As per the
Melbourne Cup weekend, the Committee has booked the spectacular “Snowy Mountain
Holidays (SMH)” house and two cottages accommodation package, right on the
Murray River at Towong, 11 km out of Corryong.. Australia Day falls on a Thursday and hence we have
made it into a 4-day weekend to take advantage of the great location. The plan
would be to ride up Thursday, ride around the hills Friday and Saturday
and return to
The SMH site
accommodates about 9 people, depending on the number of couples. Given this
limitation we are now expanding into the luxurious “The Ridge”, a further 600 metres up the road which has two cabins and one apartment.
At The Ridge, prices are $80 per couple per night for the cabins, and $140 per
couple per night for the luxury apartment with $20 for each extra person. We
had three people in each, reducing the costs per person. One cabin and the apartment
have already been booked by us.
The SMH costs
work out to about $40 person, per night. Up from $35 from the
last 3 visits but still remarkably cheap. All you need is your tooth
brush and a change of clothes. Note: SMH and The Ridge payment is by cash only.
Typically we organise home cooking for the first two nights minimum,
last time costing $11 in total for spaghetti the first night and a BBQ the
second night. Rather than chasing small amounts of money all weekend and
beyond, it is now a requirement that all monies are paid up front for the SMH
accommodation and food. Hence, three nights accommodation and two meals at SMH
will cost $120 plus $15 for food, total
$135. If you are making your own accommodation arrangements, then just the
$15 is required, assuming you are eating with the main group. As per usual,
this is strictly first come, first served, with any overflow into The Ridge or
the Pinnibar Motel in Corryong.
Preference will be given to members.
There will be two
cut-off points when no more bookings can be accepted: (i)
two weeks before where we must surrender unused capacity to avoid financial
risk to the Club, and/or (ii) when the beds are filled. The latter depends on
the make up of participants. The point of this paragraph is to emphasise the importance of committing early, and why it is
necessary to do so. It avoids the disappointment when last minute requests for
accommodation are likely refused.