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 ====== MERG in Australia and New Zealand ======
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-===== What is MERG =====
+===== Welcome to MERG Groups in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). =====
-MERG members are model railway enthusiasts who are interested in applying electronics to the \\ operation of their model railways. The Group enables members to exchange ideas and information,  \\ and provides kits covering a number of interests including DC operations, DCC, Radio Frequency Identification, \\ computer control and various other Layout Control Systems. \\ Members have a wide range of knowledge and capability, and include beginners \\ and those who work in the electronics and railway industries.
+As you know Australia is a very large island (a bit bigger than the whole Europe) with MERG members distributed across every state. New Zealand is approximately 1,000 miles from the east coast of Australia.
+Within Australia, we have the normal Area Groups who meet physically as well as two virtual groups that enable those members without a local group to join like-minded members via a virtual meeting.
+Within Australia and New Zealand time zones, we also have a Special Interest Group (SIG) for members to share their CBUS knowledge and experience to assist each other on their journey.
+Please see below for the various Groups.
+To join a Group it is very important that after you join MERG you register for a group or groups in the Profile area.  This will ensure you will receive emails from the Group coordinators.
 You can find out more about the MERG by pressing the button below.
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 ===== Groups in Australia and New Zealand =====
-There are currently four groups in ANZ: -
+There are currently five groups in ANZ: -\\
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+===== Australian and New Zealand Virtual Area Group =====
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+The ANZ Virtual Area Group was established for all members in Australia and New Zealand who may not be able to attend a normal Area Group meeting.
+You can find more information about us at
+**<wrap button>[[anzvag|ANZ VAG Pages]]</wrap>**
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 You can find more information about us at
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-===== CBUS ANZ =====
+===== CBUS ANZ SIG =====
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 This Special Interest Group exists for members to share their CBUS knowledge and experience to assist each other on their journey. The intent is to ease the journey for those of us in Australia and New Zealand otherwise hampered by a low density of users and a timezone difference of nearly 12 hours to the UK. The focus is the usage of CBUS, either independently or using other software such as JMRI.
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 You can find more information about us at
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+**<wrap button>[[cbus_anz|CBUS ANZ Pages]]</wrap>**
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 ===== South East Queensland =====
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-The South East Queensland Group is one of three groups in Australia and it offers meetings for those members located in or visiting the south east corner of Queensland that encompasses Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coast areas.
+The South East Queensland Group offers meetings for those members located in or visiting the south east corner of Queensland that encompasses Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coast areas.
 You can find more information about us at
-**<wrap button>[[anz_seq|South East Queensland Website]]</wrap>**
+**<wrap button>[[anz_seq|South East Queensland AG Pages]]</wrap>**
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 You can find more information about us at
-**<wrap button>[[victoria|Victoria Website]]</wrap>**
+**<wrap button>[[victoria|Victoria AG Pages]]</wrap>**
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-===== Contact the ANZ group =====
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-Please indicate ANZ Area Group in your message **[[https://www.merg.org.uk/contactus.php?t=1&n=39|Contact MERG ]]**
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