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July Meetup for the Sydney Nature Journal Club

Come along to our **July meetup for the Sydney Nature Journal Club**. National Tree Day is 26 July. We will explore this theme in the Botanical Gardens. This is a chance to connect, spend some time in nature and journal together. I will offer some guidance to start. After we can share journal pages and ideas. **What to bring:** Bring along sketchbooks/paper and your favourite drawing materials (pens, pencils, watercolour, acrylic, anything you have). I will have extra materials on the day if you want to explore other mediums. \*\*Where:\*\* We will meet at the Palm House, at the Botanical Gardens. **Cost:** Suggested donation is $10 annual fee, $5 casual fee. (This helps cover Meetup fees). DISCLAIMER.
Please note that Katy as volunteer organiser of activities for Sydney Nature Journal Club is NOT responsible for the health or safety of members (or their guests) and therefore will not accept any liability for accidents or injuries or losses that may occur during Meetup events at any location. By attending a Sydney Nature Journal Club event members acknowledge that you accept ALL of the above. I look forward to seeing you there.

Pyrmont PhotoFUN Walk

August Meetup for the Sydney Nature Journal Club

Come along to our **August meetup for the Sydney Nature Journal Club**. Wattle Day is 1 August, we will explore this theme. This is a chance to connect, spend some time in nature and journal together. I will offer some guidance to start. After we can share journal pages and ideas. **What to bring:** Bring along sketchbooks/paper and your favourite drawing materials (pens, pencils, watercolour, acrylic, anything you have). I will have extra materials on the day if you want to explore other mediums. \*\*Where:\*\* TBC **Cost:** Suggested donation is $10 annual fee, $5 casual fee. (This helps cover Meetup fees). DISCLAIMER.
Please note that Katy as volunteer organiser of activities for Sydney Nature Journal Club is NOT responsible for the health or safety of members (or their guests) and therefore will not accept any liability for accidents or injuries or losses that may occur during Meetup events at any location. By attending a Sydney Nature Journal Club event members acknowledge that you accept ALL of the above. I look forward to seeing you there.

Houdini Day @ UTS

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a sign up page, you must visit the following link for event details and to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/houdini-day-uts-tickets-1991121795891?aff=oddtdtcreator Welcome to the very first **Houdini HIVE + Ignite Workshop Day at UTS**! Please join us for an exciting in-person gathering where creativity meets technology. Dive into the world of visual effects, animation, and more with industry professionals and experts. Select from one of our 4 hands-on workshops in the morning , then stay for our inspiring lineup of presenters in the afternoon as well as our expert discussion panel. Prizes and Swag sponsored by **SideFX.** * **Lab 1 Create Blue Mountains Landscapes, Mark Flanagan, RMIT University** *Attendees will look at setting up a USD workflow, with Solaris and RenderMan. From research to render... Building a Blue Mountains landscape from DEM data, working with Copernicus and Terrain tools, for adding detail and textures. Scattering trees, rocks and biome relevant assets. Finishing off with volumetric clouds and the signature blue haze which gives the area its name.* * **Lab 2 Learn to Animate with KineFX, Garrick Rawlingson, Floating Rock** *Ever wanted to animate in Houdini? Here’s your chance. Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn the fundamentals of animation by bringing the classic bouncing ball to life — and take it a step further by animating the cutest kiwi character.* * **Lab 3 Motion Graphics in LOPS, Matt Tillman, Pixel Ninja** *This hands on workshop guides participants through the process of building and rendering a short product-focused motion graphics sequence. Working from the ground up; starting with modelling the asset in SOPs, before blocking and assembling the sequence in Solaris and finally lighting and rendering with Karma XPU.* * **Lab 4 The Key to SOPs: Attributes, Fraser Shiers, ILM & Hipflask** *To wield Houdini's true power and potential, you need to master attributes — and that's exactly what you'll be doing here. In this beginner-friendly workshop, you'll unleash attributes to drive parameters and scatter and distribute geometry. You'll gain a solid understanding of how attributes work, and come away with production-proven tools and techniques for bending them to your will.*

Plant Doctors Monthly Workshop

**[Tickets](https://nautistudios.com.au/nauti-studios-event-sydney-glebe/p/sydneys-plant-doctors-monthly-workshop)**[ ](https://nautistudios.com.au/nauti-studios-event-sydney-glebe/p/sydneys-plant-doctors-monthly-workshop) The Plant Doctor and our little crew are passionately sharing the art of indoor house plant care, so that more people can have more greenery in their lives. Watching plants grow and thrive is such a rewarding experience (and stress-free once you know what you’re doing!) and plants are extremely good for our health and well-being. Plus, our workshops are experiences which keep on giving! You get to take home a beautiful plant creation which you can watch grow and thrive, as well as you and your loved ones learning knowledge, craft, and creativity skills that you can use for a lifetime. We hold our plant workshops once a month on a Sunday Tickets are bought here: **[Tickets](https://nautistudios.com.au/nauti-studios-event-sydney-glebe/p/sydneys-plant-doctors-monthly-workshop)**

