# Good times are coming

Looking forward to next weekend already. In just over a week Web Directions South, the major Australian Web development conference, kicks of with 2-day workshops and a 2-day conference at the Sydney Expo in Darling Harbour.

The traditional [Port80](http://www.port80.asn.au/ "Port 80") pre-Web Directions South (night before the conference) drinks are on again on September 24th, 6.30pm at the Harlequin Inn, with a sponsored bar-tab (thanks Clever Starfish, Radharc and [Free Australia Wireless](http://www.freeaustraliawireless.com "Free Australia Wireless")):

[Harlequin Inn](http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Harris+and+Union+Sts,,+Pyrmont&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=60.04724,78.75&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.8685,151.19521&spn=0.006993,0.009613&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-33.869709,151.19393&panoid=eTFiBFVxXROiYDZCleRChA&cbp=1 "Google Maps")  
Cnr Harris & Union Streets  
Pyrmont NSW 2009

After a 12 month hiatus, [Webjam](http://webjam.com.au/ "Webjam") v8 is back for a splendid night of quick-fire presentations of new, innovative web projects, September 25th, the first evening of the WDS conference. If you haven't registered yet, [do it now](http://webjam.com.au/session/new?return_to=%2Fwebjam8%2Frsvp "Register for Webjam"), 'cause places are limited and sure to fill up quickly! And while you're at it, why not register to pimp your project! Upstairs at [Bar Broadway](http://barbroadway.com.au/) at 7:30pm.

[Bar Broadway](http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bar+broadway&sll=-33.867139,151.207114&sspn=0.045113,0.079308&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.880125,151.201122&spn=0.010813,0.019827&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-33.884118,151.202273&panoid=OKmQ4lfMmf6sFZMknijaMg&cbp=1,238.83303241902092,,0,-3.5751982111664296 "Google Maps")  
Cnr Broadway & Regent Streets  
Ultimo NSW 2007

And Web Directions' closing night party September 26th, over two big floors, from 5.30 till late, at the Shelbourne Hotel

But first, next weekend, right before Web Directions South, [Oz-IA](http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/), Australia's Information Architecture conference, takes place at the Stamford Plaza in Double Bay.

In October [SANS](http://www.sans.org/sydney08/ "SANS in Sydney") is in town again, with some great security training opportunities.

And end of November, the weekend of 29/30, the [RuxCon](http://www.ruxcon.org.au/ "RuxCon") conference is back on in Sydney (UTS), while at the same time in Lilyfield's The Red Box we have [WordCamp](http://wordcamp.com.au/ "WordCamp") on, a WordPress conference. Choices, choices, choices.

Good times!