[NOTE: I have since checked again - this mission is listed in the
     online White Pages; the printed version I had here (June 1997)
     doesn't have it listed under 'H' or 'D'.]




From: fun@thingy.apana.org.au (David Gerard)
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Subject: Mission of Melbourne: reconaissance
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:43:47 GMT
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I was out that way, so I decided to FINALLY check out the Mission of
Melbourne, 55a Glenferrie Rd, Malvern - particularly after Inducto's
reports that it was no longer listed on the CoS web pages, and so might no
longer exist.

Well, it still seems to be there. Or something is there, anyway. It's in
the southernmost section of Glenferrie Road, in the very busy strip of
shops near the Malvern Central shopping mall.

The mission is at number 55a Glenferrie Road. It is next to a picture
framer called 'Print Decor', at number 55. The mission has a large picture
on an easel in front of the door (intended, I think, to make the curious
too embarrassed to obviously snoop - but hey, I was on a mission from Xenu
:-), and if you look through the (glass) door there are lots of pictures
and frames in there. This leads me to assume the framer is actually the
mission-holder.

There is an A4 laser-printed sign saying 'Hubbard Dianetics Foundation' on
the door, with the hours - Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, 7pm-10pm. There
is also a doorbell button, asking you to press for entry. Maybe the mission
is up the stairs.

Nothing remarkable out the back - looks like the back of a picture framer.

The listed phone number for the Mission (as Hubbard Dianetics Foundation)
is (03) 9576 1834 - that's from the Yellow Pages listing under 'Churches',
it's *not* in the current White Pages - but Print Decor's number is
different. I haven't tried the number; I'll do so some time soon, I think.

I got pics from across the road, closer up and through the door. No-one
spotted me taking pics - admittedly it was quite a busy Saturday afternoon
- but I was still slightly disappointed :-) The pics will be scanned some
time, probably not before next web-page update though.



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