Mobile dating

Coming soon to a mobile phone near you, online dating. But wait - there's more. Using your phone's built in location services, you can get a date anywhere, anytime. Launching July 30, Dates Near Me will help you find, well, dates near you. The boys have been at it for a while with Grindr an all male dating service, so it's only fair they share the love.

Read all about it at www.datesnearme.com.

Single volunteers

If you’re tired of looking for love at your local, think about volunteering instead.

M.A.D. Woman is an organisation that utilises the power of singles to cook for and feed the homeless. Whether you’re heterosexual, metrosexual or homosexual, M.A.D. Woman will have you mingling for a good cause.

Visit www.madwoman.com.au to find out more.

It’s just lunch

But it could certainly lead to something more. It’s Just Lunch arrange lunch dates for busy professionals in Melbourne, Sydney and Singapore and although this is one way to meet singles that we haven’t personally tested, it sounds like an ideal way to meet like minded city folk. After all, it’s just lunch.

To find out more visit www.itsjustlunchsydney.com

Find your match fast

If you like your dating fast then get ready because it doesn’t get much faster than this. Fast Match hold speed dating events in your nearest city where you could meet up to a dozen singles in one night. Go on. Give it a go. It will be over in a flash and you never know how it will turn out.

Visit www.fastmatch.com.au for more details.

Because life is an adventure

Life's An Adventure specialise in outdoor activities that encourage you to make the most of your weekends.

With a choice of social bushwalks, mountain bike rides and kayak trips, there's never been a better way to make new friends while exploring Sydney's hidden treasures.

Not so speedy

German professors tell us that speed dating isn't quite the quick fix we thought. After simulating speed dating events with almost 400 volunteers, the team at Humboldt University calculated it it takes an average of 75 hours and costs £500 (about $AU830) to find new love.

Find out how they figured that out here

aRendezvous!

Why have dinner with the same of people you always do when you could be making a whole new host of friends over a meal? aRendezvous throw dinner parties for singles across Australia at a variety of classy restaurants. Mix mingle and get to know other singles in a low pressure environment.

Check out their upcoming events now at www.arendezvous.com.au

Because dating is a circus

If the dating scene isn’t hair raising enough for you why not throw in a tight rope and a flying trapeze? Sydney based circus school Aerialize offers singles sessions that are guaranteed to get your blood pumping. Singles Circus, to find out more visit www.aerialize.com.au

One night standing

Sex can be confusing at the best of times. Just ask the good people surveyed by Britain’s Department for Children, Schools and Families. One in ten were under the impression that having sex while standing up was a reliable form of contraception. A large number surveyed also believed sexually transmitted infections could be treated with antibiotics.

Another sort of stimulus package

Is the GFC – global financial crisis – getting you down? Your wallet's empty, your bank account is in the red. Why not focus your energies on finding love? Scores of Aussie singles are doing it. Dating website www.rsvp.com.au has reported a 31 per cent jump in new memberships in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the previous three months.