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• Er... wrong date (Score:2)

  by cog (4665)

  Departing from Melbourne on the 13th :-)
• Great conference - great country. (Score:1)

  by Abigail (26)

  As part of our honeymoon, I attended the first OSDC in Melbourne. It was quite a nice conference, and I enjoyed the fact that it was more than Perl. I saw several enjoyable talks by non-Perl people.

  As for things to see, we drove down from Cairns (covering a distance of about 6500 km) - but we had a month instead of 10 days.

  I haven't seen much of Melbourne myself, but Jetta did the partner program of the conference (as the only partner.... I wonder whether they've done last year, or whether they'll do o
  • Re: (Score:2)

    by cog (4665)

    Speaking of taking a plane, I considered the possibility of also visiting New Zealand but, for some strange reason, a flight from Melbourne to Wellington is more expensive than a flight from Lisbon to Melbourne (and back again, for both).
• Hostel in Melbourne (Score:1)

  by reneeb (6493)

  Hi cog, if you want to stay in a backpackers, I would recommend the "Green House" [friendlygroup.com.au]. It's a nice backpackers and it's near to the Flinders Street Station from which you have good train connections to the university. And it's next to the city center.
  
  I stayed there at last year's OSDC and I enjoyed it!
  
  How long do you stay in Australia?
  • Re: (Score:2)

    by cog (4665)

    I'm arriving on a Monday and departing Thursday of the week after. Considering I'll spend 4 days in the conference, I'll have 5 days for myself there, plus the day of the departure (I don't know whether I'm leaving in the morning or in the afternoon).