What you get

There’s nothing to choose between. Hiring the Hub gets you the whole facility. The hall, the kitchen, the green, the carpark and the gear that goes with them. Here’s what that actually means.

The hall

The main room. Big enough for a party with room to dance, quiet enough for a meeting where everyone can hear each other. Timber floor, windows down one whole side, and a servery hatch straight through to the kitchen.

How many it holds depends on how you set it up, whether that is seated at tables, rows of chairs, or standing. Tell us what you are planning when you enquire and we will confirm what fits.

There are speakers you can use, too. They are kept locked away, so ask when you book and we will arrange it.

  • The main hall seen from the entrance doors, with the servery hatch and honour boards along the far wall
  • The main hall looking towards the servery hatch, with timber honour boards along the wall
  • The main hall from the far end, with a wall of windows down one side
  • Afternoon sun falling in panels across the polished timber floor of the main hall

The kitchen

Included with every booking, whether you are boiling the kettle for a meeting, plating up a birthday spread, or bringing caterers in.

Have a look through the photos: the gas range, the fridge, the bench space, and the hatch through to the hall. Catering and need to know something specific? Ask and we will check it for you.

  • The Hub's kitchen, with a long preparation bench and the servery opening through to the hall
  • A large stainless steel gas range with six burners and an oven, in the Hub's kitchen
  • The Hub's kitchen showing a full-height fridge beside the preparation bench
  • The kitchen's sink and draining area at the end of the long bench

The green

Flat, open and properly looked after. The croquet club plays here most weeks, and the market spreads across it once a month.

Because it is a croquet lawn, jumping castles and other inflatables, high heels, bikes and scooters stay off it. All of those are fine on the grass and concrete around it.

Having indoors and outdoors in one booking is the part people underestimate. It means a wet Saturday doesn’t cancel anything, it just moves inside.

  • The green at the Hub, freshly mown in stripes, with houses and the Gippsland hills beyond
  • The green at the Hub from above, showing its full size with buildings on two sides
  • The green at the Hub seen from above, mown and edged, with the hall alongside

Tables, chairs and crockery

The gear is already here. Tables and chairs, and enough plates, bowls and cutlery to feed a crowd, so you are not hiring crockery in or eating off paper plates at a 60th.

We have not counted it down to the last teaspoon. If you need exact numbers for your set-up, ask when you enquire and we will go and count.

It is included in your hire. A donation towards upkeep is welcome, never required.

  • Stacks of dinner plates with a blue rim on the shelves of a kitchen cupboard at the Hub
  • Rows of white teacups with a small flower pattern on a cupboard shelf in the Hub's kitchen
  • Glass jugs and drinking glasses lined up on the shelves of a kitchen cupboard
  • Stacks of padded blue chairs in the Hub's storeroom

Parking and getting in

There is parking on site at 36 Ashby Street, so your guests pull up at the door rather than hunting for a spot down the street.

It is an open gravel area rather than marked bays, which means it takes a good deal more than a lined carpark would. On market Saturdays it fills, and cars spill along the street.

On accessibility: tell us what you need when you enquire and we will tell you straight what works here and what does not. We would much rather you knew before you booked than after.

  • The Hub's gravel carpark, a wide flat open area running alongside the green behind a timber fence
  • An aerial view of the Hub showing the building, the green, the carpark and the street

The park next door

The Hub backs straight onto McGregor Park, with a playground, a roofed shelter with picnic tables and a barbecue, and the tennis courts beyond it. The outdoor pool is a short walk away.

It is not ours and we cannot book it for you, but it is a minute from the hall door and it is free. For a children’s party that is the difference between two hours indoors and a day out.

  • The playground beside the Hub, with a climbing frame, swings and a slide on soft fall
  • A roofed shelter with picnic tables and a barbecue on a paved area beside the Hub
  • An aerial view showing the Hub and its green beside the public park, playground and tennis courts

Safety

There is a defibrillator on site, and the hall has fire equipment and marked exits. When you hire the Hub, you are responsible for your guests while they are here. The conditions of hire set out what we ask of you.

Come and have a look

Photos only tell you so much. Send an enquiry and we’ll talk through what you’re planning, or see the rates first.

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