Hello and welcome from Perth, Western Australia. This site is amazing, plenty of advice, tips and of course fantastic pics of quilts to make your "to do" list grow into mammoth proportions. APQ magazine has many articles about local quilting groups (our library has a subscription so check if yours does). Because of my schedule I am a "lone quilter" but groups are out there - sometimes they are just a bit hard to find. Your local fabric store is likely to know of any groups in your region.