Post Oil Perth

hi there meg and all,
i am happy to find you here, i was at the gaia foundation meeting on thursday and heard you existed. i am currently reading the transition handbook by rob hopkins and finding it just compulsive in the way that it is a look at the post oil world with a positive bent. i have spent the last couple of years inadvertantly 'getting ready' for the change we need to go through: i make furniture for our family from recycled/thrown away materials, i have tried growing food albeit unsuccessfully, i compost all kitchen scraps and lawn clippings, have studied renewable energy electrotechnology at tafewa night school and have a list of projects as long as my arm which i hope to get round to some day (solar thermal generators, backyard aquaponic set-up, permaculture design course, greywater recycling.........you get the picture). anyway i see some of the posts on the forum are a little bit dated and i am wondering if you have recently set up a regular meeting schedule. it would be great to hook up with like-mindeds and try plan our way out of this mess.
regards, neil