Harbour City Fur Con

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{{Infobox convention
|name = Harbour City Fur Con
|logo = [[File:HarbourCityFurCon.jpg|200px]]
|subject = [[Convention]]
|location = {{flagdiv|aus|Vibe Hotel, [[w:Sydney|Sydney]]<ref>[https://www.furcon.com.au/hcfc/location Location] on the Harbour City Fur Con website. Retrieved January 11, 2017.</ref>, [[w:New South Wales|New South Wales]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]}}
|url = https://www.furcon.com.au/hcfc
|status = Defunct (2017-2019)
|first = July 21-23, 2017<ref name="2017website">[https://www.furcon.com.au/hcfc Harbour City Fur Con website]. Retrieved January 11, 2017.</ref>
|organizer = [[CBRFUR]]<ref>[http://www.abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=13603344529 Historical Details for ABN 13 603 344 529, CBRFUR Pty Ltd registered the business name Harbour City Fur Con from 28 July 2016 to 7 December 2017]. Retrieved 2 April 2019.</ref>
}}

'''Harbour City Fur Con''' was a [[furry convention]] held in [[w:Sydney|Sydney]], Australia. The convention ran annually from 2017-2019.

== Overview ==
Events included:<ref name="2017website"/>
* [[Art]] and discussion panels
* "lowercase" event with two hours of free drinks for all attendees and [[DJ]]s playing music
* [[Dealers den]]
* D-I-Y workshops
* [[Fursuit]] photoshoot at the rooftop
* [[Fursuit Parade|Fursuit walk]] to Hyde Park
* Meet-and-greet drinks at the Curve Café
* Party Floor
* Videogaming tournaments and VR setups

== History ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Date !! Theme !! [[Guests of Honour]] !!Description
|-
| 2017
| July 21-23
| "[[w:Vaporwave|Vaporwave]]"<ref name="2017website"/>
| [[Aycee]] (USA), [[Tacklebox]] (Canada), and [[Sparky Can Do!]] (New Zealand).<ref name="2017website"/>
| At the Vibe Hotel Sydney. Theme explained on the convention website as "a nostalgic fascination with retro cultural aesthetics from the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. This covers [[video game]]s, technology, postmodern Japanese culture, advertising and lounge, smooth jazz and elevator music."
|-
| 2018
| July 27-29
| 'Neo-Tokyo'
|
|
|-
| 2019
| July 26-28
| 'Space Dreams'
| [[Don't Hug Cacti]] (USA)
| At the The Sydney Boulevard Hotel
|}

=== Closure ===
During the closing ceremony of HCFC 2019, no plans for next year's con were discussed. This left the future of the con uncertain, with most people assuming it would not continue. On January 13 2020, the end of HCFC was announced in a Facebook post by convention director [[Captain Otter]].<ref name="riphcfc">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/HarbourCityFurCon/posts/2510734849195752/ 13 January 2020 post on the HCFC Facebook group]. "I am the convention director of HCFC and unfortunately I am taking a step back to re-evaluate the type of events I run and will be focusing on running a smaller non-convention based meet this year instead probably around November which will incorporate some of the features I really enjoyed doing." Retrieved November 3, 2025.</ref> He expressed an interest in hosting smaller events, and described the con as "not financially viable".

At this point, Sydney-based furry convention [[Aurawra]] had already been announced and was planned to run that year. A lot of the staff and volunteers from HCFC would go on to contribute to Aurawra and be involved in its creation, albeit under different leadership.

== Criticism ==
[[File:FursuitesTwitter.png|200px|right|thumb|Twitter post joking that the poster will be banned from HCFC for owning a "fursuite"]]
For the main con photo taken during the fursuit walk, HCFC was known for excluding fursuits that the organisers didn't like, including partials.<ref name="flayrah">[https://www.flayrah.com/7403/harbouring-classism-australian-convention-chair-highlights-elitism-furry-fandom Flayrah article] "After the mainstream press article was released, past pictures from the Sydney convention started enforce that these preferences went even further than guest of honor choices. People noticed that the fursuit photo taken at a nearby park seemed to have all high quality full body fursuits with no partials in site. Rumors started to come forth that those with partials, or what the chair would go on to call “fursuites” were ushered from the photo so that the more quality fursuits could be seen. One local source who contacted me indicated that the rumors about the segregation of partials from full suiters in the picture was factual." Retrieved November 3, 2025.</ref> The con developed a reputation for generally being unwelcoming as a result.

=== The Fursuites Incident ===
{{Main|Fursuites}}

A mainstream news article published on July 28 2018, during the midst of HCFC 2018, featured an interview with con chariman [[Captain Otter]]. He was quoted using the term "[[fursuites]]" to belittle fursuits that were colorful or cost less than $5000 USD, effectively punching down on the entire Australian fursuiting community. The incident was seen as an open admission of the con organisers' attitudes, which had been a common complaint up until this point.

The term was widely adopted in an ironic manner, with furries referring to their own suits as "fursuites", and joking about hypothetical highly exclusive events they were hosting where "fursuites" would not be allowed.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:HarbourCityFurCon2017Logo.jpg|Harbour City Fur Con 2017
File:HarbourCityFurCon2019.jpg|Harbour City Fur Con 2019
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* [[Aurawra]]

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
* [https://www.furcon.com.au/hcfc Harbour City Fur Con official website] (defunct)
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/HarbourCityFurCon/ Harbour City Fur Con] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/HCFurCon Harbour City Fur Con] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwfVmu-jrLoi7OrWO4wwoQ5Q3q-SZJY8 HCFC 2018 photos] by [[Canid Wolf]]

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S2 Meets

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2001:8003:283A:BF00:7A96:2129:DF87:C561: /* Overview */ Alpha Centauri leaving my mark here :3

{{Infobox convention
| name = S² Meets
| logo = [[File:S2 Meets' logo..png|275px]]
| subject = [[Furry]]
| location = [[w:Sydney|Sydney]], [[w:Australia| Australia]]
| url = https://s2.furmeet.au/
| status = Active
| first = 2021
| organizer = [[Flippsy]], [[Colto Fox]], [[CruiseTheDingo]], [[JustinDaKelpo ]]
}}
'''S2 Meets''' (stylized as '''S² Meets''') is a monthly Australian [[furmeet]].

== History ==

Initially founded by [[SaltyDragon]], S² Meets held its first meet in February 2021.

== Overview ==

S2 Meets is a private, invite-only [[meet]] that takes place on the first weekend of every month at different locations around the city of Sydney. It is hosted on [[Telegram]] along with its official website.

The meet includes [[fursuiting]] activities at the park meet during the daytime and recreational events at night (sometimes also including fursuiting). New members can be invited to join either by an existing member as a [[+1]] or meeting one of the admins before the meet at a different event.

Each meet's monthly group photo is hosted on their [https://s2.furmeet.au/group-photos/ own section] on their website.

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[[Category:2021 births]]

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