Hara House
Highlights
- Savour artisan cocktails by the retro pool while lounging on sun chairs under the warm Victorian sun.
- Indulge in a five-star menu at Pepperberry, featuring local produce and unique native ingredients.
- Relax in individually styled guest rooms with luxurious bathrooms and stunning design elements.
- Explore Victoria's High Country from Hara House, your stylish base for nature and adventure.
A classic re-imagined. A hotel experience like no other.
Welcome to Hara House, Bright’s only boutique hotel. Picture the perfect stay behind your eyes, season with mid-century luxe finishings, add a massage before dinner, a sun-lounger by the pool and an icy cocktail in hand – all of this and more awaits you at Hara House.
Hara House offers 20 guest rooms and two luxury courtyard suites featuring classic exposed bricks; subtle lighting; wood veneer accents; gloriously patterned tiles; brilliant Utopia Goods graphic elements and art representing nature and individual expression.
Pepperberry, Hara House’s onsite restaurant offers a five-star retro-inspired menu featuring local produce and native Australian ingredients. Our wine list is a showcase of local Alpine Valley, Beechworth and King Valley cool climate varieties.
Enjoy the hotel’s retro pool vibe by sipping artisan cocktails from your sun lounger or enjoying breakfast on the terrace. Whether it’s a personal moment immersed in nature, or human connection across a shared table, Hara House is all about creating individualised guest experiences that are memorable and meaningful.
Hara House is a 3.5 hour drive from Melbourne, a base for exploring all that Victoria’s High Country has to offer. Surrounded by the majesty of nature in all its forms, Hara House sets a new standard for style and comfort.
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Available experiences
Deluxe King Room
The Deluxe King Room comes with a king bed, lounge area and is 32 square metres. Your blue lagoon lair is individually styled in cool blue or natural green hues feature a deluxe king size bed with a luxurious bathroom complete with Australian tapware, stone vanity and handmade floor tiles. Each Guest Room offers a spacious lounge area for two, providing the perfect space to enjoy mini bar offering local treats. There is a 55inch television with In-Room Casting, unlimited Wi-Fi and complimentary car-parking.
Volley View Room
The Volley View Room comes with a king bed or twin beds, lounge area and is 32 square metres. A volley vista with tennis court outlook decorated in warm wattle hues featuring a deluxe king size bed with a luxurious bathroom complete with Australian tap-ware, stone vanity and handmade floor tiles. Each Guest Room offers a spacious lounge area for two, providing the perfect space to enjoy the mini bar offering local treats. There is also a 55inch television with In-Room Casting, unlimited Wi-Fi and complimentary car-parking.
Accessible Deluxe King Room
A luxury sanctuary with cool blue hues featuring a deluxe king size bed with a luxurious bathroom compete with Australian tapware, stone vanity and handmade floor tiles. Each Guest Room offers a spacious lounge area, providing the perfect space to enjoy the mini bar offering local treats. The room features a wheelchair accessible bathroom fitted with a roll-in shower, grab bars and mounted shower seat. The room is equipped with king bed, lounge area, mini-bar, 55inch television with In-Room Casting, unlimited Wi-Fi and complimentary car-parking.
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- Digital communication materials (hard copy information also online) is available.
- Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
- Staff are trained in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss).
- An appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog is available.
- Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire) are available.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- TVs with captioning option is available.
- Volume controlled phones are available.
- Visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light) are available.
- A low noise reception areas with hearing loss friendly acoustics and adequate lighting for viewing facial expressions (includes common areas which are free of background noise, background music) is available.
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Wheelchair access to spa/gym.
- A wheelchair/scooter charging station (power point) in an accessible location is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Valet parking.
- A choice of wheelchair accessible accommodation rooms (Guest may wish to know if you have a choice of wheelchair accessible rooms, such as single room / studio apartment / apartment / cottage / quality / views, etc. Wheelchairs require a 1600mm x 2200mm width area to turn around and require step free access.).
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
- Enough space for a wheelchair to move around three sides of a double king sized bed (A pathway of 1200mm minimum width is required for wheelchair access).
- A wheelchair accessible bathroom (Entrance to bathroom must have step free greater than 5mm or a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm. Bathrooms dimensions must be no less than 2000mm X 2500mm. Have a hobless (step free) shower recess. Shower recess must have at least 1100 x 1100mm clear area for wheelchair access (no door). Have a slip resistant fold down seat or fixed seat in shower .Seat must be at least 900mm long.).
- A lever handle on bathroom door.
- A shower curtain (no door).
- Grabrails in shower recess (can be removable and height adjustable).
- A handheld shower hose (should be at least 1500mm long).
- Allows space around toilet for a wheelchair (A space of at least 900mm width beside the toilet pan and 1200mm clearance in front of the toilet pan is required).
- Grabrails provided adjacent to the toilet.
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- Twin beds available on request.
- A place to store medical equipment (eg oxygen).
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
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