Well by all accounts our first foray into delivering a KRANK school Holiday program supported by Logan City Council was a smashing success. Lights Batteries Action – using recycled components the participants built some electronic prototyping gizmos.

Another cracka event at Substation33 supported by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation. This month we welcomed Clinton Shultz from Sobah Beers. Clinton shared with us his journey from his days on the ‘Silly Juice’ to running a successful non-alcoholic beer company. But more importantly offering…

Check out “Tech Fe(a)st” on Eventbrite! Date: Fri, 5 Jul., 4:00 pm Location: Substation 33 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tech-feast-tickets-63038758624

The first of many such events to come. We are building a group of like-minded organisations to help grow the knowledge advocacy and public awareness of the value that can come from volunteering and skill development with a particular tilt on electronic waste repurposing recycling…

It’s great to take some time out from our busy schedule – processing 200,000 kilograms of electronic waste supporting over 600 volunteers to perform more than 50,000 hours of valuable work experience and preparation a year will do that – (keep you busy that is)….

It’s hard to believe that every 5 working days one of these skips loaded to the brim leaves our facility.

We are so impressed by the ‘Containers for Change’ program instigated in the past couple of months by the Queensland State Government and our results are impressive to date – We are watching with great interest as the Queensland state Government’s – Waste management and…

It’s taken a while but we now have a local solution for the glass produced from our recycling processes. And within 10 kilometers of Substation33.

What a cracka of a photo – HRH Prince Andrew – Duke of York with Cath Bartolo CEO of YFS and Cherie Dalley Acting Mayor Logan City Council sharing some light banter during a visit to Substation33.

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Well that’s a wrap 54 hours later the Logan Start Up Weekend is complete. Hosting like minded entrepreneurs to explore the world of start ups.. Thanks to Griffith Business School, Logan City Council and Innov8 Logan for supporting the local start up community. #swlogan2018 #TGSW…

http://communities.techstars.com/australia/startup-weekend/13463

Ever Monday afternoon from 3.30 onwards we hold an informal learning session on a wide variety of electronic topics. You never know what will be covered could be basic electronics, understanding how an electric motor works or today the basic commentary of a desktop computer….

For the last six years we have proudly offered our ‘Tribe’ a free sausage sizzle on a Friday. For the last few weeks we have been humbled by the extreme generosity of the @Ozharvest team. Today has been no exception with an excellent selection of…

What a cracker of a weekend. Thanks for the opportunity to host this inaugural Queensland EWB’s Makerthon This was a hackathon with a twist – we saw 5 teams over the 3 days and developed practical solutions and produced prototypes to solve a real-world problem!…

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They say a picture paints a thousand words what about this then –

Well that’s a wrap @LEAFevent for 2018. A big thanks to all that supported the @substation33 stall. A special thanks to the wonderful team from LCC that make this happen ever year. We loved the new layout and extra space and breakout zones. The extra…

As the Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning it was great to welcome Cameron along to officially announce the $20k Hackerspace grant provided by the Department of State Development #hackerspace #growingqueensland. Excellent timing really Cameron was also able to give out some awards…

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The award winning students from Taiwan had a great time (by all accounts) visiting Substation33. Learning about Recycling – Skill Development – Innovation.