Community Service Sydney

🍜Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Sydney (Easy English) 6pm

**🚨 IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE** **Our Sydney event on 11 July has been postponed to 18 July.** **From 18 July, the event will be held every two weeks. The following event will be on 1 August.** **🌏 Make new international friends in Sydney. Come alone, practise your English, and enjoy a relaxed social night. 😊** **A friendly meetup for networking, language exchange, and real conversation.** **Why People Love Lounge Asia** **🍜 Asian-focused event** **🤝 Many guests come alone** **💬 No need for perfect English** **🌏 No games or forced introductions — just enjoy the conversation** **━━━━━━━━━━** **How to Join** **1️⃣ Tap "RSVP" on this page (1 ticket per attendee)** **2️⃣ Show your Meetup QR code at reception** **3️⃣ Collect your name tag and start meeting people** **✅ Early RSVP is free** **✅ After the first 80 RSVPs, entry is $5** **✅ RSVPs made within 24 hours of the event start time are $5** **✅ Limited capacity — please RSVP early** **Early RSVP is the best way to save your spot and join for free.** **Many people attend alone, so don't worry if it's your first time.** **━━━━━━━━━━** **⚠️ IMPORTANT: TONIGHT’S RULES ⚠️** **🎟️ NO TICKET = NO ENTRY, 1 TICKET PER GUEST** **(If you are on the WAITLIST, you cannot enter tonight.)** **🪑 SIT IF EMPTY** **Please take a seat if you see one to help create more space.** **📧 SHOW SCREEN AT DOOR** **Have your confirmation profile/tickets ready for Chris & Kev.** **NO WALK-INS. THANK YOU!** **━━━━━━━━━━** **How to Find Us** **📍 Venue** **Harts Pub** **176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks, NSW 2000** **⏰ Time** **Saturday from 6:00pm – 9:00pm** **🚶 Getting There** **5 min walk from Circular Quay Station. 8 min walk from Wynyard Station. Easy to drop by after exploring The Rocks.** **Our Lounge Asia organisers will be there to welcome you 😊** **━━━━━━━━━━** **🍺 Please Support the Venue** **This event is free or low-cost because the venue supports our community. Please purchase at least one drink during the event. Your support helps us keep organising events at great venues.** **━━━━━━━━━━** **💚 Please Be Respectful** **Lounge Asia is a friendly social event where everyone should feel comfortable and welcome.** **🚫 This is NOT a pickup or dating event. Any anti-social behaviour or those who make others uncomfortable WILL BE removed immediately.** **🚫 Any harassment, unwanted attention, MLM / crypto / religious recruitment, or anything that makes others uncomfortable.** **Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry or ask anyone to leave.** **🪪 A valid government-issued photo ID is strictly required for entry. No photo ID, no entry. Driver's licences must be issued by the government of the country where the event is held.** **📸 Photos and short videos may be taken for community and promotional purposes. If you prefer not to appear, please let an organiser know when you arrive.** **━━━━━━━━━━** **Lounge Asia is already growing in Australia and is now expanding across Asia — Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore.** **Our goal is simple: More friendship, more understanding, and more genuine connections across cultures.** **📱 Instagram: @_lounge_asia** **🎥 Watch Event Video: [\[WATCH EVENT VIDEO\]](https://youtu.be/tNak_cu9CXw?si=xiObPWs86vc93N18)** **🎁 BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER (VIP)** **We are building an official app to connect our community safely!** **Join the VIP list for early access and priority invites to special parties.** **👉 [\[Join the VIP List here\]](https://forms.gle/T2KukvgEiGWEz3VR9)** **━━━━━━━━━━** **🌏 Come say hi!** **Hey, come hang out! 来一起玩吧！ 一起來聊天吧！ 気軽に遊びに来てね！ 편하게 놀러 와요! มาเจอกันนะ! Tới chơi nha! Tara, sali ka na! Yuk, gabung! Хамтдаа цуглацгаая! Komm einfach vorbei! Jom join kita!** **See you at Lounge Asia!**

Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Sydney Well-Architected Meetup!

