A pair of bumbling burglars who stashed a safe in a wheelie bin were caught on CCTV chatting among themselves and calling each other by name.

The two bungling burglars had the perfect plan. But it wasn't quite perfect enough.

After breaking into a home in Glen Waverely, Melbourne, Australia about 6:15pm last Friday, police say the pair went through the house before finding a safe upstairs filled with watches and cash.

Police say the pair then stashed their loot inside a wheelie bin they found at the house, taking the lot downstairs and back out of the house.

VICTORIA POLICE The safe was taken away in a wheelie bin.

The only problem was, the home they had broken into was equipped with CCTV cameras, which not only recorded images of the bumbling pair breaking into the home and wandering around inside, but also recording audio of the pair calling out to each other by name.

Police investigating the burglary insist the names sound like "Steve" and "Glen", although a close listening reveals the names to sound a lot more like "Steve" and "Graham".

In CCTV footage taken inside the home and released by police, two late-middle aged men wearing baseball caps and hooded windcheaters wander around the house, apparently looking for the safe. Their voices can clearly be heard, and at one point one of the men looks directly up and into the CCTV camera in the kitchen.

CCTV Smile: 'Glen' or 'Steve' caught in the act on CCTV.

Police have called for anyone who knows the pair to come forward.