Guest oddsinoz Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Hi Everyone We are thinking of taking a short break, over the school holidays to see some snow. We live in Sydney and are quite happy to travel to the snowfields and spend a couple of nights there. We don't particularly want to ski, just have some fun in the snow with kids (15, 12 & 10). We are off to the Blue mountains this Sunday where we may find some anyway but all suggestions are welcome! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Hi You have Selwyn which is 5.5 hours from Sydney Selwyn Snowfields - Your Winter Playground - Home I really want to visit the ones here in Victoria, we have been here 4 years and I won't go because I have no idea about snow chains and I hate driving on those mountain roads in summer let alone winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Not much snow around at the moment apparently although the Thredbo tourist mob are optimistic and say that there have been a load of bookings for the school holidays. It can be expensive down there in school holiday time. Thredbo, Perisher, Smiggins, Selwyn are all very popular. When my lads were little I used to take the day trip bus down to the snowfields from Canberra - just enough to whet their appetites and build a snowman then we were on our way back again but it is a couple of hours each way just for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oddsinoz Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Thanks for those. Have looked at the snow cam in Selwyn but there isn't much at the moment. I suppose it may pay us to wait until later in the season and 'do' a quick weekend when there will more of a chance that we will see real snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taffy 62 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I used to go to mt buffalo in victoria as its classed as the family mountain, more for fun not serious skiers. Another is falls creek thats more commercialised and set up for good winter fun. If you go to mt buffalo the best place to stay is in bright its a beautiful place year round. then you can just drive up the mountain for the day as it will only take half an hour. it will be cheaper than staying on the mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treesea Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Theer's a ski resort quite close to Mebourne called Lake Mountain. www.lakemountainresort.com.au. You go out north east, through Healesville on the Maroondah Highway and take a right turn at Marysville. It's not that far - 2 hours drive max. From Lilydale it takes about an hour. I don't think it would be all that good for skiing, but it was good form playing in the snow. I don't remember needing chains. Even at Mount Buller, we just used to park in the bottom car park and catch the bus up the mountain, then stay on the mountain. Mind you, the best places to ski if you are into serious skiing are in New Zealand. Especially in the South Island. I can recommend Coronet Peak, in Queenstown. If you go to the main snowfields though and want to ski, I think it's best to stay on the mountain, rather than down in say, Jindabyne or Cooma and then face the drive up the mountain each day. That's especially the case with Falls Creek. Bright is really nice, I agree, but it is such a hassle to have to drive to the ski fields each day. Especially as the days in winter are quite short. Whereas on the mountain, it's just "ski in, ski out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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