The Robots & Dinosaurs hackerspace is a three-bedroom house in Rockdale, south of Sydney.  It's here:

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At the front it looks exactly like a three-bedroom house in Rockdale:

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How to get here

By public transport:

• Catch a train from Central/Redfern on the Illawarra Line to Rockdale or Kogarah (there's a lot of debate about which station is closer/less hilly. Just pick one).  Get yourself from the station onto the Princes Highway, then walk to number 662.  The walk should take about ten minutes.
• You can catch the 422 bus from Circular Quay, Elizabeth St near Town Hall, Railway Square or King St Newtown.  The bus takes about 25 minutes from Railway Square and drops you off directly in front of the space. 
• If you live in the Eastern Suburbs or near the airport, you can catch the 400 bus to Rockdale Station, then walk.  The bus takes about 40 minutes from Randwick.

By car:

• 662 Princes Highway is on the east side of the road (ie if you're heading south on the Princes Highway it's on the left-hand side of the road).  You can park in the hackerspace driveway or on the lawn.  There's also parking in Chandler St.

Inside the hackerspace

The hackerspace has several rooms:

• A Board Room for meetings, planning and laptop work;
• The Blue Room, for equipment storage and some hardware work;
• The Junk Room, which houses donated equipment/materials/tools/hardware. Members can use whatever they like from this room;
• The Main Room, which is set up for general hacking, tabletop hardware work and seminars;
• The kitchen, where we keep the Slurpee Machine;
• The backyard, for circus arts practice, welding and parties;
• The Garage, for secure heavy item storage.

The space has:

• Internet access;
• Electricity, water, sewerage and gas;
• Lots of equipment: saws, soldering irons, screwdriver sets, etc, etc.

The space has RFID access:

• New and probationary members can get access to the hackerspace by attending with a full member;
• New and probationary members can also attend General Hacking on Saturdays and Monday nights, plus seminars and talks;
• Full members are entitled to RFID access -- you'll need to provide your own RFID card.

Ongoing work:

• A list of the ongoing work at the house is maintained here. 

Photos:

First photos of the space hosted here.

Facilities near the hackerspace

Caffeine, snacks & food:

• Service station directly across the street
• Kebab store across the street (slow service but good kebabs) 
• Rockdale Plaza (approx. 200m north of the hackerspace) has a food court and a supermarket

Parts and supplies:

• Rockdale Plaza has a Dick Smith, Big W, Go-Lo and a few other stores
• Further down the Princes Highway is a huge Spotlight 

Nearest Bunnings:

• On West Botany St, 1.2km away.  Go north 200m and turn right onto Rockdale Plaza Drive, follow it through and turn left onto West Botany St. Alternately, people with cars go south and around the block on Presidents Ave.