Singles Events in Australian Cities
You may not want to try online dating. Perhaps you would prefer to socialize in a more traditional way at a singles night, get-together, dinner, dance, speed dating event or cocktail party. While online dating has many advantages, meeting other singles more directly has some too - not least that you'll be able to discern if there's chemistry between you and the person you're communicating with straightaway.
The best sites listing events and activities of this kind are the Australian Dating Guide, Singles Directory, 4 Singles Australian Dating Directory, Events for Singles and Single Australia. Of course there is a bit of overlap between these resources, with some clubs, sites and regular events listed on most or all of them. However, there are some that are found at only one or two, so the occasional look at all of them is worthwhile. This way, you might find a get together you wouldn't have found any other way.
You can also find singles events listed on many of the local dating sites. If you join up to sites like Aussie Matchmaker, Adult Matchmaker, Red Hot Pie, The Love Club, RSVP and Find Someone you can check the community and events sections for singles parties in your city.
Free classifieds sites continue to grow in popularity, and many of these sites have event listings, usually in the community sections. (Get togethers also occasionally appear in the personals sections, usually the "other" sub-category.) The biggest free classifieds sites that list events are Craigslist, Cracker, Oz Free Online, Exchange Classifieds and Gumtree. Others include Free Ad, Which Spot, Dewa List, E List, Annonz, Oz Ads, Postish, Anunicoo, OLX, Bondi Classifieds, Locanto, Adoos, Classifieds Here, Ad an Ad, No Flies, Australia Classifieds, Domestic Sale and Ocka List. Spraci, too is a great entertainment community listing events which occasionally include singles parties. Eventful is another good resource. It's international, but there are listings for Australian cities such as Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. Those living in Western Sydney might want to look at Street Corner.
If you check these sites from time to time (particularly the bigger ones) there's a good chance you'll find a singles event near you. Or why not organize your own, and use them to promote it? You can start very low key, by approaching a pub or similar venue. Not surprisingly, venue managers tend to be amenable to such events, since if they're not paying for advertising they can only benefit by having more patrons in who will of course be paying for drinks! That's why many venues have free function room hire. Some creative Googling will easily locate such places in your city or or town. You can make some enquiries and go from there.
