Confiscated Bycycle?

G’day,

The story goes: I left my pushbike under the care of one of my friends who lives, renting in an apartment building while I went away for a couple of months over the Christmas period.

He mistakenly tethered the bike too close to a fire hydrant assembly then went away himself.

I come back and the bike is gone. My friend tells me that he found a note that’d been passed to all tenants, essentially saying “Move the bike or it’ll be confiscated,” dated in the last few days of November.

The note also stated that the bike would need to be picked up or it’d be “disposed of” – but it didn’t give a location.

I called the reception, who was very abrupt, who said it was probably taken to the tip upon pick-up.

She’s “checking it out” and “will get back to me”, but I’m wondering what the best course of action for this situation should be? Considering neither I or my friend had any real notice, being away and all.

Thanks.

PS. My auto-correct is a dumbass. It’s Bicycle lol.