Recently the Steampunks of Brisbane were interviewed by Michael Lund of the Courier Mail regarding, well, Steampunk. Entitled “Letting off steam“, the article paints quite a good picture of the Steampunk subculture’s life in the city and has a number of stop-off points to find out more. One of them is this very site, so to further your Steampunkian education I’ve collated as much as I can of my Steampunk-related bookmarks into this post. There may be a test.
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Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
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Saturday, March 17th, 2012Prometheus Bound/ Bloodlust Ball
Monday, September 19th, 2011The August Prometheus Bound held something different this year, a cross-over with the event organiser’s 90′s event for goths: the Bloodlust Ball. Combining the two was a lot of fun; especially for those of us who like adjusting their outfits to fit the PB’s many themes. (more…)
Steampunk Picnic
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011The Queen’s Birthday weekend was the perfect time to schedule a steampunk picnic in Brisbane. So, ROSEA did.
This one was extra special for me as my wife Jocelyn made an effort to steampunk her attire, and my son Sean came along too. He wore a punk shirt, as he doesn’t fit his waistcoat and long-sleeve shirt yet. The picnic was very well attended, and a good friend went to the effort of baking a Doctor Steel cake. I had set the challenge in the STEAM group for people to bring along steampunk-style street food. Nobody else did, but Jocelyn and I made cornbread (American colony), Felafel (Middle eastern trading partners) and Chinese dumplings (China trading partners). They all went down very nicely; my felafels were a _bit_ watery because it wasn’t until later I saw the 1 cup measurement was American (200mL) rather than Australian (250mL). Curses.
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Things to see:
The family von Explaino
Happy Steampunkers
Fabulous outfits
Changes and Supanova 2011
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011I haven’t posted for a while as my wife and I have been getting ready for a rather large change in our lives. We now have a son! Sean is his name, and we’re very proud. Getting used to a lot less sleep is… interesting, but today my wife told me to go out and have fun because Supanova, the premier Australian pop culture expo, was in town. Time to take the Professor mingling!
Mass steampunk gathering
Steampunk Picnic
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009An Australian Steampunk event was held for Brisbane Steampunkers on Saturday, we had about 35 people turn up all told and some fantastic outfits. Most of the pictures are on the Facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=99289119155 but we’re working on moving some of them to non-Facebook areas so non-Facebook people can see the outstanding efforts. I cannot describe what a great time I had at the picnic, and I want to thank everyone who turned up – from the girls and guy who turned up first with the crazy chocolate cookies (2 minute noodles?) through to the organisers of Prometheus Bound (awesome Steampunk nightclub) who arrived in the afternoon after getting some much needed sleep. Especially to all the photographers.
Steampunk picnic, Brisbane
Sunday, July 12th, 2009As the weather’s still cold enough to get away with layering, it’s a great time in Brisbane to get out to a morning tea/ picnic in the Roma Street parklands. ROSEA and FAUST will be there, and we want to meet as many other individuals and groups with Steampunk aficionado-ness to socialise and talk shop. If I can scrounge a boules set there’ll be that plus a few card games if it’s not breezy and people are in the mood. There’s a Facebook Event for those on Facebook, otherwise the details are:
- When: Saturday, 01 August 2009 from 10:00 til 14:00
- Where: Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane (aiming for near the lake, we should be easy to find)
- RSVP: rosea.crew@gmail.com
- Bring:
- Food (to share, or to eat yourself)
- A chair/ picnic mat (sitting in the dirt not-so-fun if you’ve spent a lot of time on your outfit)
- Shade (in case it’s too sunny)
- Warmth (in case it’s not)
- Drinks (hydration is key)
