The GSPA’s Grand Event for 2013 – Exhibition, Ball, and Theatre of Diplomatic Intrigue. Set in the Vice-Regal magnificence of the Government House Ballroom, this promises to be an Evening to Remember. Remember, that is, if you and your Nation survive the jostling for power…

Aviatrixes, Flaneurs, Explorers, Inventors, Raconteurs, Victorian Goths, Diesel punks, Tea Merchants, Aether Telecommunications Specialists, Languid Limbed Edwardian Ennui-ists, Gruff Georgian Real Admirals, Sellers of Moustache Wax and Ladies Unmentionables… come one, come all!

ARTISTS – If you are a Merchant of Artisanal Themed Wares, and would like to have a stall in the Great Exhibition Hall, please contact Tara Surry <tara AT vellocet.com>.

VENDORS – Likewise, if you are an Artiste or Craftsman wanting to display your latest Aether Chromatographs or Gadgets of Indeterminate Function, write to Jenna Downing <ifoundsomecheese AT gmail.com>.

Entertainments, Amuse Oreilles et Yeux, etc….

• Belleville Quartet http://www.facebook.com/BellevilleQuartet
• DJs Gigavolt & King Owl (upstairs) and SpiniFX (downstairs)
• Roving Entertainers
• Panto-level amateur theatrics a-go-go.
• Panda Action!
• And much more!!

TICKETS: $50 (+$5 fee), from Greentix: http://inticketing.greentix.com.au/events/308594. A limited number of group tickets of 4 or more can be purchased directly by contacting SKoT: <skot AT vellocet.com>. NO DOOR SALES.

Pics of the ballroom here: http://www.govhouse.wa.gov.au/online-gallery/ballroom.html

The Event will be licensed, but just-under-18s can attend with a Legal Guardian. The event is not suitable for children, however, as it goes past their bedtime. Lewd acts of Ankle Reveallage may be performed.

MERCHANTS and ARTISANS attending include Steel Hip Design |  Inkmouse Design | Markntime Jewellery | Beyond The Trapdoor | The Green Ray Emporium | Aerial Artistries | Doctor Sprockets | Robert Muir Old & Rare Books | Trading Treasures | Skullduggery by Clay

We are pleased to have SIPSMITH as our Gin sponsor for the evening! We’ll have GnTs with one of their exports on hand to tell you the story of how Sipsmith fired the first copper distillery in London since Hogarth’s “Gin Lane”…

To stay informed via Facebook, please visit the [Facebook Event Page].

Join the Dr Sketchy’s and GSPA crew drawing our Steampunk models and then electro-swinging with our DJs afterwards, swigging our way through many a cucumber-laced GnT!

Marvel at Steam Ostrich, Aeroplane parts, Curious Contraptions and Oddities. Take our Steampunk Quiz, take a Squiz at the Zeppelin Gallery. Games and Set Pieces throughout!

$15 from the door at The Bakery on James Street, Northbridge, doors open 6:30 for drawing, and around 9 we’ll kick our heels up.

In conjunction with Dr Sketchy, Artrage, The Artifactory, Dark Nouveau – and of course us, the GSPA.

Dr Sketchy’s event on Facebook

Our Jules-Vernian Underground Immersive Theatre Spectacular at Yanchep National Park’s Cabaret Cave was a resounding success! Over 100 ardent Steampunks (many of whom stayed overnight at Yanchep Inn) braved Troglodytes, hammy over-acting stuffed with Pantomime Cheese, Interpretive Mushroom Dance, Feats Of Strength and Fire, Outrageous Props (the final battle between a giant lizard made of garbage bags versus Steam Ostrich) for an evening of much hilarity, dancing, and costume/gadget comparing.

Click here to see VJZoo’s photos on Flickr.

We have many hundreds more, and video as well coming – many have been “rush” posted on our facebook page already, pending final curatorial selection and editing.

Thanks to EVERYONE who put in such a huge effort to make this speleological spectacular a night and adventure to remember! Special thanks to our organizing committee and performers, all of whom volunteered their time and efforts.

A gallery of photos taken by Guang-Hui Chuan during the event:

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Posters:

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Thanks to….

Jenna Downing* (“Faerie Fungus Charmer”, props), Kai Rigby* (“Captured Human”), Tara Surry* (“The Lady Of the Book”), Tully Jagoe* (DJ), Gryphen Jagoe (DJ), The Jagoe’s Dad (“Professor Fossils”), Kat Black* & Jasper Cooke* aka VJZoo (VJs), SKoT McDonald* (“Dr Vellocet”, props, event director), Michel Ludwig* (“Trog Captain”, props), Ivan Tolj (poster graphics),  Jon Madd (“Maddigician/Trog King”), Nikki Mauri (“Trog Queen”),  Renne Pilkington (“Strong Lady”, Stage Manager), Zoe Gypsy (“Wings”), Guang-Hui Chuan (photography), Joel Coulson (photography). [* GSPA committee]

Salutations to all our brave explorers of the Underground Realm!

Hereforth find Navigational Charts for your Aether-Zeppelin, Horseless Steam-carriage, or any other implausible transportation contraption by which you will arrive. MAPs of how to Journey from the Centre of Perth-Upon-Swan, and a detailed map of the Estate Grounds of the Arch-Duchy of Yanchep follow, with itemized instructions.

The Duke’s rustic summer palace, “Yanchep Inn” will serve as our base of operations during the afternoon, during which we hope to indulge in a little croquet upon the lawn from 3pm onwards. At 6pm we will start Registration of Expedition Members at the Inn, and the Shuttle Carriage to the Diggings will depart every 10 minutes between 6:30 and 7:00pm.

