Whistler is affectionately known as 'Whistralia' by seasonnaires for good reason. 60% of the people who live here in winter are Australian. Pretty close to 100% of the lifties are Australian. The Whistler accent (adopted if you live here for a few years) is somewhere between Canadian and Australian...erring towards the Australian side! ...and so when a day has been dedicated purely to being Australian, Whistler goes off! The whole day is a bit of a blur but effectively from 8am to 3am the next day, there was a lot of Australian import (VB, not fosters as every Brit was reminded multiple times throughout the day), a lot of meat pies, and a lot of general merriment. The temperature was about -6 and people were skiing down in just a dress made from an australian flag,
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