HPE Melbourne · Supporting HPE Build 2026
This November, five of our own — Joe Mizzi, Sophie Liu, Sharon Wan, Matt Sutherland and Mark Barnhorn — are heading to Nepal with the HPE Global Village team to help families build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.
100% of the funds raised go to Habitat for Humanity Australia (HFHA) to support the HPE Global Village build in Nepal.
Winning bidders are contacted directly by an HPE Habitat volunteer — no payments are taken on this site.
For more info on the build go to: hpe-build.volunteers.habitat.org.au
See what’s up for auctionBidding closes in
1:00pm AEST, Wednesday 30 September 2026
Everything below was donated by people in the office. Ten items, one auction, one build.
Enter your bid and your work email. Each new bid has to beat the current top bid by at least $5.
Hold the top bid at 1:00pm AEST on Wednesday 30 September 2026 and one of the HPE Habitat volunteers will contact you to arrange payment and hand over the item.
Open My bids in the bottom-right corner and retract it — no password needed, because your browser quietly remembers which bids are yours. Bidding from a different device, or cleared your history? Ask one of the HPE Habitat volunteers and we will retract it for you.
Nothing is charged through this site. If you are the highest bidder when the auction closes at 1:00pm AEST on Wednesday 30 September 2026, one of the HPE Habitat volunteers will contact you on the email you bid with to arrange payment of the amount you bid.
The lots
Every item was donated, so the full amount you bid goes to the build.
01Donated by the HPE Habitat volunteer team
One night for four guests in a Daylesford cottage, an hour and a bit from the city. Bring the family, walk the lake, sit in the hot springs. Dates by arrangement with the owner, excluding public holidays.
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02Donated by the HPE Habitat volunteer team
Good at three venues from the same Melbourne group: Punch Lane, the Little Bourke Street wine bar that has been a laneway fixture since 1995; Juliet, the cocktail bar in the basement below it; and WAYGOOD on Swan Street in Richmond, part wine bar and part bottle shop. Dinner, drinks after work, or a bottle to take home.
03Donated by the HPE Habitat volunteer team
A voucher for eighteen holes for four players at Rossdale Golf Club in Aspendale, motorised carts included. The par-72 course runs between pines, eucalypts and coastal banksias on the bayside sand belt, and hosted the Australian PGA twice in the 1960s. Half an hour from the CBD, with a renovated clubhouse for afterwards. Book a tee time at https://www.rossdalegolf.com.au
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04Donated by the HPE Habitat volunteer team
Two nights for two guests in a heritage loft in Brunswick, ten minutes north of the city. Exposed brick, timber floors and a wall of books. Wander Sydney Road, dig through the record shops, catch a band. Dates by arrangement with the owner, excluding public holidays.
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05Donated by the HPE Build 2026 team
Two nights for four guests in a peninsula getaway house, an hour and a bit from the city. Bring the family, walk the beach, sit in the hot springs. Dates by arrangement with the owner, excluding public holidays.
06Donated by the Channel & Alliances team
Eighteen holes for a group of four at a championship course in Melbourne's sandbelt, with motorised carts and lunch in the clubhouse afterwards. Weekday tee times.
07Donated by the People & Culture team
Ninety-minute massage each, facial, and access to the bathhouse and steam room for the afternoon. Redeemable at a CBD day spa, valid for twelve months.
08Donated by a member of the Melbourne office
Match-issue guernsey signed by the current squad, professionally framed with a certificate of authenticity on the reverse. Ready to hang in the study, or over a colleague's desk.
09Donated by the Enterprise Accounts team
A sherry-cask 18 year old in its presentation tin, unopened. One for the shelf you keep the good bottles on. Winner must be over 18.
10Donated by the HPE Melbourne leadership team
A long lunch for you and three colleagues with the Melbourne leadership team, at a restaurant of your choosing in the CBD. Bring your questions, your pitch, or just your appetite.
