Skiing in Australia

**Superstar Punani** · 06-25-2004, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by Ski Beaver
ZThey're yhere mainly flattended on hte road,

Scuse the tyoing been on a longl ubch.

PPPS
(Pissed Post Preservation service)

Too many Foster's for lunch hey? Gooooodonyason!!!

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 03:00 AM

Bump, because somewhere in the world it is snowing.

Another great weekend last weekend.

No fresh, but 50 lifts open at my home resort.

Having a weekend off due to work but will be there the next three weekends after this one.

Another 40cm is predicted tonight and into tomorrow.

We should have a 2 metre base by end of July. With August still to arrive which is the main month for our snowfall.

It is a great season.

**gincognito** · 07-07-2004, 06:39 AM

This is the first year in three that my brother isn't teaching at Thredbo. I wonder if he's kicking himself...

Sick and ashamed and happy (and maybe I should send him this thread),
d.

**Toque** · 07-07-2004, 07:32 PM

We should have a 2 metre base by end of July. With August still to arrive which is the main month for our snowfall

This is just seems so hard to get my mind around. It looks so good though. Nice pics.

Right now it's nearing 35 degrees and my Vice Principle won't turn the air conditioning on in the staff room. Want to kill Vice Principle.

**satori** · 07-07-2004, 08:30 PM

Toque,

How much vacation you get this summer mate? ?@Wanna take a trip to the Southern Hemisphere??? If I dont get some fuckin cold weather soon, or a damn airconditioner, Im gonna die!!!

**Toque** · 07-07-2004, 08:46 PM

I want to so bad. I only get 20 days though and am saving most of them for winter.

And of course money. Saving to pay for shaken due in September

Hey Ski Beaver. Where is the best place to go in Australia and what would it compare to in BC?

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 09:18 PM

Thredbo in NSW is probably the best place to go, most vertical, longest runs - 6 hours drive from Sydney.

Mt Hotham in Victoria is supposed to be pretty good too - have not been there though.

It compares to nothing in BC.

If anything Perisher Blue is like a scaled down version of Sunshine Village - sort of.

My advice would be to save the vacation, having said that I know how hard it is to go without skiing during the summer ( hence the Nthn Hemi trips).

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 09:25 PM

Originally posted by Toque

Right now it's nearing 35 degrees and my Vice Principle won't turn the air conditioning on in the staff room. Want to kill Vice Principle.

NIce temps,

We had 9 degrees celcius in Sydney this morining with -1 degrees in some outlying suburbs.

**Toque** · 07-07-2004, 09:31 PM

I guess you havn't been to any of the small shitty hills around BC. Ha ha ha.

You know where you can put your 9 degrees

**Superstar Punani** · 07-07-2004, 09:35 PM

Originally posted by Ski Beaver
NIce temps,

We had 9 degrees celcius in Sydney this morining with -1 degrees in some outlying suburbs.

Which part of Sydney do you live?

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 09:37 PM

Only smallish places I have been are Kimberly, Norquay.

The rest were all MASSIVE - WB, LL, SSV,KH,Fernie....

**Toque** · 07-07-2004, 09:42 PM

Even Kimberly is a big place.

I started at Hemlock and then on to Manning Park. Hemlock is super shitty however MP was a pretty good hill.

How long does it take to get to the hills from Sydney?

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 09:45 PM

5-6 hours.

Is a very easy drive, we do it there and back almost every weekend between June and October.

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by Punani
Which part of Sydney do you live?

I live on the Northern Beaches - About 25 km's north of the city.

Just near Palm Beach and Avalon (where they filmed a few episodes of Baywatch until the locals complained about it).

Northern Beaches of Sydney

http://www.palmbeachbandb.com.au/pal...aerialshot.jpg

**Toque** · 07-07-2004, 10:01 PM

Who would complain about baywatch being filmed on their beach?

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 10:05 PM

Exactly, they were even going to film in winter and only on a couple of days during the week.

The old people started complaining, in the end the producers took it to Hawaii.

We call it NIMBY syndrome

Not In My Back Yard syndrome.

**Superstar Punani** · 07-07-2004, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by Ski Beaver
I live on the Northern Beaches - About 25 km's north of the city.

Just near Palm Beach and Avalon (where they filmed a few episodes of Baywatch until the locals complained about it).

Northern Beaches of Sydney

http://www.palmbeachbandb.com.au/pal...aerialshot.jpg

Wow....that totally looks like Summer Bay!

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 10:38 PM

It is Summer Bay.

**Superstar Punani** · 07-07-2004, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by Ski Beaver
It is Summer Bay.

...but it says Palm Beach on the photo

**Ski Beaver** · 07-07-2004, 10:53 PM

Yep, It's amzing, Summer Bay and Palm Beach are the same place.

**Ski Beaver** · 07-12-2004, 09:53 PM

Ok, back to the skiing.

Heading down to the snow again this weekend.

This is the forecast;

Friday 16: moderate to strong NW winds turning S later, very cold day with widespread snowfalls developing and falling to around 800-900m overnight – heavy overnight snowfalls and blizzard conditions likley (13-25cm)

Saturday 17: moderate to strong SE winds increasing later, cold day with widespread snowfalls to around 900m, heavy snowfalls likely in the NSW resorts (20-35cm) and slightly less amounts likely in the VIC resorts (10-20cm), snowfalls should ease in the south during the afternoon

Sunday 18: strong SSE-SE winds, light snowfalls to around 1500m, the NSW resorts (4-12cm) should do a little better than VIC resorts (1-7cm), snowshowers should start to clear by the afternoon

You can view an extended forecast at;

Long Range forecast

Will post pics, this weekend is going to be off the dial.

**DaveTV** · 07-12-2004, 10:15 PM

Always wanted to crash into a gum tree. At least the eucalyptus would keep my sinuses clear when I'm wating for patrol..

**Ski Beaver** · 07-12-2004, 10:43 PM

We had bush fires going through the ski resorts in our 2002 summer (December 2002). The 2003 ski season I would always have black charcol marks on the sleeves of my ski jacket from skiing through all the burnt trees.

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic25863.jpg

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic25864.jpg

please note the copyright on the photo's.