Storage Facilities

Whilst in residence, you may store items only on a temporary basis. Each item must be clearly marked with your name, your room number and date of storage.

On each floor, there is a small Trunk Room. The Trunk Room is used for short-term storage of boxes, suitcases, winter overcoats or sporting equipment provided there is available space. Access to the Trunk Room is arranged through the SR on your floor. Residents living on the ground floor in B Block have to store all their items in the Storage Shed as there is no Trunk Room on this floor.

For longer term storage there is a Storage Shed located between A & B Block. This unit is a large compactor therefore only boxes purchased from the Hall Office can be stored here. You may gain admittance to the Storage Shed at 11am and 9pm each day. During Office hours contact the Office and outside Office hours contact the Duty SR.

Whether residents use the Trunk Room or the Storage Shed, any packed items must only be stored in the cardboard boxes sold at the Hall Office for $3.

Study Rooms

Krebs Room (Front)

The Krebs Room is a small study room provided for students to use at any time. With two long tables, this is an ideal room for small groups. It is commonplace for the Hall's Tutors to conduct their tutorials in the Krebs Room in the evenings.

Art Room

B&G’s art room can be found in the laundry block at the end closest to D block. This room is primarily for students who study at the School of Art. In order to gain access to this room, you must contact the Office to obtain a key.

Tutorial Rooms

The tutorial rooms at the bottom of the central stairs may be used at any time for study, provided this does not interfere with normal tutorial periods.

Library

The library can be found on the ground floor in Central Block and can be used for quiet, yet social study. Residents staff the library seven nights a week during the academic year. The library offers a range of materials, including reference books and old exams. A scanner is also available for use by residents during library hours.

The library also stocks more fun content such as fiction and non-fiction as well as current magazines, including Cleo, Cosmopolitan, Mode, GQ and Time. Games such as Pictionary, Scrabble, Monopoly and Twister are available, as are music CDs. Games and CDs require a refundable deposit.

Furthermore, the library has coffee, tea and Milo, served with biscuits for residents during each evening of the University Examination period. This is free of charge.

A Glimpse of the books in the Library

Kitchen

The Kitchen is regarded as the “heart” of the hall. It is generally the busiest place, at all times of day and night.

Every single resident is given a lockable cupboard in an allocated kitchen. Each kitchen is fully equipped with stainless steal sinks, gas ovens and gas stoves. Each resident also gets access to a fridge with an allocated invidual space Residents must provide their own cooking utensils and crockery items. Detergent, dish brushes and drying towels are provided by the Hall. Each resident must maintain complete cleanliness in their kitchen, cupboard and fridge, not only when it is their own mess. This will ensure a clean and healthy cooking environment.

Regular inspections of the kitchen are conducted and in some cases fines are inflicted upon all occupants of a kitchenette if it is not up to standard.

Several newspapers are delivered to the Kitchen each morning… The Canberra Times, The Australian, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and the Financial Review. More Newspapers are available from the library.

Residents should make use of the recycling facilities in the kitchen area. There are specific bins for plastic, glass and paper.

It is absolutely essential that footwear be worn at all times in the Kitchen, and in all parts of the Hall. This is a Health and Safety Regulation.

One of the Kitchens that residents use

Laundry

Washing machines and dryers are available at the back of Central Block. Usage of these machines is free, however residents must supply their own washing powder and detergents. These facilities are used under the proviso that the Hall accepts no responsibility for students clothes, irrespective of how damage or loss occurs.

Music Rooms

B&G has six music rooms in Central Block, all on the ground floor.

Music students may obtain a key for the rooms and have priority over other residents; however, any resident may gain access to practice in their own personal time.

The keys are available from the Office.

Red Back Lounge

The Red Back Lounge is generally where people come to sit, relax, and socialize.

This is where the billiard table, ping-pong table and the video games live.

During the academic year the bar is open every night until 10pm selling drinks, chocolate, lollies etc… all the things that bars generally sell. You can also buy pasta and various other meal constituates.

Alcohol is purchasable by residents over the age of 18.

Games area

 

Canteen

Function Rooms

The Hall has a number of Function Rooms. The Function Rooms are used for a variety of activities including guest lectures, symposiums, seminars, performances, and Hall Balls. Residents may book, at least two weeks in advance, one of the smaller Function Rooms for private dinner parties. Bookings can be made through the Office subject to the Head's approval. Conditions apply.

Computer Rooms

The B&G Computer Rooms can be found in Central Block, one parallel to the Administration Office and one on the ground floor. In the computer rooms there are Apple iMac’s, and IBM Compatibles, all of which are connected to the B&G printer located in the rear of the Computer Room. The computers are connected to the ANU network, on which you may use your ANU internet quota. Email is also available.

Although these computers may be used for recreational purposes to a limited degree such as personal email, all academic purposes take complete precedence. If there is a shortage of computers, any resident not using the computers for academic reasons may be asked to leave.