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Sorry bit or a random post but we are considering emigrating to Australia but the deal breaker would be that my son would go only if he can continue skiing. Ive tried googling dry slopes in Australia but am not coming up with anything. Don't suppose any of you have any info or can point me in the right direction to find out more info.
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I grew up in Sydney and do not recall seeing anything. I did however learn to 'ski' on a grass ski slope near the Blue Mountains.
http://www.weekendnotes.com/kurrajong-heights-grass-karts/
The snow ski slopes were about 6 hours away. Things may have changed as been away for 14 years but I doubt it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ive looked at that option :-0 im shocked at the lack of dry slopes in Australia. Didnt realise how lucky we were here with all the slopes and ski clubs available.
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I think dry skiing is uniquely British just like Marmite 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Don't think it's a totally British thing. There is a large Dry slope in Bethune,NorthernFrance, a couple in Belgium & around 8 in Holland. As well as at least 1 in Ireland.
There are always some Belgium/Dutch/Irish racers that come over here to compete in the "European" dry slope slalom champs whenever it is held.
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| Familyfuntimes wrote: |
| Ive looked at that option :-0 im shocked at the lack of dry slopes in Australia. Didnt realise how lucky we were here with all the slopes and ski clubs available. |
I'd suggest that they are luckier than us, because they do have actual ski resorts.
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Haha yes definitely lucky in that respect. Its just that my children love training weekly and really want to keep doing that somehow
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Get them surfing instead, with trips to the mountains now and then. I spent some of my childhood/adolescence in Australia. If you like outdoor sport and leisure, there's plenty of opportunity!
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| mikeycharlton wrote: |
| Familyfuntimes wrote: |
| Ive looked at that option :-0 im shocked at the lack of dry slopes in Australia. Didnt realise how lucky we were here with all the slopes and ski clubs available. |
I'd suggest that they are luckier than us, because they do have actual ski resorts. |
They may have them, but they don't seem to be much closer to Melbourne or Sydney than the Alps are to London...
That or 3hrs flight to Queenstown NZ, or 10 hrs to Japan...
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| mikeycharlton wrote: |
| Familyfuntimes wrote: |
| Ive looked at that option :-0 im shocked at the lack of dry slopes in Australia. Didnt realise how lucky we were here with all the slopes and ski clubs available. |
I'd suggest that they are luckier than us, because they do have actual ski resorts. |
We have Scotland and dry slopes! Cake and eat it.
Can't recall a dry slope in NZ either but there is a Snow dome in Auckland and resorts 4 hr drive away.
Have you found a gap in the market? Unlikely due to the low participation rate and the low population density. Would make dry slopes uneconomic.
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@Orange200, Mount Buller (3hr drive), Hotham and Falls Creek (4hr) from Melb.
Can't really comment on the ones in NSW as I haven't been to those.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| mikeycharlton wrote: |
@Orange200, Mount Buller (3hr drive), Hotham and Falls Creek (4hr) from Melb.
Can't really comment on the ones in NSW as I haven't been to those. |
Bloody hell, just had a look at Mount Buller. Nearly £350 for a 6 day pass giving you access to a whopping 22 lifts and 80km of pistes. Do many people actually pay for that?
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Suddenly a trois vallees lift pass looks cheap...
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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There is a Dry Slope being built near Perth, at a centre called Forest Edge. It will be Australia's 1st (I think). They have a Twitter Page https://twitter.com/drysnowsports
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Poster: A snowHead
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@mountainaddict, I've been to Thredbo and up to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko but that was during an (Australian) summer long before I started skiing. We stayed two or three nights in a holiday park on the shores of Lake Jindabyne. I don't think it was very expensive (we were very skint at the time) but I suppose the prices are hiked up during the ski season. Lovely place.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think dry skiing is uniquely British just like Marmite
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There's three dry slopes in Ireland
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I am currently living in Melbourne and there are no dry ski slopes here.
As @mikeycharlton says the closest slope is Buller and many people go every weekend - leaving after the kids finish school for the day.
Lift tickets are very expensive however if you get annual passes in September each year for the following year it's not poor value.
Accommodation is reasonable if you join a lodge but otherwise annual rentals can be super expensive.
Skiing from Sydney appears to be more of a trek!
Depending what school you are looking at (assuming Melbourne is a option??) there is an alpine school where you can go for a term.
Cheers
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@Familyfuntimes, if Melbourne is an option then let me know and I can send you more info.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Familyfuntimes, leave him behind? I mean, if he's old enough to have a vote, he's old enough to fend for himself... clearly.
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Could think about moving to NZ. The schools near ski resorts get a day off school to ski every week over winter.
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| fly2much wrote: |
| @Familyfuntimes, if Melbourne is an option then let me know and I can send you more info. |
Ditto.
No dry slopes in Melbourne. I ski at Falls Creek, one of the 3 major resorts in Victoria.
Yes, skiing is expensive in Australia, Falls is 5 hours from Melbourne, on-slope food barely edible, and the slopes are short. I still love it. Snow in Australia has its own charm and magic. Enjoy it for what it is, and do not try to compare it to true alpine countries.
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FAQ
. Those two ski areas are small (around 40km of piste) but skiing is skiing and they are definitely worth a visit.
