Venue Rates
| Day Rate | Inclusions |
| AUD 75.00 | On arrival catering, morning tea, buffet or working lunch and afternoon tea.
Plenary Conference Room:
- Plenary conference room hire
- Iced water and mints
- Conference pads and pens
- Whiteboard or flip chart
- Projection screen |
Venue Highlights
The hotel boasts 144 luxurious hotel rooms and suites, each with private balconies and stunning views overlooking the pool, fairway and surrounding tree canopy of the Creswick State Forest.
Location
The Resort is ideally situated between Victoria's famous Spa Country and the historic Goldfields, only 80 minutes drive northwest of Melbourne. Surrounded by some of Victoria's most stunning natural beauty, the hotel has been designed to capture the most impressive views and vistas of the local environment.
Accommodation
The hotel boasts 144 luxurious hotel rooms and suites, each with private balconies and stunning views overlooking the pool, fairway and surrounding tree canopy of the Creswick State Forest.
Catering Information
Meals
- Buffets - Asian, French, Mediterranean, Irish, BBQ, Seafood from $42.50pp
- Two course dinners* from $52.00pp
- Three course dinners* from $67.00pp
*Alternate serves will incur an extra charge $3.00pp charge
Standard Beverage Packages
- Three hour $35.00pp
- Four hour $40.00pp
- Five hour $45.00pp
*Deluxe and Premium packages available
Cocktail Packages
- One hour $21.00pp
- Two hour $32.00pp
- Three hour $44.00pp
Recreational Facilities
The Forest Resort will feature a Par 72 Championship Golf Course designed by Robert Allenby and Tony Cashmore. Set amongst acres of forest, it will make for an extraordinary bushland experience, featuring broad slopes, cooling creek systems and fairways in cathedral-like passages.
Complete your stay with an indulgent visit to the Spa407 where a variety of traditional and non-traditional medical services will be available. Revive your senses in the day spa and enjoy complimentary use of the gymnasium, indoor/outdoor heated swimming pool and spa.
Technical Facilities
The Novotel Forest Resort has a dedicated in-house audio visual company, Audi Visual Dynamics (AVD).
Additional Information
On-site recreational activities
- Bushwalking and bird watching/feeding
- Mountain biking on the great dividing trails
- Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi
- Four wheel driving
- Board games (life size outdoor Chess, Scrabble
and Snakes & Ladders)
- Bocce and petanque
- Cooking classes with our Executive Head Chef
- Wine tasting
Nearby Attractions
- Winery tours
- Sovereign Hill
- Blood on the Southern Cross Sound and Light Spectacular
- Ballarat Wildlife Park
- Eureka Centre
- Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
- The mineral springs of Hepburn
- The boutique shopping, food and wine of Daylesford
- Tuki Trout Farm
- Chocolate Mill