The site of Dinner Plain village was originally part of 640 acres selected by Rundells of Flourbag Plain and was then known as Rundells Paddock. When the coaches started running between Omeo and Bright, they used to stop here for midday dinner, hence the area became known as Dinner Plain.

Opposite the entry to the village there is a CRB (Country Roads Board) hut built early last century, one of the few local huts to survive the devastating Black Friday fires of the 1939. In later years several more huts were added to accommodate snow clearing and road maintenance operations, however these have since been removed.

Dinner Plain village was commenced in 1986 by John Castran, Peter McIntyre, Geoffrey Henke and Richard Humphries, and features buildings architecturaly inspired by the characteristics of the old cattlemen's huts. Construction is restricted to timber, local stone and corrugated iron, with a limited range of colours approved. Strict covenants limit such detractions as antennae, fences and washing lines, and all buildings must be lower than the height of the trees in the area.

The architectural success of Dinner Plain has since led to the development of the Australian Alpine style, which is now being adopted as a benchmark by all other alpine resorts in Australia.

Text taken from the book 'The Great Alpine Road' by FIona Magnussen, available for sale at Brandy Creek Cafe

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