Hello Australian furries!

Last year MiDFur was transformed from an annual furry meet to a full blown convention with great success. With entertaining guests of honour, a convention hall and over 230 furry attendees to hang out with and meet, MiDFur was most definitely a lot of fun. Come December 2009 we get to do
it all over again – but bigger and better.

Everything that made MiDFur fun is being improved and expanded upon.
This includes running twice as many events in a better venue where everything is all completely centralised.
On top of this standard registration is $40 cheaper than it was last year.

Read on for details on the new convention location, accommodation and – most importantly – how to register for MiDFur XI.

Accomodation

MiDFur is an annual Melbourne event that has been running since 1999. When MiDFur became a convention in 2008 it was held at the Victoria Hotel.
However, this year MiDFur XI will be held at an even better location: The Rydges Hotel in Melbourne (186 Exhibition Street)

We’ve upgraded from three star accommodation to five star accommodation with Rydges Melbourne. Located in the heart of the city and a ten minute walk from either Parliament Station or Flinders Station, Rydges Melbourne is the sole location of the entire convention. This means that if you have
a room at Rydges you can wake up and already be at MiDFur.

The phone number is 1300 857 922 when calling from Australia, 0800 446 187 from New Zealand or (+61 2) 9261 4929 for overseas callers.

For more information about Rydges Melbourne, visit their website here

Registration

There are limited places, so we encourage people to register as early as possible to secure your spot at MiDFur XI.

These are the three different types of registration available:

Standard ($165)
This gives attendees access to all of the main events of the convention.
This includes the panels, the dealers den and events such as the Gala Ball.

Under 18 ($165)
This registration gives under 18 attendees the exact same access as standard registration attendees. Even the Gala Ball will be open to all ages this year.
We just ask that those under the age of 18 register as such for legal reasons; namely duty of care and to ensure that under age attendees aren’t drinking.

Gold Class ($265)
The Super Sponsor registration allows you to attend all of the events at MiDFur, with the added bonus of a dinner event prior to the main part of the Gala Ball, an exclusive t-shirt and an exclusive panel with the guests of honour.
Note that the Super Sponsor registration is available for attendees of all ages.

Can I Have A Free Registration?

Sure...
Every 100th person to register will have the nice surprise of finding that their registration is free!

In order to be in the running to win the 100th free registration, you must have only registered once. Multiple registrations will be deleted, and you will be removed from the competition.

What If I'm Only Free To Attend MiDFur For One Day?

Then you can purchase a day pass for MiDFur.
The prices vary slightly for each day and note that day passes purchased at the door are $5 extra.
The prices for pre-registered day passes are as follows:

$50 - Thursday MiDFur day pass
$60 - Friday MiDFur day pass
$40 - Saturday MiDFur day pass
$50 - Sunday MiDFur day pass

When Can I Register?

Registration opens this Friday, April 10th, 2009.

The specific times for each area are as follows:

In Victoria, New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Tasmania:
Friday, April 10th from 9:00am

In South Australia and the Northern Territory:
Friday, April 10th from 8:30am

In Western Australia:
Friday, April 10th from 7:00am

Special Guests

Timothy Albee:

Timothy Albee has been a professional in the entertainment industry since 1991.

His career history includes: Writer, Director, Producer, 2D "Traditional" Animator, 3D CGI Animator, Character Designer, Technical Director, Compositor and Concept Artist.

Timothy Albee, also known as Dreamcatcher, is the sole creator (director, writer, animator, musician and voice actor) of Kaze: Ghost Warrior, which he accomplished in six months on two consumer-grade computers that, combined with software, totaled less than $5,000.

He wrote and published a book to detail exactly how he accomplished this, so that others might do the same thing.

He runs his own animation studio, Timothy Albee Animation and is also a co-founder of Northern Lights Animation.

His fursona, Dreamcatcher, is an androgynous cheetah/wolf hybrid.

2 'Ranting' Gryphon:

Born in August 1972, 2 has been a performer for most of his life. He began as a rock guitarist in the 1980's. He then ventured into the sci-fi and fantasy fields, doing comedy events at conventions during the 1990's.

A member of the furry fandom, he has a gryphon fursona. His name allegedly came to him in a dream about the creature. He regularly attends furry conventions and often performs stand up there. He has been the guest of honor at Califur 0, Oklacon 2004, Rocket City FurMeet 2005, Feral! 2006 and RBW 2007.

He is also currently on staff at Furry Weekend Atlanta, Rocket City Furmeet and is co-chair of Furry Connection North.