Hello Rabblers!

We are currently on look out for two more speakers to join an amazing lineup at our upcoming rabble hosted in collarboration with LOCATE26. If you are interested please get in contact with us at georabblemelbourne@gmail.com.

On the night you will here from:

Justin Fail: “How to interact with your Utility Network schematically, outside of esri software, and fast!”

Johan Nel: “Moving Your Utility Data After a Cadastral Shift: A Case Study”.

Sylvia Niderla: “Mapping the Game – Soccer Analytics in Action”

Book your FREE ticket here: https://www.trybooking.com/DQKNG

Tickets are now live for GeoRabble Sydney × GIS Day 2026!

We’re bringing GeoRabble to Parramatta for the first time on Wednesday, 18 November, taking over the General Bourke for a night of short talks, geo stories, good conversations and the usual rabble.

And because our sponsors make it possible, GeoRabble remains completely FREE to attend.

Get your free ticket here

Even though it’s free, please grab a ticket if you’re coming. Registrations help us work out catering, drinks and logistics so we can spend less time counting pizzas and more time talking maps.

A huge thanks to GIS Jobs for sponsoring the event and helping us keep GeoRabble free for the community.

We still need more rabble!

Speakers: Got an interesting, clever, useful, disastrous or downright weird geo story? We want to hear it.

Sponsors: Want to help us make the first Parramatta GeoRabble a cracker? We’d love to have a chat.

Drop us a line at info@georabble.org.

Wednesday, 18 November 2026
General Bourke, 74 Church St, Parramatta

Grab your ticket, grab your geo mates and we’ll see you in Parra.

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Save the date: Wednesday, 18 November 2026

We’ve got some exciting news for the Sydney geo community. For the first time, GeoRabble is heading west to Parramatta!

And we couldn’t think of a better day to do it.

We’ll be getting the rabble together on Wednesday, 18 November, GIS Day 2026, for another evening celebrating the people, ideas and stories that make our geo community what it is.

This time we’re taking over the General Bourke at 74 Church St, Parramatta, for an evening of short talks, interesting ideas, good conversations and, of course, a few drinks with Sydney’s geo community.

First time in Parramatta

GeoRabble has always been about bringing the spatial community together. People from government, industry, consulting, academia and everywhere in between, sharing what they’re working on, what they’ve learned and occasionally what went spectacularly wrong.

Taking GeoRabble to Parramatta gives us an opportunity to bring that community to a new part of Sydney and hopefully meet plenty of new faces along the way.

Whether you’re a GIS professional, surveyor, developer, cartographer, data person, researcher, student or someone who simply thinks maps are pretty cool, you’re part of the rabble.

Have a geo story? We want to hear it.

A GeoRabble isn’t much of a rabble without people willing to get up and tell a story.

So we’re putting the call out for speakers.

You don’t need a polished conference presentation or a corporate slide deck. In fact, we’d rather you didn’t have one.

We’re interested in geo stories of all kinds. Something you’ve built. Something you’ve discovered. A project that went brilliantly. One that didn’t. An unusual dataset. A great map. GeoAI experiments. Drones. Surveying. Open data. Spatial analysis. Weird geography. Or an idea that simply made you look at the world differently.

If it’s geo-related and you’ve got a story worth sharing, we’d love to hear it.

Send your idea to info@georabble.org.

Thanks to GIS Jobs

We’re delighted to have GIS Jobs sponsoring GeoRabble Parramatta and supporting the local geospatial community.

Sponsors play an important role in helping GeoRabble remain accessible, informal and community-focused, covering the things that make these nights possible while letting the rabble get on with what it does best: sharing stories, meeting people and talking geo.

We’re also looking for additional sponsors to join GIS Jobs in supporting our first Parramatta event.

If your organisation would like to get behind the local geo community and help us put on a great night, contact info@georabble.org.

