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Southern
Cross is a Christian club lodge with the following Aims.
Please provide your own linen, assist in meal-time setting
of tables / serving meals / washing up and vacuum your
room on day of departure. Your booking includes 3 meals
a day from dinner on the day you arrive until lunch
on the day you depart.
Aims Of Southern Cross
(based on Clause 3A of
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- To encourage the enjoyment
of God's good things through activities that the high
country affords, such as bushwalking and cycling,
along with the challenges of skiing & snowboarding.
- To provide a venue &
social environment within which we can experience
a happy, caring relationship with others within the
Lodge, & where the Holy Spirit may use us to be
a blessing to one another.
- To provide stimulus &
encouragement for personal growth in Christian discipleship,
by encouraging all our members and guests to use a
clear Bible-based, systematic teaching program with
appropriate discussion.
- To provide facilities &
produce an atmosphere, in which people may hear the
gospel & be challenged to receive Jesus Christ
as their own personal Saviour & Lord.
- To encourage all involved
with the Lodge to maintain a positive Christian lifestyle
on the snow fields, so that others may be attracted
to Christ.
Arrival
Day Arrangements go
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Your rooms are available from 2pm. Before then you may
leave luggage in the "quiet" lounge room so
that you can get on the snow. Room allocation and dinner
time information should be listed in the entrance foyer.
No other access thank you until 2 pm to give our managers
some space between groups.
Three
Meals a Day until Lunch on Departure - Departure Day
Arrangements go
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Dinner, breakfast
and lunch are included in your booking from
dinner on your arrival day until lunch on your departure
day. Lunch may be available on the first day
for $10 extra if previously booked direct with our managers.
On your departure
day, please vacuum and vacate rooms by 10am,
but you may store luggage for the rest of that day.
Each day (including departure day) lunch is from noon
or you may make a packed lunch after breakfast. Guests
assist in meal-time setting of tables / serving meals
/ washing up.
Group
Bookings - Special Rates may be available Low &
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Non-Member group bookings for 14 or more may be available
for Low and Value periods where there are no other bookings.
Group Applications are considered by the directors from
24 March. GROUP RATES
when booking the entire lodge for 7 nights are: Low
Season $5,400 and Value
Season $7,800. Further discounts apply to entire lodge
group bookings which include members.
Making and Confirming
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Bookings cannot be confirmed until at
least a 50% deposit is received. You may fax,
post or email your BOOKING FORM,
or request information or a booking by phone. You may
pay by Internet Funds Transfer (we
shall advise you how to pay by Internet after your booking
request is received), by cheque or credit card
(but no credit card details by email please). A 2%
discount applies to full
prompt payment by Internet Transfer or cheque.
Subject to Preferential
Booking System entitlements and payment of deposit,
bookings are confirmed in order of receipt by the Booking
Coordinator. Every effort is made to accommodate your
first preference but this is not always possible - so
please ensure that you include a second preference.
If necessary, a ballot is conducted for equal priority
bookings.
Rooms are allocated prior to your arrival at Southern
Cross with consideration to the needs of the total group.
Every effort is made to meet guest and family needs.
However, in order to maximise occupancy, there may be
occasions where we are unable to meet all requests.
Room allocation confirmation is not available ahead
of time, and our managers (Lodge Hosts or Catering Manager)
will advise you of your room on arrival.
A confirmation letter or email will be sent to you once
the Booking Coordinator can confirm your booking.
Except for short notice bookings, no other form of communication
is recognised as confirmation of a booking.
Final Payment go
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Your final payment is due one month prior to booking
commencement, otherwise your booking may lapse.
Please return the slip at the bottom of your confirmation
letter with your final remittance.
Cancellation go
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A $50 administration fee applies to all cancellations
(not to booking date changes). In addition, if less
than 2 months’ notice is given, and the bed(s)
are not rebooked, all fees (less than 1 months’
notice) or 50% deposit (between 1 and 2 months’
notice) may be forfeited.
[ Please consider effecting
Travel Insurance including Cancellation Insurance -
various insurers may be located via the internet ]
Terms of Agreement go
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Guests of Southern Cross Chalet agree to abide by
the following:
- Arrive at and leave the
Chalet at the times specified in your confirmation
letter, and to let our managers know of any change
in expected arrival time - especially if arriving
late for evening meal on first day.
- Include any special dietary
requirements on the booking form, and contact the
managers direct if necessary.
- Endeavour to contribute
to the community life of the Chalet.
- Act cooperatively with
our managers and other guests during your stay.
- Children under age 18 must
be booked with and under the control of a parent or
another adult.
- Smoking is not permitted
in the Chalet. Smoking is permitted outdoors only.
- No alcohol or illegal drugs
are to be brought onto the property.
