Rydges Thredbo Alpine Hotel Thredbo Village

... the way was the deserted gold rush town of Kiandra, which also had Australia's first ski field, and The masses of dead looking ghostly white trees.

We stayed in the national park at a campsite near Sawpit creek. It was very quiet and much colder than we packed for! But we were allowed to light a fire so we sat around it until we took to bed still in our warmest clothes.





The following day we set out to climb Mt Kosciuszko. We ...

I had a 10.30 checkout deadline this morning which I thought was unreasonable until I got to my next accommodation which has a 10am checkout. Come on people – we need to have time to get up and going in the morning. I am quiet sure that I have left most of my stuff in the hotel in Canberra as I rushed to get out the door at 10.30 and avoid any comedian receptionists trying to charge me for an extra day.

I had a gentle drive ...

... was all underground so nothing to see but interesting to know Australia are using modern engineering and innovative solutions in the middle of nowhere to generate power.

Shared dorm in Thredbo was good. One bathroom for us all to shower and go for dinner at the school-style canteen. Not the greatest food but we were ready for it followed by a few beers in the bar afterward, afterall it was a saturday night. Bogan told us a few tall stories over a beer and ...

That night we headed up into australia's snowy mountians, which are so named as they have snow on them in the winter. which means we also had a chance to ski or snowboard! it was a pretty good deal on the snowboarding, and i really wanted to give it a go, so i signed up for it for the next morning!

that evening we were at the foot of the mountains, so it wasnt snowing, but was rather cold. but the place we were staying ...

We hebben bewust Canberra, de hoofdstad van Australie, naast ons laten liggen. Volgens iedereen is het een saaie stad. Vandaar dat we doorgereden zijn naar de Snowy Mountains. De naam verraadt al dat het hoger is dan de rest van Australie. We dachten dat het koud was is in de Blue Mountains, maar hier is het echt al winter...brrrr. Nabij Mt Kosciuscko ligt er al genoeg sneeuw voor een sneeuwballengevecht. 's ...

02.05.09: We continued our second day of visiting Canberra. We started with the war memorial, a museum dedicated to all the Australian who fought during the Gillepie battle during WWII and other wars. The museum is large and very interesting..and again free! We had a tour guide and she was really good. You were hanging on her every word. There was a wall with all the dead Aussie soldiers names. The walls were covered with poppies ...

... wild brumbies for 8 seconds. We sat around a campfire one night and listened to some old-timers tell stories, recite poetry and sing a few ballads. After we left Corryong we went to Pine Mountain National Park and did a 2 hour hike to a "dry" waterfall. We were told before we left that it would probably be dry or just a trickle of water. The view at the top was magnificent so we weren't too disappointed. We took a ...

The Alpine Way is a beautifully twisty 300km loop, weaving in and out of valleys, up and down mountains and around the man-made lakes of the Snowy region. The roads are challenging and demands full attention. The Snowy Ride is promoted as a nice cruisy ride - NOT a race and group riding with thousands of other bikes on these roads was exhilarating. Common courtesy dictates that slower bikes move to the left of the lane allowing faster bikes to ...

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