To meet up with like minded fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy, in all its forms. We do many many different types of events, but they basically break down into four streams: Stream 1 (S1) - Movies, TV and Books - Watching, talking about, sharing suggestions, Google "Hangouts" (TBA), and much more... See the page here for details. Stream 2 (S2) - Events, Cons and Cosplay - Pirates, Zombies, Steampunk, conventions, and many more. See page here for details. Stream 3 (S3) - Action/Adventure  - Lase …

Combine your hunger for the truth with a chicken parma! Combine your thirst for knowledge with a pot of beer, a glass of wine or a lovely cup of tea! The Mordi Skeptics in the Pub is for those who enjoy exploring things underpinned by science, evidence and reason in a social setting. Big ideas are presented and discussed from a rational and logical perspective. We also spend time honing our 'bulldust barometers' - detecting the fallacious and debunking the superstitious. Sample topics include a …

We are a writing group focused on improving your work for publication. We meet weekly and engage in gentle critique, technique discussion and general socialising. We have a strong group at the moment and we are all making progress towards our goals as writers.  We run a website and a discussion forum where we discuss, critique and publish our work. We have several goals for the group including a zine or magazine, workshops and an open-mike night.  We are just getting off the ground at the m …

Dream Lab is an organization committed to exploring and teaching the forgotten language of dreams. We run workshops and dream circles throughout the year, combining the dream theory of Jung and Hillman, dream science, and research from around the world. Dream Lab takes participants on a journey through their own personal dream time, and collaborates with musicians and artists to bring dreaming to life. To wonder about your dreams is healthy. To learn their language is transformative. WWW.DREAMLA …

The Melbourne GPU Users group is an informal special interest group, hosted by VPAC (Victoria Partnership for Advanced Computing), to bring together GPU users from all fields and experience levels from Melbourne to learn and share their ideas and creations at friendly meetings. The Melbourne GPU Users group is a sister group of the Brisbane, Sydney and Perth GPU Users groups, and it is expected that the groups will interact through publicly accessible video conferencing facilities, taking turns …

I do have a love for astronomy and astrophotography myself and I don't really have many people in my circle of friends to share this with so I figured, what better way than to make a Meet Up group for this very purpose. I myself have several telescopes that I'm more than willing to setup for any interested people and anyone else is more than welcome to bring down their own if they own one. If not, why not just come down for some stargazing? This group is for anyone that has an interest in the co …

As a computational physicist, I am usually surrounded by male colleagues.  Sometimes I am literally the only woman in the room/auditorium.  Out of the office (and lab) I know lots of women, but they don't necessarily relate to my "nerdy alter ego", and they never get my (nerdy) jokes.  Sound familiar? I know there are other female scientists out there, but we never seem to be in the same place at the same time.  Therefore, this social group for female physicists, chemists, engineers and mathemat …

The Melbourne Chapter of the Australian General Semantics Society welcomes all people interested in General Semantics as formulated by Alfred Korzybski in his book entitled "Science and Sanity." We are directly affiliated with the core AGS group based in Sydney. We regularly discuss GS literature both recent and historical, formulations, philosophies, etc., and its applications to one's daily life. If you are familiar with NLP, REBT, Ericksonian hypnosis, media ecology, radical constructivism, N …

What is Isha Kriya ? Today, for most people, the word “Yoga” usually conjures up images of twisting the body into impossible postures. The physical aspect of Yoga is only one facet of this multi-dimensional science. Yoga is a technology to bring the body and mind to the peak of their capabilities – allowing one to live life to the fullest. It is the vision of Sadhguru – a realized yogi and Master – to offer ‘one drop of spirituality’ to every individual. Through Isha Kriya, the possibilities of …

Students of Truth, Seekers of Wisdom, Join us in our exploration of a whole new Universe - the one you did not know existed when studying in schools and graduating from universities.. Venture out with us far beyond the limits of what is considered "possible" by most people in the main-stream establishment. Learn with us the amazing secrets and lost sciences of the ancients - understood and re-discovered today by the mavericks on the fringes of science.. Magic is simply a technology which we don' …

This is a monthly event where anyone is invited to talk on a topic of maths or science that may be of interest to them. You may be a researcher and feel like telling other people about what you do; or you may be a computer scientist and want to share some cool programming techniques or computational approaches. We're interested in anything relating to science and maths, and technical talks are encouraged!

Do you love reading about the end of the world, the destruction of mankind and dystopian societies? So do we! Join our monthly book club in Melbourne CBD to discuss grim tales of survival from post-apocalyptic, dystopian and speculative fiction! At the risk of sounding like a misanthropes, we love reading about the end of the world as we know it. Over the years so many fantastic books have come out featuring underdogs trying to stay alive, governments oppressing their people and bands of survivo …

This Stoos group is a community of concerned and energised people that network periodically to discuss organisational challenges, learn from each other and find better ways. It is a voluntary, open and non-commercial network, and a Melbourne subgroup of www.stoosnetwork.org. People who join are from any area, level or generation in an enterprise and: Are particularly interested in new management approaches based on Complexity Theory, Systemic Thinking, Sustainability and Cognitive Sciences. Hav …