Creative Picnic Lounge - explore new hobbies with new friends

Looking for a third space to hang around for free? 📍 Sydney Park This is an outdoor lounge for curious people to just simiply be. Connect through creative activities and board games. Come solo or with friends. Join us if you feel like making your Sunday a little more interesting. Creative station provides: * customised post card * origami paper * colouring book * sketching/colouring pens * stationary * Yarn, crochet, knitting * Tbc Join empty handed or bring a project you're working on. Optional: bring something to keep u warm, throw blanket etc. (No pressure if you're not feeling creative. They're only here to keep your hands busy)

Bobbin Head Loop / Sphinx Trail and Bobbin Head 10kms Ku-ring-gai.

Learn to Brew Coffee!

Anyone can brew delicious coffee! Especially after you come to this event :) This is the final episode of Sydney Coffee Educational Series and you don’t have to be an expert to attend. This is a beginner-friendly, shy-about-brewing-friendly, I-wanna-ask-your-opinion-on-what-equipment-to-buy-friendly and I-just-wanna-watch-friendly event. If you have a home filter setup that you want to troubleshoot bring it along!

West Ryde : Mondays @ The Y Bennelong Centre : Indoors : Walk in : No Bookings :

**JOIN US FOR A FUN MORNING OF INDOOR PICKLEBALL AT THE NEW $100 MILLION BENNELONG SPORTS CENTRE, WEST RYDE.** **ALL LEVELS INCLUDING BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME.** We have 12 INDOOR courts. **Please REGISTER AND PAY AT RECEPTION prior to entering the Pickleball courts area. Note: Cost is $10 for 3 hours.**

Parramatta Make New Friends

**Parramatta Make New Friends Social Meetup** is an Entertaining way to create plenty of friends to hang out with. It's not just about making friends; it's about creating life's adventures. Take a long breath and get out to meet up with new people. **With Make New Friends you can:** **🌟** Forge Friendship bonds that last a lifetime! 🤓 Find your geek tribe who have your Shared Interests! 🚀 Elevate your experiences with New Adventures and Networking! 💼 Discover exciting opportunities and internships! 💪 Surround yourself with a crew that lifts you up, provides support, inspiration, and shares in the journey of personal growth! **We meet every weekend at the Parramatta Leagues Club between 6 pm to 8 pm**. **Disclaimer:** This event is independently organised and is **not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Parramatta Leagues Club** in any way. The venue is publicly accessible, and all participants are responsible for their expenses related to food, drinks, or facility usage. We meet, interact, get to know each other, and have food or drinks for the first hour. This is followed by friendly games for example pool for the next one hour. **SUCCESS STORIES: Thanks to the Parramatta Make New Friends Social** **Meetup, we have established multiple close-knit groups of friends who regularly come together for outings, delightful home-cooked meals, dinners, and engaging friendly home games like Monopoly and Poker.** **Please note that this event is not intended for hook-up purposes.** If you are primarily seeking a hook-up, this may not be the right meetup for you. **P.S.** In order to ensure a balanced gender representation, we have set a limit of four attendees per event for guys (This may change as per requirements). This helps us create an environment that encourages a variety of participants, including girls and couples. **Preference will be given to our regular members.** **P.S.** If you are on the waiting list, please do not come unless you have the permission of the organizers. **P.S.** Please try not to cancel your RSVP at the very last hour or day. It becomes difficult for other people on the waitlist to come instead of you. Please be on time. If you are going to be late, inform the organizers. **P.S.** Our Members and Moderators are trying to build a Friendship Community. Anyone disrespecting others or increasing Negativity, hate speech, or spamming will be Blocked without warning. **P.S. There are no fees or any charges.** **P.S.** An Australian ID proof is required to get inside the Leagues Club. For international citizens, your Passport along with Australian address proof is required. There are no entry fees. **P.S.** The Parramatta Make New Friends Social Meetup Group members must be 18 Years old and over to place the RSVP and Join this group. **Sponsored:** ## **Get a Professional Website Starting from $800 per month.** **[Digital Marketing Company Sydney](https://digitalmarketingcompanysydney.com.au/)** provides Affordable [Website Design](https://digitalmarketingcompanysydney.com.au/website-design/), [SEO,](https://digitalmarketingcompanysydney.com.au/seo/) [Social Media Marketing](https://digitalmarketingcompanysydney.com.au/social-media-marketing/), [PPC](https://digitalmarketingcompanysydney.com.au/pay-per-click-ppc-marketing/), Content Writing, and Email Marketing services, all tailored to accelerate your business growth and enhance online visibility. ## **Struggling with Math?** **Sharpen your skills with [FREE practice tests](https://aussiemathtutor.com.au/practice-tests-math-topics) from [Aussie Math Tutor NSW](https://aussiemathtutor.com.au/)!** Master any topic & boost your confidence. #Math #Tutoring #NSW