Save the date

📅 Wednesday, 18 November 2026 | GIS Day
📍 General Bourke
74 Church St, Parramatta NSW 2150

Proudly sponsored by GIS Jobs

Registrations, speakers and more details will be announced soon.

For now, put it in the calendar, tell your geo mates and start thinking about the story you could bring to the rabble.

See you in Parra! 🍻🗺️

🔗 Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/DQKNG

We’re collaborating with LOCATE26, in the same tradition we know and love: drinks, friends and an amazing lineup of speakers from the geospatial community.

📅 Tuesday, 24th November 2026
📍 Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Center (MCEC)
1 Convention Place, South Wharf, VIC
⏰ 5:45 pm start for the Rabble, but come early to check out the Free Locate Exhibition Showcase that is on from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Any questions please contact us at georabblemelbourne@gmail.com

Stay tuned for our line-up of speakers!

Hello Rabblers!

Melbourne Georabble is excited to be collaborating with LOCATE26 for our upcoming rabble at 5:45 pm on November 24th at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Center!

We’re currently on the lookout for speakers! If you are interested in sharing your research, projects, or an innovative application of geospatial technology reach out to us at georabblemelbourne@gmail.com

Wollongong has always had a strong local spatial community and GeoRabble was built from the ground up to bring everyone together to share their adventures in all thing geo.

So on Wed Sept the 9^th we will gather together at Five Barrels Brewery in Wollongong to celebrate, laugh, share frustrations and swap stories.

If you have a story you want to share please don’t hesitate, everyone is there to support each other so direct message us or email at info@georabble.org and we will lock you in.

We are also looking for sponsors to cover expenses on the night so if you want to support the local community reach out and lets show the local Wollongong community you care.

🚨Are you a geospatial enthusiast based in Adelaide?🚨 
Do you have an exciting project, story or idea you would like to share with the wider spatial community?

We are taking abstract submissions ahead of the Adelaide GeoRabble on August 6th. 

Simply email your idea to info@georabble.org with a few dot points about who you are and what you would like to present. 

A short list of 3-4 presentations will be selected to present on the night!
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This event will take place on the evening before Spatial Information Day.
Date: Thursday, August 6th, 2026
Location: Cathedral Hotel, North Adelaide (upstairs)
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm, with presentations starting at 6:30pm.

In keeping with the GeoRabble Spirit, there are a few simple rules:

-Celebrate each others’ triumphs

-Respect each others’ choice – no technology bigotry

-No sales pitches – this includes services, software, data etc.

-No mention of companies, logos or ‘about us’ slides

-Keep it short – 5-10 minutes per talk

If you have any questions, please get in touch via info@georabble.org

Have you grabbed your ticket yet?

Please note there’s been a slight change to the event start time.

📅 Thursday, 14 May 2026

📍 Quarterhouse, Docklands

⏰ From 6:00 PM onwards

🔗 Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/DLSBE

A huge thank you to our sponsor, Outline Global, for supporting the event.

We’re also excited to have an incredible lineup of speakers presenting on the night:

• Teleri Holton – “Palaeo-environmental summary: 40,000 years of coastal change”

• Rob Sisterson – “GIS & Public Art”

• Michael Studdert – “Safety Rating for Pedestrian Directions”

• Amelia Travers – “From civil engineering to emergency response – the value of geospatial skills”

Thank you to these amazing people for volunteering to share their presentation with the geospatial community.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there for another great GeoRabble Melbourne night!

We’re officially live! 🎉
Tickets for GeoRabble Melbourne are now available – and yes as always, they’re free!

📅 Thursday, 14th May 2026
📍 Quarterhouse, Docklands
⏰ 5:30 PM onwards
🔗 Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/DLSBE

Thank you to Outline Global for sponsoring us!!

We’ve got an amazing lineup of speakers from the spatial community ready to share their stories — full details to be announced soon.
Expect a fun night of drinks, networking, and good ol’ spatial rabble.
Lock in your spot and spread the word!