# The Things Network Melbourne

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Melbourne.

- Country: [Australia](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/australia/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 154
- Location: -37.8109, 144.9557
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/

## About

Let's build an open, free and community-owned IoT data network for Melbourne!

As Melbourne was named the world's most liveable city for the seventh consecutive year in 2017, we want to prove that an ideal smart city platform like LoRaWAN can be built, owned and operated by our community to bring the real Internet of Things to Melbournians. Our company as a LoRa Alliance member has offered a LoRa GW to make this happen. Local councils, private companies and individuals are welcome to join our initiative! Before joining the community here, please contact us via our TTN forum topic:
[Melbourne forum link](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/t/the-things-network-melbourne-community/1721?u=szecso)

## Contact

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## Resources

- [TTN Melbourne FB page](https://www.facebook.com/IOTMelbourne/)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)

## In the media

- [KPMG ups Internet of Things (IoT) focus at Melbourne event](https://home.kpmg.com/au/en/home/media/press-releases/2017/02/iot-melbourne-event-23-feb-2017.html)

## Recent updates

- [Just wanting to understand how to use Meshstatic and the Flipper 0](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/just-wanting-to-understand-how-to-use-meshstatic-and-the-flipper-0.md) (2026-03-31)
- [Student looking to experiment with budget lora tech](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/student-looking-to-experiment-with-budget-lora-tech.md) (2021-05-30)
- [Re:Lorawan coverage testing from balloon](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/relorawan-coverage-testing-from-balloon.md) (2019-12-09)
- [Lorawan coverage testing from balloon](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/lorawan-coverage-testing-from-balloon.md) (2019-12-07)
- [Any changes today that might affect gateways connecting to router.au?](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/any-changes-today-that-might-affect-gateways-connecting-to-routerau.md) (2019-12-07)
- [Dragin 308 not connecting](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/dragin-308-not-connecting.md) (2019-11-16)
- [Pycom #GOINVENT World Series](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/pycom-goinvent-world-series.md) (2019-10-07)
- [cant see packets in ttn](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/cant-see-packets-in-ttn.md) (2018-09-16)
- [New Gateway In South East Suburbs](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/new-gateway-in-south-east-suburbs.md) (2018-08-29)
- [Mornington Peninsula Gateway](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/post/mornington-peninsula-gateway.md) (2017-08-27)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/melbourne/posts