Yes, you are expected to work as normal, unless you have some other leave planned.
We will organise a place to collect them at the venue from one of the organisers, and you can collect this when you arrive or during lunch on the first day.
We are staying at Fairmont Resort in Leura (Blue Mountains). It will take a little less than two hours’ drive from Central Station according to Google Maps. For those that miss the bus or what have you the resort is a 30 minute brisk walk from Leura train station, or a 6 minute taxi/Uber ride.
Please arrive at around 12:00 PM on the Wednesday to allow yourself time to collect your shirt and grab lunch, which starts at 12:30.
The bus will be departing from Central Station on Wednesday 12 June at 9:00 AM. Please meet in the Grand Concourse area of the station by 8:30 AM.
We are scheduled to be back at Central Station by 5:00 PM on Friday 14 June. We will leave Leura at 2:00 PM, allowing enough time for traffic.
Please let us know so we don’t wait around for you for no reason!
You should already be having conversations with your manager about flights to Sydney. The cost of these flights will be covered by the company. If you are not travelling by plane, you may need to discuss travel reimbursement with your manager.
While we already have an organising team, there is room for additional help during the three days of Devcamp, such as helping gather everyone for the bus, MC-ing, and in general helping us keep things in order. Please reach out to someone from the organising team if you are interested.
Take a break from the sessions or the activities if you need to. You can go for a walk, explore, sit in a quiet corner, go to your room, take a nap, etc. We encourage you to put your mental health first.
You should bring clothes; pyjamas; toothbrush; toothpaste; your laptop, charger(s), and adapters. You will have enough free time to explore, walk, or run – so bring swimming gear and activewear if you feel so inclined. We encourage you to bring board games or other activities that you can use during downtime.
If you want. 😉
Send a message to the #devcamp Slack channel and we can add it to this FAQ. If it is a private matter, message one of us: Shenny Mackie, Christopher Wright, Henry Soesanto, Rashmita Pinto, Georgie Cooke, Luke Adlam, Sam Crome, Rusty Abedin, Billy Cauvier.
We also welcome feedback during Devcamp. If something is not working out for you, or something is concerning you, reach out and we will do our best to help. We want to make sure everyone feels safe and has a good time.