Enjoy the peace and tranquility of beautiful, historic Walhalla while staying in this comfortable and well appointed family holiday home.

The Coach House is an Eco friendly green house. Solar panels provide 12 volt solar power. There is electric lighting,CD and radio and the solar power runs the heater fans to keep the house cosy in Winter. There is a gas HWS, modern gas fridge, gas oven and cooktop and gas heating so it is all clean, green energy.

There is an upstairs bathroom and the lounge features a cosy wood fire. There are games, puzzles, toys and books to suit all ages plus plenty of comfortable seating to lounge around in.

The downstairs lounge has a piano and billiards table. There are dining tables both upstairs and down and the kitchen is spacious, featuring wide benchtops and a gas heater to take the chill off in Winter.

Every room features views of the bush and Stringers Creek and you can watch the historic Walhalla Goldfields Steam Train as it passes by. The downstairs bathroom features a deep bath,separate shower and there is a separate toilet and handbasin. There is a gas BBQ and plenty of outdoor seating in a beautiful bush setting.
Take a short walk and explore this historic town. There are several places to dine out and kids will love the Olde Lolly Shoppe and nearby playground. Take a ride on the Steam Train or one of several tours available, including the Night Ghost Walk, Gold Mine or 4WD Adventure Tour. Explore the many 4WD tracks and discover relics of the former gold mining settlements in and around Walhalla, or pan for gold in Stringers Creek. Enjoy outdoor activities such as bushwalking, mountain-bike riding, swimming, canoeing and fishing.

Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort is just 45 minutes away now the NEW South Face Rd is completed.www.southfaceroad.info
There is also cross country skiing and tobogganing at nearby Mt St Gwinear with equipment for hire from Erica

Walhalla is located just 2 hours East of Melbourne and is an easy and scenic drive through Gippsland. Take the Monash Freeway (M1) which then becomes the Princes Highway, then take the Moe Exit. (Just look for the "Golden Arches"). From here, follow the brown "Tourist Drive" signs to Walhalla via Erica and Rawson. The Coach House is the first house you see as you enter Walhalla and is located on Happy Go Lucky Road, signposted as the road to Brunton's Bridge.

The Coach House was built between 1968-72, by the former Walhalla and Thomson River Steam Tramway Pty Ltd as hostel accommodation for voluntary workers who intended to rebuild the former railway between Thomson and Walhalla as a tourist line. It was built on the site of an original miner’s cottage mainly from building materials recycled from demolished houses in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, and was known as Cook’s Cottage. The W&TRST reconstructed the Walhalla station yard in the early 1970s, and from 1974 to 1981 ran steam train rides onsite, but was unable to advance the venture any further.

In 1983, the owner sold and removed all the railway assets including the buildings which were erected on Crown Land. Some buildings remain from the W&TRST era including the log cabin (built in 1973). The famous narrow gauge railway was eventually reconstructed by the Walhalla Goldfields Railway between 1993-2002.

As the semi-derelict Coach House building faced demolition by the State Government following departure of the W&TRST, there was some concern expressed at the prospect of losing this Walhalla landmark, leading to a local campaign to save the building in the late 70’s. It was sold and served as a hostel for overseas travellers, then was later used as housing for miners on the ill fated Walhalla Resources commercial gold mining project in the 1980s when it became known as ‘The Bunkhouse’. It was better known to some of those residents as ‘Heartbreak Hotel’!

Under a new owner it became known as ‘The Dolls House’, probably due to its quaint style and wooden shutters. When power arrived in Walhalla in 1998, the Coach House was left off the grid. It was then bought and sold twice in rapid succession, and we purchased it in 2005. After efforts failed to get power connected, we went solar in 2008. The building’s present incarnation takes its name from the nearby railway station and coaches. Happy Go Lucky Rd is also known as the Old Coach Rd from stage coach days, so the new name reflects those times.

Bath, BBQ, BBQ - Gas, Books/Magazines Supplied, CD Player, Games room, Kitchen, Log fires, No smoking, Pets not allowed, Tea/Coffee Making Facilities, Telephone, Undercover or off street parking

This property sleeps up to 8 adults. The configuration is a queen bed in the master bedroom, one double bed room, a bunk in the third bedroom and a pullout sofa in the upstairs lounge area plus a single bed downstairs. Bedding is provided but no linen. Linen is available for $20 per person.