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Historic Mount Buffalo Chalet to close 20-Feb-2012 At 12:14:14 PM ZERO

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On 20/02/2012 Climboholic wrote:
>Agreed. I think the only way it could survive is to get 5 star status and
>market it at rich Melbournites (as it was originally built to be) and maybe
>get it on Getaway.

The Chalet was never a 5 star place.
It was originally built by VicRail's ancient predecessor when choo choo's went all the way to Bright, and then horse and cart dragged touristic types up the road.
It then became a bit like the Greta Garbo home for wayward train drivers to dry out.

The place actually ran at high capacity when the Belles managed it in the mid 1990s. But that was when it snowed down that low and Cresta still existed.

Should we also get the D8s and wrecking balls going in Melbourne?
Lots of buildings down there getting close to 200 years old.
We could start with one in Spring Street.