Dinner Plain’s Majella Lodge in Victoria costs $3500 a night in the peak ski months of July and August, but that hasn’t stopped the five-bedroom private chalet. which sleeps up to 12 people, booking out in record time.

The same goes for Thredbo’s luxe two-bedroom (with self-contained loft) Rockpool Lodge in NSW, despite the peak-period price tag of $2909 a night.