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Day Two – Yes Virginia, Australia does have Snow – December 28th.

January 10, 2008 by

It isn’t customary for me to take shots from the car while I’m driving, so, though it can be a bit challenging for me to not be the driver especially from a carsick point of view, it was good to have the camera to keep my focus outside the vehicle. I managed to turn out one or two driving shots that are interesting enough to make it onto flickr. This place looks cute… don’t imagine you’d see much of it in a snowstorm though…
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
The bulk of day two of the trip was spent checking out Thredbo the only field with a chair that runs in the summer time. They appear to get a fair bit of traffic even at this time of the year, most of them are tourists checking out the mountains, you can see from the image below a bit of the lay of the land. The lift we went up on Kocsiuskzo Express Chairlift and many of these photos were taken from there or on the lovely walk across the top of the mountains. Next time I go I’ll go a bit better prepared with bug spray the flies were REVOLTING and swarmed on us… really ewww… oh and I’ll take warmer gear and water, and most importantly allow a bit more time up my sleeve for exploring. I’d like to get a look at Mt Kozciuskzo sometime. To see the detail you really need to open the pic in flickr and check it out in the large view.
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
We rode the lift up (like duh) and the light got a bit weird at one point (or my camera did.. who knows?) and this image was the result… I think it looks like a reasonable set for a horror flick, don’t you?
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
As noted in the previous post Australia has an ‘alpine’ (ish) region… ok, so our
Alps aren’t really alps, too short and flat if Yay’s impeccable recall of relevant school facts are to be believed (I have no doubt that they are). So the Australian alps are nothing to rival Ms Mac’s rampant Swiss variety, but they are clearly enough to produce a 14 week ski season at the appointed times (all going well). Truth is if you’re totally mad keen to ski a LOT then you’d go to NZ or to the US (yes, or Europe) but to scratch that itch without having to pay screeds of dollars and spend ridiculous amounts of time traveling you really can get reasonable relief here…
However, let’s not dwell on the white cold stuff of which I’m not exactly enamoured…
I think you’ll agree it’s pretty darn pretty in the summertime too!
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
This is a stitched pano from the lift terminus. You really need to embiggen it to get its full effect…
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
This is looking back towards the chairlift terminus that grey square in the middle.
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
Assorted Rocks
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
Alpine flora
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
Summer Use of the Mountain

Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass

Going Down the Lift

Jindabyne services 4 principal ski areas. Thredbo, Perisher Valley, Blue Cow and Charlotte Pass. Perisher and Blue Cow are run by a single outfit primarily owned by the infamous Packer family and are usually known as ‘Perisher Blue’, Thredbo is run by another outfit and Charlotte Pass by a third. (Like you care really)… anyway, the Goodtime crowd have a long-standing arrangement with Charlotte Pass so we got a first hand look at a ski resort in the summer time… enough of an incentive to want to see it in winter. The photos of the place under a cover of snow are like a fairy story… still… it’s pretty attractive in the summer time too!!!

Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass

If memory serves me right this is the Thredbo River… on our way to Charlotte Pass

Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
Charlotte Pass. The large building in the front is the main lodge. Just like a bought one, old fashioned wood fires huge high ceilings, a bar and a nite club and 5 star meals. Looking forward to heading back there in winter some time.
Day 2 - Thredbo/Charlotte Pass
Random Lake – on the road out of Charlotte Pass. Another of my ‘taken from the car shots’
It was a cracker of a day, we slept well our 2nd night of the Goodtime experience. It didn’t hurt, that as I was travelling with the blender we turned out a respectable margarita or 2 to go with our nachos for dinner… Can anyone say ‘Olé’?

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Comments

  1. Antipodeesse says

    January 10, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    Ooh I love it when you put Ms. Mac and rampant in the same sentence.

  2. Fi says

    January 13, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    A blender is vital travel equipment I say.
    Nice shooting, if only blimin’ dial up wasn’t half asleep it wouldn’t have taken half an hour for them to load. *Sigh*

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