Hobbies Plus...
40 Tyers Street (Princes Hwy),
Stratford, Victoria, 3862.
Australia.

(see map below)

Phone / fax (03) 5145 6611
WEDNESDAY to SATURDAY only
 

PLEASE NOTE: As Hobbies Plus is, for the most part, a one-person business, I frequently need to leave the shop for 5-10 minutes at a time to post mail orders, get lunch, go to the bank (30 minutes) and so on. If the phone is not answered, please try again later. The answering machine will generally be on if the shop is closed for longer periods.

IMPORTANT info if you have not emailed Hobbies Plus before.

If you have not emailed Hobbies Plus before, you should receive an automated reply which needs to be responded to before your email will arrive in the Hobbies Plus inbox. All you need to do is hit 'reply' and 'send'. If you do not receive it, check your spam folder or anti-spam program. I will not get your email without it.
Your email address will be automatically whitelisted once you reply.

If you feel this is a little extreme (and I do), then I need to tell you that previously, for several days in a row, I would receive around 3000 spam emails a day. It took me hours to wade through them all and pick out the 20 or so that weren't spam or bounced (undeliverable) spam in which a fake hobbiesplus.com.au address had been used by a spammer. So, unfortunately, this is the method available to me that works the best.

The Hobbies Plus email server is currently configured to zero-tolerance for SPAM. Please ensure your email does not exhibit any of the common characteristics of spam (including no subject line or subjects with ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, as these will be automatically deleted by software on the mail server. In my experience, it is rare for legitimate emails to be deleted, however, should you not receive a reply to an email after a few days, then please try again or phone, as it is possible your email did not get through.

Please contact us regarding opening times for public holidays. Generally our hours do not alter for long weekends. ie. we are only open on the Saturday. Always closed Good Friday and Christmas day. Generally open normal hours between Christmas and New Year but closed New Year's Day. We would also recommend ensuring we will be open if you are making a long trip especially to the shop as, although we try to avoid it, there are occasions when we can not be open during our normal hours and have little or no advance warning.

Location.

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Hobbies Plus is located on the Princes Highway (A1) in Stratford, Victoria.

We are 229kms east of Melbourne by road or 222km by rail.

V/Line trains stop a short walk from the shop.
There are presently 3 train services each way per day (Mon - Sat). The services suitable for getting to the shop during our business hours are listed below. For more detailed timetable information, go to www.vline.com.au

* This train runs after our normal Saturday business hours, but is included as some customers from Bairnsdale may be able to use it as well as those who wish to make an after-hours appointment.

The small print section.

Don't worry, it's nothing too boring. But some people seem to think a business site needs a privacy policy these days. Not sure why, hardly anyone reads them and probably fewer actually believe them. But here's my version of one anyway. Basically any information you provide to me at Hobbies Plus is pretty much treated how you hope it would be. I hate spam and junk mail as much as you do, and therefore it doesn't end up being sold or given away to anyone else, whether I think they would use it that way or not. Credit card details are not kept on file (unless you specifically request it) except as required by the bank (6 months).