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Cheap Aussie snow: ski and board on a budgetARTICLE

Cheap Aussie snow: ski and board on a budget

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Budget Thredbo Village Jindabyne Mount Buller Australia New South Wales Victoria Ski and board on a budget, with a few sneaky insider tips you can still get the big chill, while finding deals to warm your heart.
Christchurch regionARTICLE

Christchurch region

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Christchurch Craigieburn Arthur's Pass Hanmer Springs New Zealand Canterbury Chatham Islands Several skiing areas lie within a two-hour drive of Christchurch.
Buxom babe boards bannedARTICLE

Buxom babe boards banned

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Sport Vermont United States American winter gear manufacturer Burton has come out with a range of snowboards that have heated up controversy both on and off the slopes. Their Love line of...
Mount Buller like the locals doARTICLE

Mount Buller like the locals do

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Victoria Adventure Mount Buller Australia Mount Buller has been one of Victoria's most popular ski resorts since the 1920s and before, when adventurous skiers used packhorses, not ski lifts, to get to...
Breaking in BreckenridgeARTICLE

Breaking in Breckenridge

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Adventure Breckenridge United States Colorado Just as you're never too old to dance on tables or learn a language, you're never too old to ski.
Jules Lund's fantasy New Zealand winter holidayARTICLE

Jules Lund's fantasy New Zealand winter holiday

TOPICS: Adventure Skiing and snowboarding New Zealand Jules Lund Jules Lund is a long-term reporter for Channel Nine's Getaway show and the host of the Logies. He's also an avid snowboarder and outdoor adventure fan...
Jules Lund's favourite ski/snowboard spotsARTICLE

Jules Lund's favourite ski/snowboard spots

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Adventure New Zealand Jules Lund Jules Lund is a long-term reporter for Channel Nine's Getaway show and the host of the Logies. We've asked him to contribute his travel tips and stories...
Jules Lund's New Zealand tipsARTICLE

Jules Lund's New Zealand tips

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding New Zealand Adventure Jules Lund Jules Lund is a long-term reporter for Channel Nine's Getaway show and the host of the Logies. He's also an avid snowboarder and outdoor adventure fan...
A first-time snow bunny hits NZARTICLE

A first-time snow bunny hits NZ

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding New Zealand Adventure Mount Hutt Chatham Islands Let's get this straight from the start. Skiing is not my idea of a romantic winter weekend away. I don't ski. Can't ski. Tried once as a school kid and it all...
A parent's guide: introducing your child to snowARTICLE

A parent's guide: introducing your child to snow

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Kids and family We all know first impressions count and nowhere is that more important than on the snowfield. If your child's first memory of skiing is being wet, cold, lonely...
Beginners' ski tipsARTICLE

Beginners' ski tips

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding We know what it's like to be a raw beginner! The information is here to help you navigate your way through your first day.
Your guide to winter gear essentialsARTICLE

Your guide to winter gear essentials

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding If you're going to invest in a ski and snowboarding holiday, you may want to look the part. Sure, you could pull out the toothpick skis of yesteryear, dust off...
How to get a job in a ski resortARTICLE

How to get a job in a ski resort

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Sport France Chile working holidays Whistler Canada British Columbia Imagine hitting the slopes every day before work. Hell, your "work" may even require you leave your skis on all day! According to the Australian Department of...
24hrs in ChristchurchARTICLE

24hrs in Christchurch

TOPICS: Adventure Wine and dine itineraries Skiing and snowboarding Sport Shopping Nightlife Art Christchurch Canterbury Beer Polo New Zealand Christchurch may be a bit rich to compare to the thriving metropolis New York, or the architecture like that in London, but as the aerial gateway to Antarctica...
Why Kiwi snow beats Aussie snowARTICLE

Why Kiwi snow beats Aussie snow

TOPICS: Adventure Skiing and snowboarding Queenstown Snow Wanaka Cardrona New Zealand Chatham Islands Otago In case you haven't heard, Australians love New Zealand. Or, more specifically, Aussies are obsessed with the Kiwi ski fields. It seems these days every powder...
How to ski ... like a girlARTICLE

How to ski ... like a girl

TOPICS: Adventure Australia Skiing and snowboarding New Zealand Thredbo Village Snowy Mountains Cardrona Treble Cone New South Wales Chatham Islands Otago Skiing is predominantly a male sport. But no matter what the blokes think, Australia's most successful skiers and boarders are women (Torah Bright, Zali...
Trip tips: Victoria's Falls CreekARTICLE

Trip tips: Victoria's Falls Creek

TOPICS: Adventure Kids and family Luxury and spa Skiing and snowboarding Victoria Snow Falls Creek Resorts Australia New South Wales Falls Creek is Victoria's largest and most picturesque ski resort. It has a charming, European-style village ambience with its pedestrian only streets and has...
NZ: licence to thrillARTICLE

NZ: licence to thrill

TOPICS: Adventure Skiing and snowboarding New Zealand Queenstown Christchurch Snow Canterbury Craigieburn Broken River Mount Olympus Chatham Islands Otago En Zud, the Land of the Long White Cloud, is also the home of the long white ski run, where chills and thrills are a dime a dozen. One ski field signs warns...
NSW holiday ski guideARTICLE

NSW holiday ski guide

TOPICS: Adventure Australia New South Wales Skiing and snowboarding Sport Thredbo Village Snowy Mountains Snow A trip to NSW's Snowy Mountains is an exhilarating and soul-cleansing experience. Exploring a fresh run as the cool crisp air whips over your face provides a...
NSW ski slope guideARTICLE

NSW ski slope guide

TOPICS: Adventure Australia Skiing and snowboarding Sport Thredbo Village Snowy Mountains Snow New South Wales Whatever your ability, this guide will help you disregard most of the squiggly, colourful lines on your mountain map and get you straight to the runs you'll...
         

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