** There are no further QUEEN beds available AT PRESENT, but there are plenty of BUNK BEDS. If you would like a Queen Bed, please get either a BUNK BED ticket or a WAITLIST ticket, and indicate what you would like via the “Further details about what you would like” question. **

Enjoy a long weekend of activities in the Rawson / Walhalla region over the Melbourne Cup Day holiday weekend, from Friday 31st October to Tuesday 4th November. This follows the very successful event held there over the King’s Birthday weekend in 2024.

GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Various, depending on the activities undertaken – a range of activities will be on offer.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: We have booked out the Mountain Rivers Lodge at Rawson, which has six standalone units plus a comfortable communal lounge, dining area and external decking with BBQ. Each self-contained unit has a queen size bed plus 2 bunks (upper and lower). We’ve also provisionally booked additional bunkhouse accommodation in the expectation that the accommodation in The Lodge will be insufficient. People staying elsewhere than in The Lodge will probably need to bring their own linen (sleeping bag, pillow and towel).

Like last time, a vintage train ride with the Walhalla Goldfields Railway and gold mine tour of the Long Tunnel Mine will be offered (on Sunday this time), but alternative activities will be on offer for those who don’t wish to do those. The train and mine tour require prior booking so we need your early commitment. Note that the mine is not as claustrophobic as many mines, since you can walk into it via a horizontal tunnel drilled into the hillside, and there are some quite cavernous spaces inside.