I have had the last three days off – the calm before the storm of work – as I am calling it. The time has been great and has allowed me to meet a heap of new people, both locals and seasonal staff who are starting to trickle in.
One of the funniest things, apart from realising just how high the percentage of guys to girls is in Thredbo, is that overseas travellers didn’t realise Australia has fantastic ski fields and all year round alpine villages like Thredbo. This is fair enough when you think of some of Australia’s ambassadors and celebrities such as Crocodile Dundee, Ian Thorpe (Olympic swimmer), Nicole Kidman with her former days as a BMX bandit and any other sporting champion who excelled in summer sports. Let’s face it, where is Olympic gold medallist Steven Bradbury who made us shocked but proud as we ice skated to victory at the Winter Olympics to reieve one of our ONLY two gold medals in history?
So for those of you unfamiliar with Australia’s ski fields, consider this your Course 1.01 in ‘carving up the pow down under’.
Australia’s main ski fields are located in the Snowy Mountains region in NSW and in Victoria. The main ski resorts include my current home of Thredbo which is a 6 hour drive from Sydney and 7 hour drive from Melbourne, Perisher, Selwyn ski fields, Falls Creek and Mount Hotham.
The Aussie ski season kicks off this long weekend (June 9th) and goes until around the start of October, depending on what mother nature brings to the slopes. Of course, thanks to technology snowmaking has improved over the years meaning there are more days for skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing and snow fighting than every before. You gotta love that.
Like your big resort towns in Canada, the US and Europe there are a heaps of jobs on offer and let’s face it, a heap of skiing, boarding and partying to be had because that’s what most of us are here for.
So, if that hasn’t motivated you to come and work a ski season in Oz or to at least come for a visit, you could always come in summer as the mountain biking and summer sports expand at villages such as Thredbo.
OK, that’s the end of the lecture. I will have a pop quiz for you next time.
It’s time to hit the gym and get fit before hitting the slopes. Come on snowy goodness!
Simone x
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