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A great way to find groups of people with similar interests in your neighbourhood is through ‘Meetup‘, link below. Almost no matter what your interest they have a group you can join. Connection is important. Reaching out is important. Try it out. You may hate it in which case you’ve wasted two hours of your life. On the other hand you may meet lots of nice people who also have an interest in canoeing, motor cycle maintenance, knitting or anything else you might be interested in. There is nothing to loose!

https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/