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Christchurch regionARTICLE

Christchurch region

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Christchurch Arthur's Pass Craigieburn 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 New Zealand Skiing and snowboarding 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: New Zealand Skiing and snowboarding 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: New Zealand Skiing and snowboarding 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...
Boards and bikinis in FranceBLOG

Boards and bikinis in France

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Sport Tignes France Region Rhone-Alpes Here in Oz, the ski season is just hotting up, but over in the Europe it's winding down. Undeterred, the resort of Tignes took advantage of the late-season...
Ben Lomond National Park, TasmaniaARTICLE

Ben Lomond National Park, Tasmania

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Ben Lomond National Park, Tassie's most reliable skiing hot-spot (or rather, cold-spot), 165 square kilometre park, 55km south-east of Launceston
Dinner Plain and Mount Baw Baw, VictoriaARTICLE

Dinner Plain and Mount Baw Baw, Victoria

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Dinner Plain is a stylish alpine resort that's lovely in both winter and summer with attractive 'high country' architecture and endless outdoor activities....
Falls Creek, VictoriaARTICLE

Falls Creek, Victoria

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Falls Creek is the most fashion-conscious and upmarket ski resort in Australia, combining a picturesque alpine setting among the snow gums with...
First snow — Mount Hotham, VictoriaARTICLE

First snow — Mount Hotham, Victoria

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding My children have never seen snow. So we head to Victoria's "powder capital", Mount Hotham, caring not that it is the end of the season or that...
Mt Buffalo, VictoriaARTICLE

Mt Buffalo, Victoria

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Mount Buffalo, Victoria's smallest ski resort, is four hours' drive from Melbourne and managed by Parks Victoria.
Mt Buller, VictoriaARTICLE

Mt Buller, Victoria

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Three hours' drive from Melbourne, Elevation 1805m, Mt Buller is Victoria's largest ski resort.
North Island ski areasARTICLE

North Island ski areas

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding North Island Mount Ruapehu New Zealand Chatham Islands Wellington The twin ski resorts of Whakapapa (Tel 07-892 3738)and Turoa (Tel 06-385 8456), snowphone 08-322 2182; www.mtruapehu.com; daily lift pass...
Perisher Blue, Mount Selwyn and Charlotte PassARTICLE

Perisher Blue, Mount Selwyn and Charlotte Pass

TOPICS: Skiing and snowboarding Perisher Valley, Smiggin Holes, Mt Blue Cow and Guthega make up the massive resort of Perisher Blue.
         

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