Hi Architects, Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Sydney Well-Architected User Group Meetup! Each month we cover off AWS best-practices across all pillars and give away drones - lots of drones 🥳 **Please also note that AWS Security now requests a company name and company email where it is available. If you are a student, please list your institution and your student email address at that institution 👍** We'll be announcing more speakers on [https://well-architected.me](https://well-architected.me/) and previewing presentations during the coming weeks - our speakers and details this month include: * **Carles Vallecillo, Technical Trainer, Snowflake** **Well-Architecting AWS AI** Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker are two of AWS's most powerful AI services - but which one will win the heavyweight title? In this session, we'll put them head-to-head across the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization and Sustainability. Round by round, we'll compare their strengths, weaknesses, trade-offs and real-world use cases to answer questions such as: Which service gets you to production faster? Which gives you more control? Which is easier to secure and govern? Which delivers the best performance? • Which gives you the biggest bang for your buck? Expect practical examples, architectural insights and a few surprises as we crown the winner of each category (and discover whether there is really a single champion at all 9. * **SkillzLab Build Gen AI Well-Architected Reviews** **Well-Architecting App Build-off Review!** In this session, we will have review the apps from the previous session and perform AWS Gen AI Well-Architected Framework Reviews, with the drone going to the most **Gen AI Well-Architected** app on the night. This month's menu will include: * Pizzas * Beer: Nastro Azzurro * Wine: Big and red 🤤 So come join us at 5:30 for a 6pm **SHARP** start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and friendly networking after our talks :-) Tired of Linkedin’s "thought leadership”, spam and advertising? Join https://well-architected.me/ , the AWS community built for architects, developers and cloud professionals. * Connect with experienced AWS practitioners * Preview upcoming AWS Meetups and relive past content * Create and review beautiful AWS case studies in minutes * Prepare for AWS certifications with curated quizzes * Show your manager and reports you’re well-architected (Please note that by registering to attend you agree to your details being shared as and where required with Amazon Web Services and AWS Well-Architected User Group partners)

Unhurried Conversations - Sunday

Bring yourself, we will go over how Unhurried Conversations works.

Community Sing Circle 3rd Edition

Join Us for our 3rd Community Sing Circle: Another Incredible Evening of Singing, Dancing, Connection and Nourishment Singing • Dancing • Dinner • Connection Get your tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/community-sing-circle-3rd-edition Join us for a joyful evening of live music, community singing, dancing, nourishing food and genuine human connection. Inspired by pub choirs, campfire singalongs, community choirs, yoga raves, ecstatic dance and traditional singing circles, Community Sing Circle brings people together in a warm, welcoming, alcohol-free and drug-free environment where everyone can participate. No singing experience required. No dance experience required. Just music, movement, connection and community. Whether you come alone, with friends, family or a partner, you'll be welcomed exactly as you are. For this very special Manly edition, we're delighted to be joined by powerhouse musician duo: Pilz + Mohitooz who will lead us through familiar singalong classics, uplifting favourites that invite everyone to join in. A Family-Friendly Evening for All Ages For this Manly event, we've slightly adjusted the flow of the evening to make Community Sing Circle even more welcoming for families and young children. We'll begin the experience by sharing a nourishing communal dinner together, giving everyone an opportunity to arrive, settle in, enjoy a meal and connect before the music begins. After dinner, we'll gather for a short guided meditation before moving into a fun experiential community singalong experience followed by the community ecstatic dance experience with DJ Hypnotia. Evening Schedule 5:00pm – Doors Open & Arrival 5:15pm – Welcome & Dinner Service Begins 5:30pm – 6:30pm – Shared Dinner, Connection & Community 6:30pm – Guided Meditation & Transition into Music 6:45pm – 8:00pm – Community Singing with Pilz + Mohitooz 8:00pm – 9:00pm – Community Ecstatic Dance Floor with DJ Hypnotia This format allows families with young children to enjoy dinner, singing and connection before heading home if needed, while those who feel inspired to stay can continue celebrating together on the dance floor until the evening concludes. As always, Community Sing Circle is designed to be welcoming, inclusive and accessible for people of all ages and stages of life. What's Included 🎵 Community singing with live musicians 💃 Community dance floor with DJ Hypnotia 🍲 Gluten-free, dairy-free vegetarian dinner by Jeevi (The Laughing Chef) ☕ Chai, connection and community 🧘 Guided meditation ❤️ A welcoming space for people of all ages About Community Sing Circle Community Sing Circle was created to help people reconnect through music, movement and authentic human connection. More than an event, it's an ongoing Northern Beaches community where people gather to sing, dance, connect and belong. We proudly support the Women's Resilience Centre, Mowana Safe Space and Acts of Kindness Community Outreach and we are a proud to partner with BodyShape Gym at Warringah Mall, who share our commitment to healthy living, community connection and the importance of movement for overall wellbeing. While singing will always remain at the heart of Community Sing Circle, we also celebrate the simple joy of movement though dance and invite participants to dance, sway, stretch or move in whatever way feels right for them. A Place to Belong Come sing. Come dance. Come connect. We can't wait to welcome you into the circle. Find us online at: https://www.instagram.com/communitysingcircle/ https://www.facebook.com/communitysingcircle/ www.communitysingcircle.com.au

