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Australia: best season's start since 2000?
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Next weekend's opening to the ski season is shaping up as the best since 2000 with a strong cold change bringing 30cm of snow in the Victorian Alps this week.
"A snowy start to winter is looking positive and our snowmakers are maximising the first `snowmaking window'," Mr Schryver said.
"There's another snow-bearing low heading our way providing the possibility even more snow will blanket the resort."
The locals reckon there's every chance the season's start could be akin to that of 2000 when there was a good snowfall at the end of May followed by an exceptional snow season.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Victorian-Alps-get-30cm-of-snow/2007/06/01/1180205501021.html
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Almost as much snow as what fell for the whole season last year.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
If true, this is great news for Oz. They have had a brutal drought for years.
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Yep, it's dumping in Victoria and New Soth Wales. All mainland ski resorts have metres of snow and all lifts are running. By contrast the two small resorts in Tasmania don't have much snow.
Here is a photo of the six lane motorway between Melbourne (sea level, population 4 million) and Ballarat (low hills, population 100,000) this morning. Neither city is famous for snowfalls.
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I ahve been skiing in Perisher and am going back. This is the first time I have skied in Oz, and everybody had been talking it down. I have therefore been very lucky to be here for the best season for many years.
This is very good news for Europe. My wife (an Aussie) has followed the Oz and Europe ski seasons for about 25 years and is totally convinced there is a direct correlation between conditions in Oz and conditions in Europe the following season. Why this should be so, I have no idea, but she is totally convinced that next season will be a big one in Europe!!!
Skiing in Oz is weird! First thing is that there are t-bars everywhere and the locals like them. Then, you ski amongst trees that are unlike any European ones. Snow Gums keep their leaves throughout winter and have low branches to take your head off. In amny ways it's like skiing in Europe 20 years ago, but regrettably with boards still present. It also strikes me that Aussies are obsessed with bumps skiing. In the inter-schools championships, even my 5 year old enters bumps!
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