AstroFest 2008 - Accommodation
The registration fee covers your accommodation at the
Yarra Valley Conference Centre on Friday 17 and Saturday 18. The YVCC is a retreat style, purpose built venue nestled in the foot hills of the Great Dividing Range and surrounded by vineyards. All guest rooms have en-suites and high-speed broadband internet connection, and each accommodation wing has a common lounge/conference area with a fully equipped kitchen (but note that all meals are provided while on-site!). The YVCC includes a range of recreational activities including a solar heated swimming pool, spa and sauna, synthetic grass tennis court, golf net, jogging trails, volleyball, and bush walks and night time forest walks by appointment. There is also an open fireplace, a bar and lounge area, a pool table and table tennis. For more information, see the
YVCC website. Should participants wish to stay at the YVCC with B&B facilities either before or after AstroFest, this can be arranged at a cost of AU$110 per night for single accommodation and AU$90 per night for shared accommodation. To make a B&B booking at the YVCC, please contact them directly at: +61 3 5965 2397 or enquiries@yarravalleyconference.com.au
On Sunday 19 October, it is expected that most partipants will return to Melbourne and require accommodation for Sunday 19 and Monday 20 October.
A range of hotels are available in Hawthorn and Richmond (near the Swinburne University
campus) and we suggest the following:
You may prefer to stay at a hotel in the city, which is about 8 km from
Hawthorn and very easy to get to by train. (It's about 12 minutes by train
from Flinders Street station to Glenferrie station).
For general information about Melbourne including accomodation options, see
Last minute bookings (up to 28 days in advance) that provide discounted
accomodtion costs. Try
wotif.com.
