Gippsland Geekfest 2015: January 17th, Korrumburra.

[puddingwrestler]

            For countless eons of time the geekly population of Gippsland was without form and purpose, without organization and without a single, unifying event to bring them together to glorify and praise all forms of geek culture. And then into this darkness strode a shining colossus of colossal shininess, and looked upon this dreary situation and declared 'Let There Be Geekfest' in words which bore almost no resemblance to thunder.
            And there was.
            And it was good.
            And Geekfest was dedicated to the glory of all things geek in Gippsland. A place where learned and scholarly debate on which doctor is best, which captain is supreme and which fantasy is worthy of being considered final could happen. A place where men and women of all ages could dress as fictional men and women of all ages and be greeted not with cries of derision, but with rousing applause. A place where a man could wield 40,000 Warhammers. A place to debate the merits of different spandex-clad heroes. A place where the Lion-o could lie down with the LAN. A place for all punks, be they cyber, steam, diesel or atom. A place of geek pride.
            And thus it shall be on Saturday 17th of January, 2015, when Coal Creek Community Park and Museum hurls open it's portals and extends it's welcoming arms to the massed hordes of Geekdom, and the inaugural Geekfest commences. Events of great moment and magnitude shall occur; demonstrations of Wargaming prowess; participation role-playing sessions, displays of cosplaying excellence, steampunk sartoriallity, and medieval mayhem. And they shall occur in an atmosphere of supportive and all-embracing tolerance. And they shall be family friendly and shall inspire coming generations and grizzled elders alike to take up that greatest of mantles which is the title; Geek.

Yep. This is happening. Here's a link.

[kerick]

Sounds awesome! Where in the world is Gippsland? Was there a guy named Gipps?

[puddingwrestler]

Gippsland is located to the east of Melbourne in the south-east of Victoria (basically, look at the bottom of the map of Australia, and it's near the eastern most bit of the south coast. Except most of it is inland.). It is roughly speaking the wettest part of the country, the weather is even less predictable than it is in Melbourne, and there are more cows than people.
And there was a bloke called Gipps. Most of Australia is named after someone or other. Since large and important things were discovered by polish explorers, this makes spelling Australian land marks rather interesting. Pronouncing them is even worse.
But if you are geek enough to spell 'strezlecki highway' and 'Mount Kosciuszcko' then you are geek enough to come.