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Comment by Prof. Sebastian Fate yesterday

Thank you , Mathew . I hope that life in the City of Churches is not too dull for you .

Comment by Marshal Matthew Pilkington yesterday

Greetings all,
My name is Matthew Pilkington, and I am pleased to make your acquaintance.

I suppose I should tell you a bit about myself. I was born in 1845 in a small town in New South Wales here in Australia but travelled with my father, an engineer, to the United States at the age of 10 while he was to work in on the railroad lines in the Rocky Mountains.

The years passes and as much as I loved my father, I tired of the string of one train camp after another so I ran away, lied about my age, having always been big for my years, and signed on with the Pony Express at the age of 15 and stayed on with them when they became the Eagle Express and changed from horses to airships and expanded to cover the entire Western United States and Canada as well.

Retiring at the age of 27 having served my 10 years I joined a team of guides, working as an out rider for a skytrain, helping settlers move out to the expanding territories. As you can imagine it was not an easy time and a number of interesting tales could be told.

A few years later I was approached to join the US Sky Marshals, serving as a Law Enforcement Officer on behalf of the Federal government. It was during this stage of my life that the Vampire/Werewolves war became public and Despero, the first of the science villains attempted to conquer Europe and though he failed, he released the Scourge on the world leading to the first of the Zombie plagues, which have since spread around the world.

It was while I was investigating a possible inter-species slaying in Hill Valley, California that I met the sons of the local blacksmith, Jules and Verne Brown, and due to a misadventure, which due to a matter of honour I shall refrain from discussing, I travelled a while with them in their flying time-travelling locomotive.

I currently reside in the metropolis of Adelaide back in Australia in the year 2013, which is where I became aware of this esteemed group and felt that I would extend my greetings.

Looking forward to getting to know you all in the future (or should that be in the past, I really hate defining tenses relating to time travel).

Cordially yours

Matthew Pilkington

Comment by Prof. Sebastian Fate on Sunday

Welcome , Mathew Pilkington .

I'm sure our ever growing band of South Australians will welcome your company .

Comment by James Murray on April 23, 2013 at 3:43am

Lisa, I see you have worked out how to add one photo, looking forward to seeing the rest! 

Comment by James Murray on April 23, 2013 at 3:42am

Greetings all. First if you live in Adelaide, please join the above discussion, to post upcoming events. But in case you have not....

Steampunk @ Up Late for Turner from the Tate

May 17 at 5:30pm

Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia

Do join us for some high fashioned cultural exercises, and try your hand at sketch dueling!

Comment by Professor von Explaino on April 22, 2013 at 1:26am

I believe you can create a photo album via the top menu's "Photos" command and link it in here via the link button.

Comment by Lisa Townsend on April 21, 2013 at 6:35pm

I was there ! And I have some splendid photos , but I'm not sure how to upload them . Could any kind person assist ?

Comment by glenda mieni on April 21, 2013 at 3:08pm

that will be absolutely wonderful hope to meet you there James Murray

i did not even know there was supernova on the weekend i am so behind the times,do hope you had a splendid time

Comment by Professor von Explaino on April 21, 2013 at 3:33am

There didn't seem to be many steampunkers at Gold Coast Supanova this Sunday. Were you all there on Saturday or did I just miss you?

Comment by James Murray on April 21, 2013 at 2:48am

*waves hand excitedly* I am, I am! Folks have offered to pay the plane tickets as a late/early christmas present! In fact, we might get a bit of an Adelaide contingent going.

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