I hoped to perform my compositions for them at the upstairs place with the piano, free of charge. I visited earlier this week, to see if it was possible, the staff say to come back on Thursday, that it would be open then. So I returned (on Thursday) at about 3:00pm or so, the staff said it would be open at 5:00pm, and that she would ask the other manager if it would be ok for me to try the piano, so I went home again and then came back around 5:00. Downstairs, I purchased an orange juice (I purchased it not because I very much wanted orange juice, but I tried to support local business, and hoped that the hope given me would not be a false hope), and so then asked the staff if I could play the handwritten scores I brought with me, and they said no - that it was not open for me.

In about 2 years, this is the second time I tried to approach them about performing my work for them (after a similar thing happened the first time, I decided not to return, but recently reconsidered), and voluntarily, not for employment. Because actually, some years earlier a man from CATT (Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team) came to my home, uninvited, and at one point, after looking at my resume, he forbade me from seeking employment ("wealth for toil"). The man from CATT told me that he would return to me when I was ready to seek employment. It was a hypocrisy, because he was being paid to tell me not to get a job. So for many years I have been unemployed, because I was obedient to the man from CATT (who visited my home several times, uninvited), these are seemingly an organisation working for Alfred Health (they were coming to my home, because I had been in the Psychiatric Ward at Alfred Hospital, following a false accusation against me that Victoria Police took to be true).

Anyway, I don't plan to return to this unwelcoming Hotel Esplanade They have added to my burdens, when I tried to give my music away for free (I studied piano and composition at University of Melbourne years earlier).

[EDIT: At the time of this edit, Management of Esplanade Hotel seemed to reply to most reviews, but made a point of skipping this one, after it's initial posting - they responded to newer ones, and older ones too - probably they just don't like Australian Composers!]