This is a regular show and tell for people taking advantage of various kinds of personal tracking - geotracking, life-logging, DNA sequencing, etc. - to gain more knowledge about themselves. Come share what you are doing, and learn from others. Topics include, but are not limited to: Chemical Body Load Counts Personal Genome Sequencing Lifelogging Self Experimentation Risks/Legal Rights/Duties Behavior monitoring Location tracking Non-invasive Probes Digitizing Body Info Sharing Health Records P …

We are a Global and Local Group exploring and promoting New Paradigms for a Peaceful and Sustainable Present and Future. Our interests range from New Paradigms in Healing, Education, Sustainability to Spirituality and Consciousness. We hold Seminars, Lectures and Events- including Global Events, Webinars and Music and Culture Festivals. We Encourage and Promote Cutting Edge Innovations and Ideas and Welcome Your Participation. We are affiliated with the following groups and organisations: Global …

The purpose of this Group is to assist members to move more deeply into the universal spiritual teachings leading to enlightenment. These ancient but-ever-new teachings are expressed so beautifully by the modern day teacher Eckhart Tolle who is arguably on a par with such revererd teachers of the past such as Krishmurthi, Ramana Maharshi, Meister Eckhart et al. Also being a contemporary teacher he is able to call upon the modern disciplines of Psychology, Neuroscience, Cosmology, Quantum Physics …

Millions of people today are non-religious. Many people simply can’t believe in the existence of a God, particularly in the light of modern scientific discoveries. Nevertheless, despite being non-believers, many feel the heart's intuition of infinity, and have a sense of the underlying unity behind all things. Consequently, many non-believers feel compelled to reject the soulless doctrine of materialism, just as much as they reject belief in the existence of a God. Spiritual intelligence therefo …

This is a book club for anyone interested in Big Ideas. Each month we alternate between non-fiction and fiction in search of Big Ideas that we can explore, examine and openly discuss together. We meet at 6:30pm on the last Wednesday of every month at Embiggen Books in the Melbourne CBD. Hosted by Drs George Aranda and Kirsty Jones. Join our Facebook Group

We are passionate about the art, science and craft of home- or house- cured and smoked meats. We will share our existing knowledge and experience. We will support and celebrate one another's endeavors and help troubleshoot problems in our home curing or smoking projects. We will encourage more people to try curing and smoking.

This group has been established to educate and empower entrepreneurs seeking investors to fund their business growth and development. Angel Investors and Venture Capital Financiers are seasoned professionals in entrepreneurship and investing.   They see hundreds of opportunities cross their desk every year and only act on a couple of these.  The reality is there are way more great ideas out there than funded businesses. Is your opportunity the one they will act on?  Are you 'Investor Ready'? Do …

This group is for anyone into non-fiction books who would like to discuss them with like minded people. From popular science, biographies, history to self help. Aiming to meet every second Wednesday of the month in locations around the CBD. Looking forward to meeting you.

Quora is an online web forum full of super interesting people having intelligent discussions about a huge range of topics. This is a group for those people and their friends to get to know each other and make new friends in real life. Popular topics are Social Media, Technology, Science, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Food, Travel, Politics, Books, Movies, Music, History, Business and Marketing. Please join us! Refer to http://www.quora.com and http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealLife

Do you love collecting, assembling, modelling, and painting science fiction, fantasy and war gaming figures and models? Bring your army, units, forces and factions to our group games and enter in combat against your opponent in a battle for ultimate victory! We play Battlefront's Flames of War, Games Workshop 40K, Corvus Belli's Infinity, Warmachine from Privateer Press, and Malifaux from Wyrd Miniatures. We also play roleplaying games and Magic. Our meetup venue is located in Maidstone, Victori …

TheLaB Admission is free. Participants order scrumptious lunch from the selected menu ($10-20). Meetups are held fortnightly. A Leadership and Business development group for connecting like-minded people for the purpose of personal and professional development. Build strong business relationships, be inspired, develop key knowledge, be accountable and engage in our referral network. Share your business knowledge. Network with like minded entrepreneurs. Leadership development. Discussions and sh …

This is a group for dads who are also nerds. While we wait for our progeny to reach an age where they can truly appreciate Doctor Who/Star Wars/Star Trek/Comics/SciFi/etc, we can talk to each other about it. To hone and keep fresh our geeky passions, discover and share new ones and even talk about some of the more general man, nerd and dad stuff.

Are you passionate about the transformation of consciousness? Do you want to make a positive difference to the future of humanity? Do you have understanding and knowledge in this area? Mind Shifters usually have a spiritual perspective on life and consciousness, and have some self-discipline or commitment in the area. This is an eclectic group, and people of all backgrounds, disciplines and professions are welcome. Mind Shift has been initiated by me, Marcus T Anthony. I'm a futurist, philosophe …

If you are interested in reading, are single and would like to meet new interesting people who are just like you, then this is for you!!! This meeting up group stems from the fact that there are many meetup groups for book discussions and many more for singles, but not any for singles with an interest or passion in reading and books. I believe that reading offers an insight that cannot be gained just through our first-hand experiences in life. It inevitably provides us new perspectives on the wo …

If you love to read or write romance then you've come to the right group. Whether your a budding Barbara Cartland or just loved reading Fifty Shades of Grey we love all things romance. This is a group that will discuss romance reading from all genres whether its paranormal romance, romance with spice, sweet romance, Mills and Boon, while chatting over coffee or dinner. We will also be tapping into those romance writing hidden talents. Whether your a beginner or expert or just doing it for the fu …