Weekly Coffee Catch Up

**Everyone is welcome!** Whether you’re part of a local community group that’s struggling with admin friction or you’ve just started "vibe coding" and want to build something that actually matters, come grab a coffee. We are currently collating **Bluehex Blocks**—standalone tools that solve real problems today and will eventually dock into our single 1-stop solution for Australian non-profits, charities and communities. We’re all about open doors and high-energy builds—it’s simply a chance to lean in with your skills (or your community insights) and create real impact for the public good.

❄️ Beat the winter chill with the hottest Atlassian updates!

On the Agenda: **Customer Service Management (CSM) with Vincent Wong** Vincent will take us through a Build a Customer Service Management AI Agent: From zero to hero in 20 minutes Vincent will demystify AI agent setup in Atlassian’s Customer Service Management app - our purpose built app for external support . From initial setup to ongoing optimization, you’ll learn the essential steps to launch your agent, improve its performance over time, and build the right support model around it. We’ll also explore how AI is reshaping team responsibilities and why new patterns of ownership, oversight, and continuous improvement are becoming critical to success. **The Evolution of Assets with Mark Edwards** Mark is diving deep into the massive structural updates hitting Assets. From its expansion across standard plans to enhanced attribute configurations and how it acts as the vital data foundation for service delivery, Mark will break down how to optimize your CMDB strategy. Whether you're an IT lead, a Jira administrator, or a customer success manager, come with your questions ready for our open Q&A! Hosted By Mark Higgins, Atlassian Community Leader I've been a supporter of Atlassian and its products since they where a small office in Sydney, which goes back to the start of the century (nearly). I've been in IT forever, even before it was called IT, as was known as the EDP department. Starting in 1984, just after the first PC came out, I've seen and been involved in so much change in IT, that its unrecognizable from the time I started. I remember Windows NT4, Windows 3.1, SQL 6.0 , floppy disks and a number of others that are now consigned to history. To be part of the community, is very rewarding, and I've always been someone who volunteers, from coaching my son's soccer team, from the U7's, cricket teams, my daughters soccer team, my work with Oxfam. I love community sport events, having done 17 Oxfam trail walks, more than 10 City to Surfs, Countless Gong Rides, Bowral Rides, half a dozen Half marathons, and 20 years ago, the Sydney marathon. Now, its mostly cycling, and my South Sydney Rabbitohs, and now that I can WFH, my labradoodles, Casper and Willow. Prashant Gami, Atlassian Community Leader For decades, Prashant has been helping businesses stay ahead of their competition by creating a culture of continuous innovation that adds significant value. After scaling multiple businesses and leading some of Australia’s biggest dev teams, Prashant is using his expertise, in-depth knowledge and passion for technology to drive hypergrowth for his clients at x·enabler. Pragya Malhotra, Atlassian Community Leader 😼 Tom Zhu, Atlassian Community Leader Hi, I’m Tom Zhu from Shanghai, now based in Sydney, with a deep love for technology, cats, and multicultural collaboration. Over the past decade, I’ve worked across industries like Fintech, Blockchain, and Atlassian consulting, and was running TMAN Consulting, an Atlassian Silver Solution Partner, Now I just joined Systemology recently. I’m passionate about solving problems with tech, sharing insights, and building connections in the global Atlassian ecosystem. James O'Connor, Atlassian Community Champion I've been in the IT industry for nearly three decades, starting out as a developer back in the mid-90s before moving into the world of Business Analysis. I now run a team of fantastic BAs in the daily battle to create software that adds value for our customers, with Atlassian products as the backbone of all our processes. I've been a user and a fan of Atlassian products for over 10 years, and I'm always happy to lend a hand to those just starting out using Jira or Confluence. If you have any questions or just want to have a chat, drop me a line! *** Global Partner Atlassian (http://atlassian.com) Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality. For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-sydney-presents-beat-the-winter-chill-with-the-hottest-atlassian-updates/

