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Jewellers can hire a desk in our workshop to make or finish off their own pieces. This workshop is self run, you need to attend a health and safety induction before working daily unattended. Basic jewellery making tools are provided and some consumables such as flux, borax, tumbling polish, lathe polish and some drill bits. Aprons and safety glasses are provided, tie up loose hair, wear enclosed shoes. Please email claw.creative.studios@gmail.com for any questions or inquiries. Clara Carija, Director CLAW CREATIVE.

🌴 MONDAY SALSA & SIP New weekly Latin Monday nights at West Beach Pavilion, St Kilda — right on the beach! ✨LAUNCH NIGHT – THIS MONDAY 8th JUNE 🌊 🎉King’s Birthday Public Holiday ✨ Join us at West Beach Pavilion for the launch of Salsa & Sip Mondays. Enjoy an evening of Salsa dancing and Latin fun, with stunning beachfront water and breath taking sunset views. 🍹 Learn Salsa, dance, sip, socialise and kick off your week with a taste of Latin sabor! Everyone welcome! No partner or dance experience needed. Stay after class and mingle and join us for the after Latin party. Playing the best Salsa, Bachata & Latin, mixed with good vibes in a friendly, welcoming environment! 📅 When: LAUNCH NIGHT – Monday 8th June 2026 6:00–7:00pm: Beginner Salsa Class 💃🕺 Perfect for Beginners of all levels – Learn from an instructor with over 18 years of experience 💵 Cost: $29 Includes Salsa class plus your first Drink 👇 Secure your class spot Contact (03) 9593 8833 7.15pm – After Social is FREE! King’s Birthday Public Holiday = Dance, relaxation and fun! 😎 Bring your friends, meet new ones! Let’s make Mondays the new Fridays! 🔥 See you on the dance floor!! 🕺💃✨ At: 📍 West Beach Pavilion, 330A Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda Beachfront

**Urban Climb Blackburn** Never climbed before? No worries at all! You're very welcome here! Just complete a quick safety induction when you arrive and the staff will walk you through everything you need to know to climb safely indoors. It's easy, friendly, and won't take long. The venue has plenty to enjoy, including a bouldering cave, speed wall, sauna facilities, and sparkling water to keep you going. This group is primarily focused on rope climbing, top roping and lead climbing, but if you'd prefer to stick to bouldering while you find your feet, that's absolutely fine too! Many of our members have their lead pass and gear, but there's no pressure at all. **Finding us:** If you arrive on time, look for us gathered around the couches in the bouldering area. We're a friendly bunch, so just come and say hi! Running a little late? No stress, just let the staff up the front know you're with the Climb Meetup group and they'll make an announcement. Someone will come and find you and introduce you around. A few of our regulars also wear a black shirt with the old logo, so keep an eye out for those. **A note on numbers:** The meetup runs every Monday and many regular members come along independently without RSVPing through the group, so the crowd is often bigger than it looks on the attendee list! If you're ever unsure whether people will be there or worried it might be a tiny group, feel free to drop the organisers a message beforehand and we'll put your mind at ease. **Fees:** Entry is paid directly to Urban Climb. You can find current pricing at [urbanclimb.com.au/pricing](https://urbanclimb.com.au/pricing/). If you hold a climbing membership elsewhere, it's worth checking your member benefits as you may be eligible for a discount. For venue info and the first-time waiver, visit [urbanclimb.com.au/locations/blackburn](https://urbanclimb.com.au/locations/blackburn/). **Stay connected:** We also have a facebook group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/663576119053808](https://www.facebook.com/groups/663576119053808) with a chat function; a great way to connect with members before or after a session!

