Rocky Creek WWII Igloo

Lovely spot for a quick stop over or for a night or two great historic moments

The Igloo was the most incredible venue for our wedding! We were able to hire it our for 4 days which gave ample time for setting up, celebrating and packing up. There is so much room, tables and chairs are included, the toilets were clean, the kitchen and fridges very handy. Highly recommend the Igloo for your next big event!

The Rocky Creek Hospital Complex was in operation from October 1942 until September 1945, and some 30,000 patients were treated at this facility. Located on the southern side of the Kennedy Highway, almost five kilometres north of Tolga, the site includes a theatre (entertainment) igloo and remnants of part of the 2/2nd Army General Hospital (AGH) on Frazer Road's road reserve.

The main section of the igloo is corrugated iron clad, and has a curved auditorium roof 34 metres long and 17.4m wide. The interior trusses are made of native timber. Along each side of the curved wall there are seven dormer windows with iron sides and skillion roofs, fitted with window panes of Caneite. A gabled stage and backstage area, clad in corrugated asbestos cement sheeting, extends 8.6 metres from the southwest end of the igloo and is 22 metres wide.

Remnants of the 2/2nd AGH are visible either side of Frazer Road, which runs southeast from the igloo. These include ward concrete slabs with drainage and toilet outlets, bitumen road remnants, walkways, garden beds, terracing, and building material scatters. Traces of the roadways of 2/2nd AGH are also visible from the air, in the cane fields east of Frazer Road.

Absolutely an amazing place with such depth of historical value a lot more should know about & take the time to learn about it & appreciate what was done in earlier times.

Great place for functions

Being restored worth a look. Cannot go in.

Best wedding ever !

nice to see thhe work being done, got some good photos.

Has the old hospital site a bit further along the way