Pre-dinner drinks will be set in 1945 - the first Mardi Gras after the war. Cocktails set the scene! Then for the dinner we [...]

Title: Steamrail Mildura Weekender Location: Melbourne + Mildura Link out: Click here Description: Weekender to Ouyen & Mildura. Enjoy a trip from Melbourne to the glorious town of Mildura on the mighty Murray River with options of dinners, river cruises and more! Start Date: 2009-10-30 End Date: 2009-11-02

Title: International Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day Location: worldwide Link out: Click here Description: December 8 is International Pretend to Be a Time Traveller Day. The idea is to dress and act like a time traveller but never to actually tell anyone that you are one. Some ideas: * Walk up to random people and say”WHAT YEAR IS [...]