It’s one of the most rugged, wind-beaten, and spectacular parts of the country- an incredible place to visit in both winter and summer.Įven if you don’t ski or snowboard, visit for photography, relaxing, or wait until summer when there are lots of great bushwalks in the area.īeyond winter sports, check out the wildlife in the area- it is as incredible as the snow. If you’re trying to decide between Thredbo or Perisher, this guide should help.īoth resorts are located in the Snowy Mountains, part of Kosciuszko National Park. They are within a short distance of another and are about a five-hour drive from Sydney or two from Canberra, or just 30 minutes from Jindabyne. However, if you’re based in Sydney and wondering where to ski in Australia, you’ll probably come across the two largest resorts in NSW, Perisher and Thredbo. Fool me once.It may surprise you that not only does it snow in Australia, but it snows enough to create some fantastic ski resorts. I for one will not be paying snow fees for a zero snow weekend again.
Show them the contempt they deserve by boycotting them for these first two weeks of June and go when there is actual snow and you are getting what you pay for. Until both Thredbo and Perisher start admitting that they are artificially extending the snow season in order to rake in extra money, and stop charging like there is actual snow on the ground, do yourself a favour and don’t fall for their lies. Even Perisher barely has any snow at this time of the year and the reason those photos look so filled with happy people on the snow is because everyone is trying to squeeze onto the few man-made patches of snow for their instagram moment. Too much to expect snow on a weekend claiming (and priced) to be the “start of the snowy season”? Apparently it is. Despite the fact that Threbo and Perisher no doubt know, after so many years of having no ACTUAL snow on this weekend, that it will be snowless, they continue to promote this weekend as a funtastic opening to the snow.
PERISHER FULL
Snow open weekend offers you zero snow and zero fun at full season prices. Don’t expect a magical, fun-filled snow weekend as advertised in the brochures.ĭon’t waste your money, time and energy on this over-hyped, over-priced kids party. At Perisher expect some man-made snow, a few better musos, but not much more. The fireworks were such a non-event that we didn’t even realise they had happened. So what can you expect? At Thredbo expect zero snow, paying top dollar for ski-lifts, mechanical sled rides food and drink, a sad snow sculpture melting in the heat, empty pubs where one or two bored people watch footy, over-heated coffee shops closing early, a DJ playing house music to which toddlers and pre-teens dance while their parents stand around sipping over-priced beer and wine. Oh, and they waited until a week before the day to announce that. And to add insult to injury, Thredbo has now even refused to offer the fake snow and toboggan rides which drew families to it. In the seven years that I have lived in Canberra there has NEVER been natural snow on the ground in the first week of July. Thredbo and Perisher refuse to acknowledge reality and move this weekend on a week or two, to a time when there is actual snow on the ground.
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