Meet Nice,Productive People @ New Secret FREE Volunteer run City Restaurant+more

IMHO Our regular Saturday **FREE DINNER** meetups are the best & **friendliest** in the world... 200+ attendees... **See our photos**, comments etc etc RING US NOW **0419500023 NOW** for IMPORTANT INFO or you may miss out You'll meet some of Sydney's nicest, brightest & most **MULTICULTURAL PEOPLE** at this beautiful OUTDOOR secret location including people from several other meetup groups... DEEP & MEANINGFUL discussion topics will include SECRETS OF HAVING A NICE, AFFORDABLE & SUCCESSFUL LIFE IN SYDNEY eg **COST OF LIVING SECRETS & REAL & PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS** from locals etc etc AND have a great **FREE DINNER** with them... You'll improve your knowledge of **AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE & CULTURE** at this nice, friendly & FREE EVENT **IMPORTANT: RING us for full up to minute info NOW 0419500023...** **Otherwise we may not be able to help you as places are very limited etc. It gets quite busy before the event, and i may not be able to take your call, and certainly not likely to have time to respond to any messages...**

Meet Nice,Productive Prople @ New Secret FREE Volunteer run City Restaurant+more

Human hearted community of practice (COP)

**Event summary:** The monthly human hearted community of practice (COP) is both a support group, and a mutual encouragement group, for people who want to explore living a more human hearted life. The COP is part of Human Hearted Sydney's goal of building community. Please feel free to join us for a session if you're interested. **Who is the COP for ?** The COP is for people who dislike the alienation and emptiness of our modern finance driven society, and are looking for a new form of community - one based on the reality of our human social capacities such as sympathy and friendship, rather than based on returning to religion and other traditional practices. If you would like to be part of building a supportive community for living out socially positive values in today’s world we encourage you to come along and check it out. **Some background: The meaning problem modern society faces -** The development of modern society has seen the destruction of earlier systems of meaning, like religion and tradition. They have not been replaced by a new set of ethics or community, but by market values and hyper individualism. This has created a world of material wealth in which far too many people feel insecure, alone, and unlikely to succeed. We now live in an atomised society in which each person suffers alone and there is no form of community, or meaning other than material wealth, to sustain them. This has led to substantial increases in loneliness and mental health issues like anxiety in modern society. Now there is even a category called ‘[deaths of despair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_of_despair#:~:text=The%20three%20disease%20types%20are,%2C%20West%20Virginia%2C%20and%20Delaware.)’ that refers to people whose reliance on drugs, alcohol etc. to numb their isolation from society leads to their early death. **More background: The solution we will look at -** The obvious solution to the collapse of values in modern society is to build alternative forms of community. Many groups try to achieve this by calling for a return to religious values, or building new religions. As humanists we do not turn to religion but the best of the human potential to provide a foundation for community groups. [Human heartedness](https://web.archive.org/web/20240109160949/https://areomagazine.com/2022/05/05/a-human-hearted-modernity/) is an approach to life which sees humans as inherently social beings. It is backed both by many famous thinkers of the past, and by the findings of recent neuroscience and evolutionary studies which show the path to human happiness and fulfillment is more dependent on building good relationships and positive social connection than on competition and being purely ‘rational’. So one part of the solution to the existential emptiness of modernity is for people to build small communities; groups of