Chalet Cloudesley All modern cosy facitilies just like home. All linen included No cleaning fee. I prepare our house for guests as if it were a "motel " The house is serviced cleaned between each booking, but I appreciate you leave the house as you would wish to find it. Our holiday home is situated within the village facing out to the beautiful views of the mountains It completes a family dream as we have been skiing at Mt Cheeseman Ski Club since 1953 and purchased the plot of land at Castle Hill Village in 1981 at the first stage of the village development. We are direct descendants of the original family who first lived here and operating the Cloudesley Family Hotel and Coach stop during the 1890's Right here at Castle Hill village there are still remains of the grand limestone hotel which sadly burnt down in the early 1900's One of the mountain peaks in the Craigieburn Range , behind the village is named after William J Cloudesley our great grand father and is known as Mt Cloudesley , the Thomas of Thomas River and Thomas Bush is a family christian name. The fifth Thomas Cloudesley {our son} on the 3rd Feb 2009 Thomas was the first of our family to climb the peak to the top of Mt Cloudesley the second highest in the Craigieburn Range and located directly up from the village . In full view from our lounge window. Our home was completed in December 2006 and purpose designed to be a family ski lodge hence the sleeping areas upstairs on the mezzanine and two separate Queen bedded bedrooms downstairs. We have installed an outdoor wood fire heated Hot Tub and extended the outdoor deck area The house has two WC's wash areas and a separate shower room. No early morning delay for the bathroom when we are rushing to get "First Tracks" at any of the Four handy ski areas. Being a Master Skier Racer I am able to hostess you to the nearest and best skiing available, some just 30 minutes from the house to the ski area base Chair lift at Porters Alpine ski or any of the Ski Clubs nearby in the Craigieburn Range who welcome non members. Mt Cheeseman has T Bar and Poma ski access is the nearest with good road access on the ski field of the lodge /cafe you must have fitted snow chains when specified. In summer time there is never enough time to do all the walks Cave or mountain bike tracks ansd walk hikes up to the mountain tops, river jet boating or 4WD up into the high county stations. Also mountain trout fishing in the nearby lakes and streams. Lake Lyndon ,Lake Pearson and Lake Grassmere are also safe swimming . Motor boat sport is a allowed and has several launching spots on eastern shore of Lake Lyndon.(Motor boats are forbidden on lake Pearson) There is also an mountain stream swimming hole downstream from the base entrance to the trail into Cave Stream access that carpark, off SH73 approx. 3ks west of the village. We accept bookings for a minimum of 2 nights or longer. Weekends and week days For Rental Booking Available Dates go to Availability Chart on this site We do not accept bookings for part or Long Stat Holidays but very acceptable to renting the house for th block of that public holiday. The house has all the mod cons including electrical appliances, auto washing machine, clothes dryer, dishwasher , Frig/freezer and Chest Freezer. Air Conditioning Heat Pump, Log Fire, Hot Tub ,Walk-in Drying room for ski gear, Gas BBQ, The village has excellent Sky / Sport TV plus Excellent cell phone reception and WI FI Internet Fibre connection. All beds are made up No need to hire bed linen this is included. There are Duvets on all beds, Bed Linen and towels Fully Serviced House Cleaning after each guest stay at no extra cost of the Tariff.