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Buffalo Chalet to ~~close~~ open? / Skyways Pjt 22-Sep-2006 At 11:09:00 AM WM

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From http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/historic-mount-buffalo-chalet-to-close/2006/09/22/1158431869774.html

The historic Mount Buffalo Chalet, in Victoria's high country, will close early next year.

Workers at the chalet, which was built in 1910, have been told it would close on February 28 next year, a staff member said.

The worker directed all further inquiries to Melbourne-based developer Burbank Group Australia, which manages the resort.

The chalet, near Myrtleford in Victoria's north-east, is perched near the top of Mt Buffalo, and is on the doorstep of one of Victoria's most popular ski resorts.

But poor snowfalls this winter saw ski operations end in mid-August, more than a month before the official end of the ski season.

It was built by the Victorian government in 1910 in response to demand for tourism in the area.

The chalet was managed by the Victorian Railways from 1924 and later by other government departments until it was leased to the private sector by Parks Victoria in 1993.

The Burbank Group took over the lease in 2004.

Parks Victoria spokesman Alex Holt would not comment.

"We have not been formally advised by the lessee on this, so until we have further advice it would be inappropriate for me to comment on something that at the moment is just speculation," he said