History
wireless.org.au was registered around 2000 by Steven Haigh (VK3PWN) as a directory and resource hub for the then-emerging Australian community wireless networking movement.
In those early years, the site served as the central index for Australian groups — Melbourne Wireless, Sydney Wireless, Air-Stream, BrisMesh, Alice Springs Wireless, and others — at a time when there was no social media, no Discord, and mailing lists were how you coordinated node placements across a suburb.
The site largely went dormant as legacy 802.11 mesh groups wound down through the 2010s. In 2025, it was revived to serve the same purpose for a new generation of community networking technologies: Meshtastic, LoRaWAN, and AREDN.
Mission
wireless.org.au exists to:
- Be the canonical starting point for Australians discovering community wireless networking
- Maintain a directory of active groups by state and technology
- Provide clear, accurate technical information for each major community wireless technology
- Preserve the history and archive links of legacy Australian wireless groups
We are not affiliated with any commercial operator, carrier, or vendor. All content is maintained by volunteers.
Scope
This site covers community-operated, non-commercial radio networks. It does not cover:
- Commercial LoRaWAN operators (Thinxtra, Everynet, etc.) beyond brief mentions for context
- Satellite internet (Starlink, etc.)
- Traditional ISPs, NBN, or fixed wireless internet services
- Amateur radio voice repeaters or packet radio (beyond AREDN mesh)
Contributing
Submit a correction or addition
If you know of a community group not listed, or a listing that's out of date, please get in touch. The directory is only as good as the community that maintains it.
Send an email to netwiz at wireless.org.au with the group name, location, URL, and whether it's currently active.
Add your node or gateway
Help build Australian coverage by:
- Running a Meshtastic node (any location helps)
- Hosting a LoRaWAN gateway and registering it on TTN
- Getting your amateur licence and joining WICEN / AREDN
Contact
| Maintainer | Steven Haigh |
| Callsign | VK3PWN |
| netwiz at wireless.org.au | |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria |
Licence
Site content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). You may reproduce and adapt content with attribution and under the same licence.
Acknowledgements
wireless.org.au stands on the shoulders of the Australian pioneers who built community wireless networking when it was genuinely hard and expensive:
- Melbourne Wireless — who proved a city-scale volunteer mesh was possible
- Sydney Wireless — early innovators in community 802.11 networking
- Air-Stream Adelaide — who kept South Australian networking alive for years
- BrisMesh and Alice Springs Wireless — demonstrating that community networking works at any scale and geography
- FreeNetworks.org — the global directory that inspired this one
- Every amateur radio operator running AREDN and WICEN who keeps emergency communications capability alive
- The Meshtastic and TTN open-source communities whose work makes community wireless accessible to everyone