Create@Harcourt

In the developing town of Harcourt just 7 km from Castlemaine, the limestone dwelling that is Create@Harcourt stands tall in granite country at the foot of Mt Alexander. The limestone from which the house is constructed is sedimentary rock composed of the skeletons of ancient marine creatures. If you look carefully at the bricks you can see shells, coral and the skeletons of fish. The property backs onto Barkers Creek. On the hill beyond the creek is the Victorian Miniature railway. Group accommodation in Castlemaine and Harcourt.

Fancy a coffee, chai or bite to eat? We have the Goldfields Track Café directly across Harmony Way and the Harcourt General Store (serving food and wine as well as local produce) is next door. Blumes Historic bakery is a short walk down the road. We are situated on the goldfields bike track and only 2km from the trailhead of Lalarrbaguawa Mountain Bike trail.

The Harcourt retreat consists of:

full kitchen upstairs and a kitchenette downstairs.
If you would like a catering option then contact Goldfields track Café which is just across the road. You can organise to dine there or they have a menu of options that can be delivered to the retreat.
multiple gathering/living areas.
a plethora of outside areas with decks, verandah, shedding, yards, and stables on 0.6 acres.
the creative hub of the house, a 6.4 x 6.7m craft room, has excellent lighting, a craft table with inbuilt power that seats 12, a height adjustable cutting table, two ironing boards, and irons.
2 bathrooms, three toilets.
good heating and cooling.

5 bedrooms (12 beds)

Upstairs

Bedroom 1 – queen size bed
Bedroom 2 – 1 double bed and one single bed
Bedroom 3 – 1 set of single bunks, 1 set of bunks with a
double and single bed

Downstairs

Bedroom 4 – 1 queen and 1 single bed
Bedroom 5 – 3 single beds

Need more beds?
Tread Harcourt is just across the road and has 11 beds offering an ensuite twin share modern accommodation.

Create@Harcourt is a pet free retreat due to the abundance of
wildlife in the area and is also a non-smoking retreat.

Create@Harcourt is a pet free retreat
due to the abundance of wildlife in the
area and is also a non-smoking retreat.

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Book for Harcourt

Tariffs for 2020

Weekend (Fri Sat night) – $1400 (if available, Thursday or Sunday can be added for $300)

Sunday to Thursday – $300 per night with a minimum stay of two nights.

A non-refundable deposit of $300 is required at the time of booking.

Tariffs for 2021

Weekend (Fri Sat night) – $1450 (if available, Thursday or Sunday can be added for $350)

Sunday to Thursday – $350 per night with a minimum stay of two nights.

A non-refundable deposit of $350 is required at the time of booking.

Linen

Doonas with covers, pillows, hand towels, tea-towels, and bathmats are provided within this tariff.

Guests will need to bring bath towels, two sheets and pillow cases for each bed.

Bed linen and towels are available for an extra $20 per head per stay.

Check in/Check out

Check-in time is 2 pm.
This can sometimes be earlier (we try hard to give 9am Friday check-ins when you are staying the weekend) depending on bookings.

Check out time is 10 am except on Sundays when the checkout is 4 pm.

Payment can be made into the following account:

Account Name: KJ Lay and NK McWha
BSB 067 167
ACC no 21016284

Booking form Harcourt:

Click on the NIGHTS that you wish to stay at Create@Harcourt and then fill in your details below.

You will receive an email to say your booking is pending if the process has been completed successfully.

In order to ensure that we can adequately clean our premises at this time, we will only be accepting new bookings on Friday and Saturday nights until further notice.