I don't have a lot of real-life nerd friends so I used to drag a lot of 'regular folk' along with me each year to their beusement .

I used to go to Supernova and Armageddon in Melbourne when I lived there mainly to nerd out, pick up a few rare imported TF toys and maybe a few random other collectables, dress up in my weird costumes and have my photo taken with all the other cosplayers. I'd sometimes go to a talk or something if there was one that interested me (the creator of Invader Zim was pretty good).

Always enjoyed it. Think the only time I found anything confronting was the last time I went to Armageddon. Half the caucasian girls there seem to have gone through every comic until "Yes! That girls superhero outfit is two shoestrings and an eyepatch!" - I was too embarassed to get my photo with those ones . The asian girls always had the best anime costumes - so cool!

It's one of the few things I really miss about living in a capital city. I don't get to nerd out like that in the bush