Thanks to Chaos and Tachyon for posting about this in the forum. David RM Michael flew down from America to participate as a key speaker for Free Play, the independant game developers conference held in Melbourne last week. He has written an article on his experience for Gamedev.net, giving a big thumbs up to the city of Melbourne and the conference too...
"I have always had a sense of the international potential of indie games, and have had more than one team member across national borders. Free Play, as what is quite possibly the first such conference outside the USA, underscores that potential in a big way.Hello, World. The independent game developers are here--and we're everywhere.