Mr Ottaway said the property was in a rather sorry state when they first saw it.
A local resident complied this photo board of Chiltern locations used in the 1975 Disney film Ride a Wild Pony. Picture: SuppliedThe hotel’s structure has remained much the same apart from the knocking down of an internal wall between two kitchens, to create a larger single commercial kitchen with stainless-steel walls, a pizza oven and wok burner.There’s also a separate cocktail bar, open beer garden with a pot belly fire, annexed coolroom and 80-panel solar system.
Actor Michael Craig starred in Disney’s Ride a Wild Pony in 1975. He also appeared in several movies and television shows, winning the 1991 Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor for his role in the ABC program G.P.