- Pets are not permitted
within the Chalet or the National Park.
- Respect other guests’
rights to proper rest and sleep.
- Respect and care for the
property and equipment of the lodge.
For
Downloadable Booking Form and Completion Instructions,
Click Here
Booking
Priority Summary – Bookings Opened on Monday 25
February 2008
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(requests received earlier were treated as though received
on 25 February**)
Refer to 2008 Winter
/ Spring Booking Priorities below for full detail
of Preferential Booking System (PBS) entitlements.
2008 Winter / Spring bookings opened on Monday 25 February
2008** with bookings confirmed from the following
dates :
25 February – PBS Class 1 initial
preferential priority booking requests received up to
16 March took priority over all other bookings.
17 March – PBS Class 2 initial
preferential priority and other booking requests are
allocated as described
below in more detail.
24 March – Group booking requests
are considered from 24 March (but send your application before then).
2008
WINTER / SPRING BOOKING PRIORITIES – Full Details go
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This information is on booking dates and
priorities for the 2008 Winter / Spring snow season
which may extend from 6 June to mid October 2008.
Refer also to 2008 Winter / Spring
Rate Schedule, and 2008
Booking Form & Booking Conditions and Completion
Instructions.
Southern
Cross Ski Chalet Bookings Opened Monday 25 February
2008**
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Booking requests
are date stamped and processed in order of receipt with
deposit, subject to the following conditions and priorities:
1) Booking
requests received before 25 February were treated
as though received on 25 February **.
2) Until 16 March priority applied to Preferential
Booking System (PBS) participants, as set out further
below in more detail.
3) For the period 22 June to 19 September, only 7
day Saturday to Saturday and 6 day Sunday
to Saturday bookings can be initially confirmed.
If booking requests for the popular 4-20 July School
Holiday period are particularly heavy, the directors
may also decide to reduce the maximum booking period
to 5 or 6 nights. Refer to the Rate
Schedule for more details on booking period restrictions.
4) Every effort is made to accommodate first preferences
but this is not always possible as our lease is for
25 beds (including managers). So please ensure that
your booking request includes details of alternative
preferences that will assist the Booking Coordinator
in allocating you a suitable booking period. Your
booking request will be confirmed (or otherwise) as
soon as is practical. There may be some delays whilst
the Booking Coordinator discusses options with members
and guests whose first priority is over booked. If
necessary, we conduct a ballot for equal priority
bookings. Your deposit is not banked until the booking
is confirmed.
Preferential
Booking System (PBS) Entitlements and Priorities go
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Note that PBS participant
booking entitlements are suspended whilst any membership
fees or levies are outstanding.
Also, a participant's entitlements can be used by his/her
spouse, or by his/her immediate children aged under
21.
Unaccompanied children aged over age 21 would need to
book as "Friends Using PBS Entitlements" (see
below).
PBS
Participant Initial Entitlements and Priorities go
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PBS participants are entitled
to initial preferential booking at member rates of 14
nights accommodation per PBS participation for the participant
and accompanying guests. A family which has two Class
1 or three Class 2 PBS participations is entitled to
initial preferential booking at member rates of 7 nights
accommodation in respect of each parent and each child
aged up to age 18.
- PBS
Class 1 Initial
Preferential Priority booking requests
received up to 16 March take
priority over all other bookings.
All other booking requests are held until 17 March.
- PBS Class 2
and other booking requests
are then allocated and confirmed from
17 March in the following order ** :
PBS
Class 2 Initial Preferential Booking Priority Entitlements go
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PBS
Class 2
initial preferential priority
booking requests plus the immediate children
(aged 18 and under) of families which have just one
Class 1 PBS participation. [Under the PBS Rules, whilst
these children rank with Class 2 participants, they
are charged non-member guest rates.]
PBS
Further Member Entitlements go
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PBS participants
are entitled to book further
accommodation (in
excess of initial entitlements) for themselves and accompanying
guests. One person per participation per night is at
member rates, with any remainder being at non-member
guest rates.
Friends
Using PBS Initial Entitlements go
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PBS participants
who have not used all their initial PBS entitlements
may nominate friends to use their entitlements (unaccompanied
by the participant). The rates for these "Friends
Using PBS Entitlements"
are mid-way between the member rates and the full non-member
guest rates.
Non-member
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Non-member guest booking requests are allocated after
the above requests. Any requests for group bookings
for 14 or more (would usually only be available in Low
and Value periods and if no other bookings) are also
considered by the directors from 24 March onwards.
Explanatory
Note on Priorities go
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You can maximize the probability of getting the booking
period you would like by getting your booking application
in by 26 February or as soon afterwards as possible.
For example, when the first PBS Class 2 bookings are
processed from 19 March, they are processing in order
of their receipt from 26 February.
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