The Mount Buffalo Chalet is a

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North ...

in the

Mount Buffalo National Park The Mount Buffalo National Park is a national park in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The national park is located approximately northeast of Melbourne in the Australian Alps. Within the national park is Mount Buffalo, a moderate ...

. It is the largest timber building in Australia.

History

The Mount Buffalo Chalet was built in 1910 by the

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as the first

in the

Victorian Alps The Victorian Alps, also known locally as the High Country, is a large mountain system in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. Occupying the majority of eastern Victoria, it is the southwestern half of the Australian Alps (the other h ...

. It was leased to private enterprise as a guest house. In October 1924 it was taken over by the

Victorian Railways The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companie ...

who offered holiday packages, with train services from

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

connecting with

Hoys Roadlines Hoys Roadlines was an Australian bus operator based in the Victorian city of Wangaratta. From 1993 until 2004 the company also had a contract to operate train services on the Shepparton line on behalf of the Victorian State Government. Bus s ...

services at

Porepunkah railway station Porepunkah railway station was located on the Bright line serving the town of Porepunkah in Victoria. It opened on 17 October 1890 and closed on 30 November 1983. Porepunkah station was the location where the Manfield family transported tour ...

.Mount Buffalo Chalet ''Newsrail'' November 2006 pages 348-355Mount Buffalo Chalet
Victorian Heritage Council In December 1985 it passed to the Victorian Tourism Commission. After being leased privately in 1993, it closed in January 2007. It is the largest timber building in Australia.Victorian High Country's iconic Mount Buffalo Chalet still waiting for long-overdue makeover
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ABC Goulburn Murray ABC Goulburn Murray (call sign: 3MRR) is an ABC Local Radio station based in Wodonga, Victoria, broadcasting to North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales. First aired on 16 December 1931 as 2CO from studios in Albury, New South Wales, in ...

'' 17 June 2019

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{{commons category-inline Buildings and structures completed in 1910 Ski areas and resorts in Victoria (Australia) Victorian Alps 1910 establishments in Australia Victorian Heritage Register Victorian Heritage Register Hume (region) Alpine Shire