As part of Rainbow Social's Sober events, we head down south. Make a $5 contribution to Rainbow Social Here: [$5 contribution ](https://www.trybooking.com/DMLGO) Meeting at Brighton Beach Foreshore Reserve, Corner of Beach Rd and South Rd at 10:30am, starting walk around 11am. **Communication:** Posted in event comments Emails from Meet Up (check Spam) Try booking emails This is on a Monday (public holiday) The walk: Brighton Beach - Sandringham Rock Wall 10:30am: Meeting at Foreshore Reserve 11am: Starting walk 11:50am: Reach Rock Wall 12pm: Lunch break 12:45pm make way back to Brighton 1:30pm: Reach Brighton Beach 2pm: Goodbye Dogs also welcomed. This will be a steady pace, if walking long distance is difficult, meet at Rockwall for lunch.

🛸🛸 **The Hitchhiker's guide to redundancy: a 'mostly harmless' manual for surviving the professional void** 🛸🛸 What do you do when your career is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a corporate bypass? Too many professionals treat redundancy like the end of the universe, spiralling into the bureaucratic nebula of unemployment without a map. This session chronicles a six-month odyssey through the unknown, transforming a vulnerable period of professional upheaval into a practical, comedic survival guide. **What you’ll hear:** ✨ **How not to panic:** How to steady your ship when the corporate ground disappears beneath you ✨ **What to pack:** Cultivating the core resilience and mindsets needed to navigate sudden career transitions ✨ **Deploying your networking Babel Fish:** Translating your experience into a language the market actually understands ✨ **Navigating the bureaucratic nebula:** Managing the identity shift, the job search logistics, and the administrative void without losing your sanity ✨ **Embarking on your next chapter:** Turning an unexpected full stop into a launching pad for a career that actually fits your trajectory As long as you're packing resilience to brace the knocks (and your sense of humour), you’ll never truly be lost in space. A vulnerable, funny, and no-BS roadmap to surviving the void and finding your way back to solid ground. **👍🏼 The Speaker** ✨ **Alex Clarke** is a Product and UX designer with over 8 years of experience, who after spending years building a successful professional track record, found himself facing the ultimate corporate plot twist: sudden redundancy. Alex’s story is a highly common and relevant reality for many professionals today, as organisations face mounting economic pressures to cut costs and restructure. Alex speaks candidly, sharing raw, hilarious and deeply practical truths about what it takes to pivot after a setback. By turning his own unexpected transition into a survival guide for the current job market, Alex proves that losing a job doesn't mean losing your direction. Alex’s story has a happy ending too- as he’s happily found a new job as an Incubation Designer for Coles. Down, down, prices are down. Please. 🙏 📌 **The details:** * **Date:** 6 pm, 11 June * **Host:** Melbourne Design Thinking Meetup * **Special Guests:** Alex Clarke * **Refreshments included:** Pizza and fizz!

Come join us and practise public speaking! All levels are welcome. Take the first step to overcome your fears, build confidence and learn to speak with impact in a friendly, supportive and encouraging environment. Start you public speaking journey with us now to improve your communications skills and elevate all aspects of your life. Please arrive 10 minutes early so we can settle everyone in for a 5.30pm start. See you soon!

## 🔥🧊 **THE LUX AFFAIR – Fire & Ice Bachata Saturday!** 🧊🔥 Bachateros! Get ready for The Lux Affair: Fire & Ice—a night of premium vibes, sleek style, and an incredible community atmosphere. 📍 **THE QUICK DETAILS** 📅 **Date:** Saturday, June 13th 📍 **Location:** Sokol Melbourne (497 Queensberry St, North Melbourne) 👗 **Dress Code:** Guys in Blue (Ice), Ladies in Red (Fire) 💙❤️ 🎶 **Music:** 70% Bachata \| 30% Salsa \| Kizomba & Zouk ⏰ **THE SCHEDULE** **8:00 PM:** Bachata Workshop (Open Level) – Sharpen your style! **9:00 PM:** Social Dancing begins 💃🕺 **10:30 PM:** 🔥 **SPECIAL PERFORMANCE!** 🔥 Don't miss the heat on stage! **1:00 AM:** Close 💰 **PRICING** (Save $$ Online) * **Workshop + Social:** $18 Online / $22 Door * **Social Only:** $14 Online / $18 Door 👉 https://www.trybooking.com/DMDTZ Everyone is welcome! Whether you’re a total beginner or a pro, come experience the best connection in Melbourne. ✨ **RSVP now—let’s turn the floor into Fire & Ice!** ✨ ✨ **OUR CONEXION & COMMUNITY** We pride ourselves on a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment. To keep the energy positive for everyone, we follow a Code of Conduct and reserve the right to ensure all guests contribute to a respectful dance floor. See you in **Blue & Red**! 💃✨

