#Twums Turns One Next Month

Normally I talk tech subjects, but today I remember I'm also into social media.

What's more social media-oriented than a Twitter tweetup?

Here in Melbourne, one of the premier tweetups is #twums, also known as Tweetupmellers.  This began as the brainchild of local identity Sam Mutimer.

The first Tweetupmellers was held in late-April 2009 at a nice little pub right down the end of Chapel Street Windsor, then moved further up the road the following month to the appropriately-named bar The Social.

A few of us knew each other online already, especially from the period of the Victorian bushfires when most of us had been doing something to help with our tweeting.  Others having used Twitter since it started already knew each other from various things they did in the tech field.

That first Tweetupmellers was attended by a few people who've gone on to be #twums regulars the whole way through.

Let's give a roll-call of those who've been #twums stalwarts.  @mr_billiam, @ttam, @sammutimer, @philleahy, @kirsty_wilson, @AKAVirtualPA, @Day2DayPA, @trevoryoung, @KimberleyL, @jadecraven, @sarahprout, @BraQueen, @neilcreek, @problogger, @wonderwebby, @AliVosbergen, @enspired, @drwarwick and many others.  Oh, and some guy called @geehall1...

Actually, if I've left anyone out, please remind me in the comments and I'll add you into the roll call.

We also get #twums twirgins, first-timers too.

There's even a #twums media crew.  Photos by @mr_billiam, @jadecraven and myself are posted to the Tweetupmellers group page on Flickr with @neilcreek adding some really great group photos.  I handle the video component and the majority of my vblog episodes are  #twums interviews.

Anyway, next month, April 2010, will be the anniversary edition of #twums, our big first birthday.  So start marking this down on your Melbourne social media calendar.  Keep an eye on the #twums page over the next few weeks and RSVP via the attendance page.  It's going to be quite an event as Twums turns one year old.

Come on and join us on for the occasion.

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Out The Back of Kinglake West Hall...Six Months After Black Saturday

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The Hall at Kinglake West is very intact, with no sign of damage from February's fires, sitting only a hundred metres or so from the local CFA. However, if you go out the back and look over to the left side, the trees tell an important story. Just how close things came.

On the other hand, so much green grass spring up shows how things are slowly, surely, returning back a bit closer to normal in the region.

Just Near The Kinglake Diner

The Diner itself and the shop next to it are intact, but these trees show how close things were during the February bushfires.

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Classic Car Meet Kinglake

Life goes on and there's still social outings in Kinglake. This is a meet occuring outside Kinglake's National Park Hotel.

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Kinglake West Six Months After Black Saturday

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