Yes, of course there are! Any specialty store selling fishing products would have poles. All items will be on sell at some point or another. Everyone who fishes must have a pole.
To prepare your rod for fishing, you first want to make sure your string is fairly new, and wont break when fishing. the best way to do this is to take about a foot or so of string out and try to...
well if you are in Melbourne you should go to portsea for squid it is the best place i went fishing for squid in Victoria once i caught 16 squid with my dad in 2 hours