We are moving to a new platform and will be only running the new platform in 2025. please signup here: [https://www.downtomeet.com/Melbourne-Writers](https://www.downtomeet.com/Melbourne-Writers) This is the time to write whatever it is you want to write. \-\-\-\-\-\> IMPORTANT <\-\-\-\-\-\-\- We ask for the Nook which is to your left as you go in, but it is not always available. Ask for the table under "Mat Clarke". Sometimes we do not have an official host, so please say hi to people as they arrive and make everyone feel welcome. Thanks. No limitations. Come along and bring your laptop or pen and paper and work on whatever you want. There are no rules :) You can write. You can chat and write. You can share your work. Or not share your work. (If you need silence to concentrate then headphones are a good idea considering it is in a cafe/bar.) Coffee, hot chocolate, etc., available to buy. Also food and drink. Please buy something to show our thanks for the space they give us free of charge. There are some people that will want to chat, but most will be writing. So bear that in mind. See you there :) \-\-\-\-\-\-Please only RSVP if you can make it\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-Un\-RSVP if you need to cancel\-\-\-\-\-\-\- We're booking the area, so we will need you to turn up if you say you are coming. Thanks. Thank you, Melbourne Writers. Great Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelbWriters Website: www.worldwriterscollective.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelbCityWriters Blog: http://melbournewriters.wordpress.com **Help us by adding to these social pages and site**

We meet at lunch each week and each meeting follows a fairly organized agenda. First all participants pass their business cards around. Then each member and guest is invited to give a one-minute overview of their company and what is a perfect referral for the week. We always have a 10 minute presentation from one of the members about their business in more detail. And finally we pass referrals. You're welcome to visit. Nobody is ever put on the spot. Bring plenty of cards!

Join us for lunch and meet our very successful group. We are each others sales team...always looking for referrals for our members. If you are looking for new clients, let us help you out! Bring your business cards and brochures to share with us. We have a speaker each week so that we can learn about their business. Because we have only one member per business, we have many of the spots filled. However, we are specifically looking for an estate attorney, a handyman/electrician, and an event planner. We have referrals for you! All visitors are welcome. Any questions contact [pmarchio@farmersagent.com](mailto:pmarchio@farmersagent.com)

Join us as we discuss our June pick: Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider! Book description: Even though she's not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha, training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta–the very same people who exiled her adopted community to a life at sea. Going to the market is a rite of passage eagerly anticipated by all young guards, but Brynn does not anticipate breaking a century-long peace treaty while there. Nor does she plan for the intense encounter with an enemy soldier that now threatens to unwind the fragile coexistence between their people–and everything Brynn once believed about herself to be true. Brynn's loyalty to the Alaha is tested when the truth of her identity is brought to light by this soldier who's taken an oath to bring her back to where she belongs. Narrowly escaping death on the violent high seas, Brynn's connection to the Alaha is further tested when she learns about the world of magic she's been denied. She was once certain of her fate and where she belonged, but the dark, knowing eyes of this stranger have her questioning everything, including her heart. Packed with knife fights and seafaring adventure, METAL SLINGER is the smash-hit start to the romantic fantasy duology, the Fire & Metal series

Join us for Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn! Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story-and survive this homecoming.