Facilities at Format space

Transport

Public Transport

Hackerspace is centrally located in the CBD with good public transport by Bus, Tram and Train.

Car Parking

Two nearby car parks have flat or capped rates for Saturday hack sessions:

• Playhouse Lane, Karidis Corporation, $3 flat rate on Saturday
• Topham Mall, UPark, $3.50 after 6 pm, and $5 flat rate on Saturday

On Wednesday, if you arrive right at 6 pm, you can usually get free parking on Grenfell Street.

Toilets

Two unisex toilets are available, just behind the bar at the entrance.

Hotspots

An Internode hotspot is available.

If you need to authenticate to it without using a browser, use the following command:

while true ; do \
  wget --no-check-certificate --post-data="username=guest&password=guest&submit=guest" \
  'https://login.hotspot.internode.on.net:8443/user/refresh/home?confirmed=true&submitButton=OK&t=gca0qelm' \
  -O - > /dev/null ; sleep 300 ; done

It may be possible to use a shorter string, contributions are welcome

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