like minded people who want to live in a more human hearted way, and support each other to live better in the face of modernity’s onslaught. There are other parts of the solution of course. However in relation to this event our focus is on setting up a COP to support each other to practice living in a more human hearted way, and to provide communal support generally in today’s disenchanted world. **Basic structure of this meeting:** The meeting will be facilitated by a member of the Sydney humanist community and will involve a brief talk explaining human heartedness and the problems of modernity. Then we will proceed to conduct our regular COP meeting. The meeting will finish with a Q/A and discussion period, followed by a lunch and more informal discussion. **Donations:** While this event is free, we would be grateful if you chose to make a [donation](https://www.humanistsaustralia.org/donate) to sustain Humanists Australia which would help it to continue delivering events that serve the community in Sydney. **Please note Date Time and Venue:** In July 2026 the meeting will be held on the second Sunday of the month (July 12th) at 11:00AM. The venue is level one of Darling Square Library. The room we'll be in is called Idea Space 2 **Directions:** The venue is a ten minute walk from both Town Hall and Central station. The Darling Square Library is part of a hive-shaped building called The Exchange. The Idea Spaces are on level one of The Darling Square Library which is accessible via elevators facing towards Darling Square and stairs which are on the other side of the building. Please ask the library staff if you need assistance finding where we are in the library.

Meet & Chat with Nice People at FREE Volunteer run Restaurant North Sydney

IMHO Our regular FREE DINNER meetups, attended by 200+ nice people are the best & **friendliest** in the world... See our photos, comments etc. Before coming please ring us ASAP for more info 0419500023 You'll meet some of Sydney's nicest, brightest & most **MULTICULTURAL PEOPLE** at this beautiful OUTDOOR secret location including people from several other meetup groups... **SEE OUR PHOTOS** DEEP & MEANINGFUL discussion topics will include SECRETS OF HAVING A NICE, AFFORDABLE & SUCCESSFUL LIFE IN SYDNEY eg **COST OF LIVING SECRETS & REAL & PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS** from locals etc etc AND have a great **FREE DINNER** with them... **See photos** of our previous meetups You'll improve your knowledge of **AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE & CULTURE** at this nice, friendly & FREE EVENT **IMPORTANT: RING me for full up to minute info NOW 0419500023...** **Otherwise we may not be able to help you as places are very limited etc** **Google map is not accurate...** Multicultural International and Exchange Students Language Exchange New In Town Singles

Anthropic Academy Study Group

Start your Thursday right! Join us for a casual morning coffee at the Hilton to connect, share our progress, and talk through any Anthropic Skilljar roadblocks together. Whether you are non-technical and just getting your feet wet with the *AI Fluency Foundations* and *Claude 101*, or a developer deep in the weeds of *Claude Code*, the *Model Context Protocol (MCP)*, or scaling the latest *Opus* API workflows—everyone is welcome. Bring your prompts, your code, or just your morning caffeine craving, and let's brainstorm, debug, and build together. Sign up in https://vibecamp.au/ so we can monitor your progress. Join our Discord server to chat: https://discord.gg/yHNKkvMN5e

Unhurried Conversations at the Pub

In an unhurried conversation, there is time to think differently and connect with people in a refreshing way. Unhurried isn't always slow. It offers a pace where people find it easy to join in and not feel crowded out. And listening can be as satisfying as talking. We use a simple meeting format to make this happen. https://www.unhurried.org/ This newly created event is at a new venue, the Keg & Bew Hotel at Surry Hills. We meet on the 2nd floor around 6:15pm. Food and drinks are available, before and after, on the ground floor and roof top.