OzBerry - IoT Makers @ Chatswood Library

**OzBerry – Saturday, July 25th, 2026** *Creator Space* **🌟 Kids' Group Session** 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM **🎉 General OzBerry (also happening alongside the kids' session)** 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM **🍽️ Lunch Break** 12:30 – 1:00 PM – Grab a bite and relax! **💬 General OzBerry Session** 1:00 PM 🕑 **2:00 PM – Open Chat** 🤝 **Quick “Get to Know You” (optional)** – a relaxed way to learn who’s great to chat with or go to for help. We’ll also have a short, open discussion about how we can make OzBerry even better. This could include: * Discussion about our next project - will it be an electronic organ or some other old DSE project - revamped ? * Exploring new topics - preparing for Science Week in August. Erik will be doing a BBC micro project. Discussion of Bring a friend along meeting. * Reminder that July meeting will be on the 25th instead of 18th of July. Our only date move this year. 🎨✨ **Show & Tell** Share what you’ve been working on—big or small! Then we’ll ease back into casual OzBerry hangouts and tinkering. 🧳 **4:00 PM – Wrap Up** Pack up, head home, maybe write a bit more code, and dream up something fun to share next time 🚀 ### What you don’t need * No prior experience required * No specific equipment required If you’ve got something to show off, teach, rant about, or demo — even a quick five-minute lightning talk — please tell me. I am really looking forward to catching up with everyone soon. I hope that you can make it - see you soon. Cheers Erik \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Thanks to Simon, we have a **Facebook** page for **OzBerry** https://www.facebook.com/share/yHsx3iKHAwkNkAHs/ Have you seen it yet ? If not why not ? For the next meeting we are starting at the usual time ... (10:00am-4:00pm) and I will appreciate some help as usual for the kids session in particular. I am really impressed with their Python and Pi skills and we hope to be able to keep up, and also introduce some new topics that work. I learn new things each week like how to debug "Scratch" Robots and how to get remote controls to work in the correct direction. If only I could learn to type as fast as these youngsters :) So please come and go as you like, and don't let me stop you ducking out for some lunch or coffee. If you have a child, It's easy to become a member of the library so that you can be issued with one of the kits. You need to see the library staff to book as well, as there is a limit of 10 because it gets too busy, crowded and noisy otherwise. So please book now to avoid disappointment. **Where - Chatswood Library.** Lower Ground, The Concourse, 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood 2067. Parking is usually difficult and I prefer to use the Train or Metro or just park all day near Beauchamp Park and walk a few blocks for exercise. The Metro may be down again, so it will pay to check if you will have a slow bus instead. If you like meeting up with all different experimenters and coders then please come along. Also consider bringing a project to build and discuss problems you are having with the group - we will most likely have someone in the group that will know how to help. OzBerry events encompass a wide range of Open Source Hardware and Software on many popular platforms, including but not limited to: Arduino, RaspberryPi, Beaglebone, Android and more… if it plugs in and is programmable then it's a good fit. We share ideas and help each other solve bugs and design issues that might otherwise be difficult on your own. We try to exhibit both hobby and professional projects each month. Beginners are always welcome, we often have beginner events running. If you are just curious or starting out, all you need is a laptop, we will get you started on one of Chatswood Libraries Raspberry Pi kits, with your library card. Or just come along and have a look, it's up to you. We can also shed some light on the ESP32, "Internet of Things" and LoRa. **Format** 6 hours of relaxed, unstructured collaboration and learning, come and go as you please. Help others or ask for help with your project. No pressure. But most importantly, remember to "Be excellent to each other" - https://github.com/OzBerry/code-of-conduct Share a micro talk. Get up and speak about your project (or another topic of interest) (optional). Please let Jamie, Simon or Erik know what you would like a tutorial on, or even better, volunteer to present something new. **What to Bring** We suggest a laptop at a minimum. Your project if you have one, or some hardware that you'd like to tinker with. If you are a member of the library or would like to join, there are various electronic devices you can borrow: mBots, Makey Makey, and a Droid Inventor and drumroll please ... Raspberry Pi's . You may like to join our discussion list, by sending a blank email to: ozberry+subscribe@googlegroups.com or join on the web: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ozberry * **Library Info** Children policy in the Library - children under the age of 11 should be supervised by someone over 18 at all times in the Library. [https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/About-us/Policies-and-Guidelines#section-8](https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/About-us/Policies-and-Guidelines#section-8) Thank you, we hope to see you soon. Erik