| Gold Coast Techspace | |
| Formation: | 2011 |
| Type: | Hackerspace |
| Purpose: | Hacking |
| Location: | Gold Coast, Australia |
| Coords: | -28.0800734,153.3631283 |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title3: | Founders |
| Leader Name3: | Steve Dalton, Lucas Brandt, Nick Byrne |
| Affiliations: | Xinchejian, ReadWrite Labs |
| Num Staff: | 9 |
The Gold Coast Techspace is a Hackerspace and Makerspace focusing on electronics, computer programming, and 3D printing.[1] [2] It is currently located at the Mudgeeraba Old Post Office, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Gold Coast Techspace is a central component of the Gold Coast startup ecosystem[3] and has a sister relationship with Xinchejian, a Hackerspace in Shanghai, China.[4]
The space was started by a group of local technologists, Lucas Brandt, Steven Dalton & Nick Byrne in 2011. Shortly after acquiring their first location in Johnston St, Southport, Gold Coast Techspace (GCTS), was incorporated as a Queensland Incorporated Association (Non-profit) and has operated this way since.
For a while the Gold Coast TechSpace also ran the first coworking space on the Gold Coast – Gold Coast Co-working.[5] As more coworking spaces emerged on the Gold Coast, the GCTS Co-Working space was closed to allow the space to focus on its core activities.
Over the years GCTS has held or participated in a number of collaborative events to encourage development in technology in the local area, these include the Gold Coast Science Fair 2013 and numerous BarCamps; open, participatory meetup.com stylised workshop events designed to provide a representative stage for potential technology ideas, demonstrations &/or start-ups .
Gold Coast TechSpace is the instigator of a number of technology related activities on the Gold Coast including: