JD> 20 some years ago, there were those kind of groups. Even the ham radio JD> clubs are slowly waning.
Not down here, we still have 2 Linux groups in our state here. Melbourne Linux Users Group and Linux Users Victoria.
Also, there is Melbourne Wireless (a hobbyist group build a metro wide wifi network), and the oldest of them all - APANA - the Australian Public Access Network Association, a hobbyist networking group. Once, a cheap source of Internet access, now a useful means to obtain IP tunnels and experiment with networking infrastructure.
As for ham radio clubs, they go in cycles, but there are several significant clubs down in Melbourne, and the local club here is working on modernising its image, broadening into more general electronics, even cycling (the "Pedal Radio Group"), and getting involved in community events, providing communications, their latest work being comms for a local marathon carnival. I didn't help, only because I was competing in a relay event that was part of the day! :)
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