We mostly grow up in sweltering Aussie summers, dreaming about a white Christmas. In July each year at the lodge we try to bring a bit of Christmas into our own winter wonderland. Usually held on July 24*, we put up some decorations, play some carols and brew up some glühwein. The rest is up to you. If you are coming to the lodge that week, bring some yuletide fare and festive spirit and enjoy our Christmas in July.

*exact date to be confirmed

Published: 14 June 2023

Club race day is Saturday 12 August. We celebrate with a dinner afterwards and a dress-up theme for the night. This year our theme is Black & White so if you will be at the lodge that night, bring something stunning, or cheeky or silly to liven the party.

There are no spare rooms for Race Weekend but there are still a few spare beds* - so grab one and enjoy a great weekend.

*subject to normal restrictions

Published: 14 June 2023

At the AGM the 2022 committee members were re-elected unopposed

The next Committee Meeting elected your Club's Committee positions for 2023 as follows:

Chairperson - Justin Checcucci

Treasurer - Will Zacharin

Secretary & IT Support - Jenny Hughes

Lodge Supervisor - Tom Harrington

Assistant Lodge Supervisor - Hugh James 

Booking Officer - Alan Long

Membership/Events Officer - Lynn Cameron

Communications Officer - vacant

Unfortunatey Tony Jordan has had to step down unexpectedly. We wish Tony all the best, but it means that the Communications Officer position is vacant.

We are looking for someone enthusiastic about communicating with members and reasonably comfortable with using technology such as Facebook and Instagram and writing short articles like this one. There is support for anything complicated. It's also a great opportunity to be involved in the overall management of the club.

If you think you might be able to help, you can find out more from our Secretary, Jenny or Chair, Justin

Published: 07 June 2023

On Wednesday May 17th, the 2023 Annual General Meeting was held both in person at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club and virtually via a secure Zoom online meeting. Thank you to all those who attended.

Please find below the link to the meeting minutes.

 AAC Falls Creek AGM 2023 Meeting Minutes

Published: 07 June 2023

With the Road closure meaning nobody had been in the Lodge since the end of Ski Season 2022, this year's Working Bee was essential to get the Lodge looking spic n span for season 2023. 

As well as the usual cleaning of rooms, kitchen, windows, ski room, and the replensihment of our firewood supply, a new BBQ was installed and the Spa equipment also had a complete once-over. A huge thanks to Jess our Lodge Manager for keeping the crew fed!

The Lodge is now ready for another Winter season and if promising recent snow falls are anything to go by, who knows we might even see some runs open for Opening Weekend. Fingers crossed for another awesome Ski Season this year!

Here's a short collection of some happy snaps from the working bee weekend, see if you can spot anyone you know!

Published: 07 May 2023

New for Season 2023 is a Drying Room Lost & Found Box, located directly under the entry stairs as you walk in the front door. If you've lost any items from the Drying Room like a pair of gloves, a beanie or those pesky socks that always seem to go missing, make sure you check the Lost & Found box.

A reminder, please don't leave things in the Drying Room after your stay. Please always take your possessions home with you, or if you have a Locker, put them in there. Anything found to be lying around the Drying Room for an extended period of time will be placed in the Lost & Found box, in order to keep the Drying Room as clutter free as possible. 

Published: 07 May 2023

The booking system is a having some problems with the Safari browser. The full booking matrix page may not display properly, preventing you from making bookings with it. The devloper is aware of this and hopefully a fix is not too far away. In the meantime there are still ways that you can make bookings from Apple devices.

• Use the simple screen alternative, or
• Use a different browser, eg Chrome

The simple screen was developed as an easier option to use on phones and other small screens. The booking system may default to it anyway but you can click the phone icon to force it to use the simple screen. 

Published: 25 June 2022

On Tuesday May 17th, The 2022 Annual General Meeting was held both in person at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club and virtually via a secure Zoom online meeting. Thank you to those who were able to attend in person, it was great to see people face to face again, and thank you also to those who attended the online Zoom meeting.

Please find below the link to the meeting minutes.

AAC Falls Creek AGM 2022 Meeting Minutes

Published: 27 June 2022

Following the 2022 AGM, your Club's Committee members for 2022 were elected as follows:

Chairperson - Justin Checcucci

Treasurer - Will Zacharin

Secretary & IT Support - Jenny Hughes

Assistant Secretary - Kim Walker (New Committee Member)

Lodge Supervisor - Tom Harrington

Assistant Lodge Supervisor - Hugh James (New Committee Member)

Booking Officer - Alan Long

Membership/Events Officer - Lynn Cameron

Communications Officer - Tony Jordan

Published: 27 June 2022

With no races in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID, it was such a relief to hold our Club Race on Saturday 6th August. Pity the weather didn't play its part, but at least the race went ahead!

Our Race Captain, John Cameron, worked hard with the Mountain staff to get a race course set on Father Fosters. The conditions were far from ideal due to the heavy rain that had fallen for three straight days prior to the race, and on the morning of the race we were greeted with 15cm of fresh snow when we looked out our window! The base of soft, wet snow with the top layer of fresh snow made for very challenging conditions to say the least! It was hard enough getting to the race course, let alone going down it! With such tough conditions, our congratulations go to everyone who entered, you all deserve a medal!

A special mention to our youngest competitor Reeve Rist, and also to Peter Howlett, our sole Snowboard entrant this year. Congratulations to you both! Many thanks also to Oscar Johnstone who was our invited course pre-runner who wasn't too shabby as you can see from the times below!

The winner and placegetters of their respective categories were as follows:

Juniors: 1) Ethan Howlett, 2) Jonathon Gerstner-Stevens, 3) Reeve Rist

Womens: 1) Mel Cameron, 2) Natasha Poon, 3) Jacinta Poon

Womens Masters: 1) Viv Wall, 2) Heidi Fry, 3) Kim Walker

Mens: 1) Ross Barker, 2) Harry Cowie, 3) Matthew Wall

Mens Masters: 2) Ross Barker, 2) Gerard Gerstner-Stevens, 3) John Cameron

Here are all the results and times:

After the race, the evening festivities kicked off, with a Commonwealth Games theme. It was great to see everyone in their best Comm's Games getup and a huge thank you to our wonderful Lodge Mangers Jess and Craig for putting on what was an amazing feast! Thanks guys!

Here are a selection of happy snaps of the day/night, we're all looking forward to doing it all again in 2023!!!

Published: 04 September 2022