Your Immersive Theatre show starts strictly at 7pm, please do not dally, lest you become Confused by the plot arcs, or miss out on becoming Pleasantly Addled by our selection of restorative refreshments and provisions.

Latecomers can station their horses 100m from the cave in a carriage-park near the Cave. If you intend coming after 7pm, please inform the GSPA so we know to keep watch for you, as there have been sightings of Troglodytes even above ground after dark, the precocious brutes.

Travel time from the Freeway Interchange to Yanchep Inn is approximately 45 minutes (Freeway-Wanneroo Rd route), or an hour if you brave the endless new housing developments along the coastal route – the street signs at the end of the freeway suggest going to Yanchep that way. Don’t. The national park is reached in a far more expeditious manner going inland on Wanneroo Rd.

If you still need to get a ticket, you have until THURSDAY 26th April!!!

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The Ultimate Underground Steampunk Event – Journey From The Centre Of The Perth – takes place in the fabulous Cabaret Cave at Yanchep National Park for an evening of immersive theatre and speleological adventure. Dining provisions and all restorative liquids are included.

Adorn yourself in your least practical but most glamorous Victorian Finery for Flanuering ! Strap on One’s Utility-Braces, loaded with geological tools and Low-light-level Aether-boosted Brass Goggles as we descend into the Unknown Realms of the Troglodytes…. Marvel at Caverns filled with Prehistoric Wonders… Travel by Ingenious Tunnelling Machine… and prepare for possible encounters with Denizens of the Upper Mantle (our safety will be ensured by the Queen’s Own 167th Historical-Revisionist Tunnelling Hussars – enlist now!).

Capacity is limited by geology to a mere 170 gentle-persons – don’t delay, and find yourself exclaiming “Egad, I missed out the bally thing!!” Accommodation available at Yanchep Inn, free shuttle bus to/from resorts in Yanchep. For more information on accommodation and transport, stay tuned to www.thegreatsteampunkaffaire.com.

Tickets are $120 from Greentix: http://www.greentix.com.au/events/197549

“Like” us and the event on Facebook to stay in touch….

Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/135564409894378

GSPA: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-Steampunk-Affaire-Events/116217411797273

GSPA#1: Science – The Inaugural Great Steampunk Affaire ball was held at Scitech, 30 July 2011. 350 of Perth’s most gadgetted, corsetted, top-hatted and be-gogglededed finest dressers promenaded amongst a feast of Science, Art, Music and much more. Explorers swapped notes and maps with Aviatrixes over High Tea; Railway Industrialists and Colonial Functionaries hunted exotic wild beasts; crinolined and gloved Ladies were Properly Introduced to cravatted gentlemen. A fabulously rich display of invention, creativity, and workmanship; and a firm basis for future events!

See all the lovely outfits and gadgets in the galleries section : Galleries

Or check out the events group on facebook and like us for updates on future events and the full set of photos from the night : Facebook.

Launching with our inaugural event “The Great Steampunk Affair #1 :Science!” At scitech, we are proud to announce the release of the main website for your viewing pleasure. We are pleased to be one of the first steampunk based Affair organizational groups in Perth. We will be dedicating ourselves to putting the steam in your furnace and the tea in your fine china cup! Feel free to browse around, make comments and suggestions and do tell all your friends, and possibly dressing up inclined close pets, about our upcoming events! We look forward to seeing you there!

Event #1: Perth Steampunk hits Scitech, to Marvel at the Wonders Of The Age. Calling all Inventors, Dandies, Genteel Ladies and Aviatrixes…

July 30th! 8pm till midnight! At Scitech with access to all displays and goodies!

Period Themed Cocktails, Tea, Gawking at Science, Entertainments, Stimulating Lectures, Gawking at Art, Moral Improvement, Glories Of Empire, and, naturally, Zeppelins. Gramophone Technicians will play pleasing melodies and ditties using their marvellous sound-regeneration devices.

There will be :

* Access to all scitechs displays and features! Fun to be had, explore your inner science child.
* A scitech electricity show. This is not to be missed, it’s awe inspiring.
* Shows and vendor stalls, gawk at the talents Perth has to offer! Go crazy with your retail therapy.
* Snacks and tea in fancy cups! (the tea not the snacks)
* Some themed punches for one and all.

Strict over-dressed code: Neo Victoriana / Diesel Punk / Steam Punk / Jules Verne / Raygun Gothic / 90′s cabaret (1890s, that is). Top Hats must be at least 20cm to gain entry. Parasols must contain at least 10% lace. (read  as “no street clothes please, anything remotely appropriate is ok”)

Competitions: Best Dressed Lady, Best Dressed Gentleman, Best Gadget, Most Ridiculous Gadget, Most Gadgets Per Costume, Greatest Number of Lacings-Up, Best Explorer/Big Game Hunter, Best Inventor/Scientist, Best Attendee Of Numerous Soirees, Best Attendee of Numerous Salons, Most Imperial Bearing/Grandest Mustache, Most Fabulous Corset/Bustle.

Event will have limited alcoholic punches available.

Tickets go on sale June 3rd, price $45, from ticketek.com or in person from “Beyond the Trap door” in Subiaco, While you’re there why not pick up some exciting clothes and accessories for the event!?

Ticket price will include Tea, Snacks, Entertainments and Entry; Amount of freebies inclusion will scale with attendee count – so the more the merrier!

Tickets on sale at ticketek! http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=GREATSTE11 and Beyond the Trap door

Find us on On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188624647858527