Mount Buffalo Chalet

The Mount Buffalo Chalet is a ski resort in the Mount Buffalo National Park. It is the largest timber building in Australia.

Mount Buffalo Chalet in August 2018
General information
AddressMount Buffalo Road
Town or cityMount Buffalo National Park
CountryAustralia
Coordinates36.7221°S 146.8199°E / -36.7221; 146.8199
Opened1910
OwnerParks Victoria
Technical details
MaterialTimber
Design and construction
ArchitectSamuel Charles Brittingham
DeveloperPublic Works Department

History

The Mount Buffalo Chalet was built in 1910 by the Public Works Department as Australia's first ski resort in the Victorian Alps. It was leased to private enterprise as a guest house.[1][2] In October 1924 it was taken over by the Victorian Railways who offered holiday packages, with train services from Melbourne connecting with Hoys Roadlines services at Porepunkah railway station.[3][4][5][6]

In December 1985 it passed to the Victorian Tourism Commission.[3] After being leased privately in 1993, it closed in January 2007.[5][7] It is the largest timber building in Australia.[8]

gollark: I mean, current house design is just bad.
gollark: If your coastal area becomes underwater, just shove the house on a house carrier truck and take it elsewhere.
gollark: Anyway, the better solution is of course easily mobile houses.
gollark: There's a perfectly internally consistent thing leading to that; giving the fetus rights, generally for religious-y reasons.
gollark: What very coincidental timing. Slightly.

References
  1. Mount Buffalo Chalet Mount Alexander Mail 26 February 1910 page 2
  2. Mt Buffalo Chalet Revisited Newsrail September 1983 pages 234/235
  3. Mount Buffalo Chalet Newsrail November 2006 pages 348-355
  4. History of Mount Buffalo Chalet Victoria's High Country
  5. Mount Buffalo Chalet Victorian Heritage Council
  6. Background Hoys Roadlines
  7. Popular chalet closes doors ABC News 5 January 2007
  8. Victorian High Country's iconic Mount Buffalo Chalet still waiting for long-overdue makeover ABC Goulburn Murray 17 June 2019

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