you leave it there...to regas it took something like an hour and a half....i went for a walk, got something to eat, and came back, and it was done
edit: the place is called KSR Air conditioning - 9762 1011 (the guy's name is Keith)
aircon hose
if your a n00b like me, and leave it.....ud have no aircon for the summer (which is what im going through now)
as the others said, u can bend it a bit to get it out of the way....