G'day. I know of fair few of you Aussies and Kiwis from the various Australian competition meets, and through the Aussie Arcade forum, but is suspect there's a whole lot of you (particularly Aussies) on Pinside who aren't active anywhere else and it would be great to network with, and perhaps get to meet and play pinball with in future. We can use this space to communicate different pinball related topics and events that are perhaps missed or fragmented on the various Australian pinball forums.

Some of you might be interested in this nationally relevant pinball website which is run by a few Sydney locals. Contributions are welcome and encouraged by the admins.

http://gamethesystem.co/

For the Queenslanders or those willing to travel, there is an upcoming tournament in Brisbane.

2016 Brisbane Masters

The 2nd Annual Brisbane Masters event will be held on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st July, 2016

This year’s venue is Toowong Bowls Club, 59 Gailey Rd, Taringa (same venue as the 2015 ACS Tournament)

Full details here:

http://www.aussiearcade.com/showthread.php/79568-2016-Brisbane-Masters

Next up is the A.C.T. Pinball Championships being run in conjunction with The Big Boys Toys Exhibition in Canberra.

Sat Aug 20 and Sun Aug 21.

From Aussie Arcade forums:

"We should have over 20 pinball machines ... TRON LE, AC/DC LUCI, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, WORLD CUP SOCCER, JURASSIC PARK, JOHNNY MNEMONIC, EYE OF THE TIGER, JACKS OPEN, POP-EYE, GETAWAY, THE SHADOW, WHITEWATER, LETHAL WEAPON, STAR TREK (NEXT GENERATION), GHOSTBUSTERS PREMIUM, GHOSTBUSTERS PRO plus many more to be announced later. Start working out those skill shots!"

More info here:

http://vicecityplayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-ACT-Pinball-Championship-rulesheet-1.pdf

Only a few days to go. Hope to see some of you there.

Well the ACT Pinball Championships have been run and won. There was a great deal of effort from the Vice City Players to make this happen and your hard work is appreciated. The donated machines ran perfectly and the tournament itself was a hoot.

Next up on the Aussie pinball calendar is the Newcastle Pinfest. September 24 & 25. This is a family event designed to raise money for charity and give everyone the chance to experience the joy of pinball.

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Tomorrow the 16 Oct is the Pinball HQ Flip Frenzy at Coogee Diggers. Spots were nearly fully but there may be a few left if you want to come along.

http://www.pinballhq.com.au/coogee-flip-frenzy

The Pinball HQ Marathon starts Monday 20th Feb. Come and join in and get to play the only Aerosmith pinball machine in the country. There's quite a lot of info on this format so please check out the details here.

https://www.pinballhq.com.au/pinball-hq-marathon-201