Alpine Village Accommodation
THE VILLAGE
A resident manager looks after accommodation and guests as well as overseeing care of the gardens and facilities. The village was established between 1938 and 1940 by the State Electricity Commission (SEC) to provide accommodation and services for engineers and construction workers on the Kiewa hydro-electric scheme. A post office, a primary school and a shop were also established. The existing Bogong Outdoor Education Centre was established much later, in the 1970s. Following completion of the Kiewa scheme in the early 1960s, the SEC took steps to beautify the village by planting the terraced wedding garden and garden beside the lake. A team of gardeners were employed to maintain the beautiful seasonal villages gardens that people enjoy today. With the passage of the seasons the gardens burst into life in spring with the flowering of the rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas and dogwoods, take on a cool and leafy green appearance in summer and then transform into a spectacular blaze of colour in autumn. About once every winter the village wakes up to snow. The Old School HouseThe recently restored old school at Bogong Alpine Village is the site of a broad range of cultural and research initiatives facilitated by custodians Dr Philip Samartzis and Madelynne Cornish.Bogong AIR Bogong AIR (Artist in Residence) is a site-specific sound art festival staged in the Australian Alps featuring national and international artists. The inaugural Bogong AIR Festival comprised site specific interventions by Slavek Kwi (Ireland), Natasha Anderson, Jim Denley, Rosalind Hall, Alice Hui-Sheng Chang and Dianne Peacock who each undertook a five-day residency in the lead up to the festival in order to develop performance projects that responded to the acoustic and spatial dynamics of Bogong Alpine Village. Outcomes of their investigations were presented at various locations throughout the village on February 19 and 20. In addition to the live performances, Philip Samartzis presented his 7.1 surround sound installation Crush Grind comprising his Antarctic fieldwork into extreme climate and weather events, whilst Eric La Casa (France) presented a special soundscape work for headphone playback on Lake Guy. The performance and listening program was supplemented by artist talks. Bogong Alpine Village is 325 kilometres North-East of Melbourne situated at an altitude of 800 meters in the Alpine National Park between Mount Beauty and Falls Creek. The village was established in the late 1930s to service the first hydroelectric scheme in Australia, whilst more recently it has become a centre for alpine sports, recreation and ecotourism. Attracted to the pristine wilderness and remote location, Philip Samartzis and Madelynne Cornish have settled at the village in order to facilitate cultural and research initiatives that actively engage with the history and ecology of the village and its environs. The Bogong AIR Festival is the first project in this series. Upcoming Projects.
Bogong Jacks RestaurantBogong Jacks Restaurant will be opening 30th June. Operating hours will be from 4.30pm 7 days a week; kitchen hours 5.30pm – 9pm.Come and join our new head chef Tristan and manager Melissa for delicious home style meal or a hot chocolate in front of the open fire. The bar is fully stocked with a range local and imported beers, wine and spirits, and our entire menu is available take away at no extra cost. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it       
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