Community map
Community
Find neighbouring burner communities, useful links, the principles, and the channels Melburners uses to stay connected.
Victoria and beyond
A local community connected to a wider culture.
Melburners supports creativity and connection in Victoria, and works alongside other burner organisations and regional communities across Australia and New Zealand.
This page should help newcomers understand the culture, and help returning burners find the right links without hunting through scattered channels.
Regional links
Nearby communities and related organisations.
Australia
Regional burns, arts groups, and neighbouring burner communities across Australia.
Victoria
New South Wales
Other states and territories
Wider network
Official resources, civic action networks, and New Zealand burner communities.
Burning Man ProjectOfficial history archive from Burning Man Project.
Burners Without BordersBurner-led civic and community action network.
Kiwiburn (NZ)New Zealand regional burn community and event.
Burners of NZ and AustraliaCommunity network for burners across New Zealand and Australia.
BONZAAR PodcastIndependent burner conversation and community news podcast.
Ignition (NZ)New Zealand burner festival and community event.
Raglan Burners / Northern Burn (NZ)Northern New Zealand burner community.
Principles
How burner culture describes itself.
The 10 Burning Man principles are not a rulebook. They describe a culture that grew through participation, gifting, communal effort, self-expression, and care for the places where people gather. Consent is widely adopted by burner communities as an additional principle.
Radical inclusion
Welcome people in. No prerequisites exist for participation in this community.
Gifting
Give without expecting a trade, transaction, or return.
Decommodification
Protect community spaces from advertising, sponsorship pressure, and transactional culture.
Radical self-reliance
Prepare, contribute, and take responsibility for your needs and impact.
Radical self-expression
Bring what only you can bring, while respecting the boundaries of others.
Communal effort
Build together. The culture works through cooperation, not spectatorship.
Civic responsibility
Organisers and participants share responsibility for public welfare, legality, and care.
Leaving no trace
Respect the places where we gather by cleaning up and reducing impact.
Participation
Everyone is invited to work, play, create, and help make the experience real.
Immediacy
Make room for direct experience, presence, and connection.
Consent
Ask first. Consent must be mutual, specific, informed, reversible, and respected.
“The Ten Symbols” created by Wick, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and is not associated with nor endored by the Burning Man Project. “The Ten Principles of Burning Man” created by Larry Harvey, is a registered copyright of Burning Man Project. “Burning Man” is a registered trademark of Decommodification LLC.
Channels
Where the conversation happens.
Discord, Facebook, the newsletter, events, and future member spaces should work together instead of scattering important information.
Use the contact page if you need the current Discord link, want to ask about volunteering, or need to reach the committee.