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Visitors were drawn to the magnificent views as early as the 1850s and an alpine club was established in 1883 to promote tourism . Like Mt Beauty , it has its own pondage - Lake Guy , where fishing and boating can be pursued ( there is a boat ramp ) . In the early 1940s Eric Johnson solved the uncertainty which skiers faced trying to lug their gear to Mount Hotham when he began a long-running service carting stores and skiers ' packs to Mount Hotham via the Bon Accord Spur on a sled pulled by a horse on snowshoes while the skiers walked . Interestingly it began as a temperance town ( like the California settlements ) and remained without a pub until the Grand Hotel was opened in 1918 . While Bristol leveled a shotgun blast of different legal theories as to why it was entitled to a court ordered redrafting of its contracts with Microsoft , most revolved around the notion that Microsoft has monopoly for network server software , and had illegally exploited this monopoly under federal and Connecticut antitrust law . Within the park is Josephine 's Restaurant , located in the converted stables , and an information centre with audio-visual displays , family photographs , artefacts , information and an aquarium presenting some of the local wetland fauna . While searching about the roots of a tree he discovered , 3 cm below the surface , a gold nugget . While the town experienced a dramatic increase in its population during the goldrushes it was its central location which ensured that it became something more than just another Murchison goldrush town . Like all well intentioned schemes , Peel 's proposal looked good on paper but did not work in reality . Some would like to see stronger protections , while others advocate no legislation at all . Like most such camps it was at a remove from the remainder of the settlement due to the hostility of the other miners . Aside from these scheduled times , owners will put a board out the front of their property on a fine day if they feel like opening or they may open up by appointment .