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LCA moves to a new venue
The venue for linux.conf.au, starting January 24 in Brisbane, has
been moved to the Kelvin Grove campus of the Queensland University of
Technology - a shift of about 4km. The current recommendation
seems to be that attendees should keep their current hotel reservations and use
the bus service to get to the venue. "We do ask you to be patient as
we work through all the logistics - but the conference will go ahead and no
miniconfs or conference streams will be canceled." One only hopes
that the organizers have planned a big party after the event; they will
certainly have earned it.
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LCA moves to a new venue Posted Jan 19, 2011 1:48 UTC (Wed) by PaulWay (✭ supporter ✭, #45600) [Link]
Kelvin Grove is very close to the city, well served by buses, and a nice campus. I'd advise anyone that's staying in a hotel in the city to stay where they're booked and catch public transport or carpool.
There's a new shopping area just next to the campus (http://goo.gl/8INi9) with what look like loads of good restaurants with great reviews and reasonable prices. Also, close by you have Red Hill, Paddington, Newmarket and Windsor all teeming with places to eat and drink - as well as the city. They'll still be a bus or car ride away, but that can't be changed by changing hotels anyway.
Hope this helps,
Paul
LCA moves to a new venue Posted Jan 19, 2011 9:16 UTC (Wed) by nicku (subscriber, #777) [Link] They'll still be a bus or car ride away...or a bicycle ride away. My bicycle is flying with me to Brisbane.
LCA moves to a new venue Posted Jan 19, 2011 18:25 UTC (Wed) by zonker (subscriber, #7867) [Link]
Bummed that I won't be able to attend LCA this year (for flood un-related reasons) but the fact that the organizers are on top of this and soldiering on is no surprise. LCA has consistently been one of the best confs around, and I hope the attendees show lots of appreciation for how far above and beyond the organizers are now going. If it weren't for the rather pricey plane ticket, I'd never miss an LCA...
LCA moves to a new venue Posted Jan 19, 2011 21:37 UTC (Wed) by PaulWay (✭ supporter ✭, #45600) [Link]
Man, I think you've left your run a little late but http://sendzonkertolca.org is still available... ;-)
Have fun,
Paul
LCA moves to a new venue Posted Jan 19, 2011 22:47 UTC (Wed) by csamuel (✭ supporter ✭, #2624) [Link]
Please note that Pia Waugh has put up a page for people who are attending LCA who wish to assist in some way with the flood relief there:
http://conf.linux.org.au/wiki/Floods
They would like volunteers to sign up on that wiki page - currently there are only 5 people listed. :-(
Sadly I'm not going to be at LCA, otherwise my name would be there..
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