Blogs from Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Well where do we start! No really, where do we start! Its been over 3 months since we posted a blog. The reason for this is that we've been hidden away in a national park in the middle of nowhere (not exactly true), with limited or no Internet access and masses and masses of work has meant that we've been far to busy anyway! Ok so the partying and snowboarding also took up quite a bit of our time as well. So we arrived at the Ski Rider Hotel Motel with little idea of what we were getting ourselves into. For a start we didn't appreciate that we would for the next 3 months be "stranded" in the middle of Kosiousko National Park, half an hours drive down the road to the nearest town of Jindabyne ... read more

Même si l'hiver approche, il fait encore incroyablement beau et chaud, et on se sent finalement plus en été qu'en automne. Du coup avec 2 potes (Pierre et Thomas, qui travaillent tous les 2 à Sydney), on s'est dit que le long weekend de Pâques (vendredi et lundi sont feriés ici) serait l'occasion d'aller faire un peu de rando. Et les Snowy Mountains à 2-3h au sud de Canberra (soit 6h de route de Sydney) etaient la destination parfaite: un immense parc national, avec notamment le point culminant de l'Australie, Mont Kosciuszko à 2228m. Les randos etaient superbes, et on a eu un temps assez incroyable, même s'il faisait malgré tout un peu froid, vu qu'on etait en altitude, et quand même beaucoup plus au sud que Sydney. Le sommet de Kosciuszko est finalement très facilement ... read more

Khancoban to Thredbo The Alpine Way from Khancoban to Thredbo is a very tight and twisty road with constant signs reminding about the dangers of falling rocks and slippery surfaces. Much of the road is signposted at 60km/h so there is little opportunity to ride at a speed which leads to dangerous situations. Some of the views are spectacular, with massive peaks in the background and green forests in the foreground. Again, there are many areas where the main feature is skeletal burnt trees from the fires a few years ago. All areas are recovering, but the effects will be obvious for many years to come. Thredbo village was quiet compared to how it must be in the winter months, but still had a significant number of people taking part in the various summer activities. It ... read more

Hello all After Goulburn we HAD planned to slip down to the South Coast of NSW and spend a week or so (between Nowra & Batemans Bay) and hopefully a little more pleasant weather, put the boat in the water, do a spot of fishing, eat oysters/seafood and veg out. But when there was late snowfalls at The Snowy, we decided we should bite the bullet, grit our teeth and bear the cold and head there instead, since the other 3 have never seen snow. So we headed off to Jindabyne and did a day-trip to Thredbo. Not much snow left there now - some very minor stuff, 2 days old, high up in the peaks. We took the chairlift at Thredbo and 'did' the trek to the Mt Kosciuszko Lookout (about 6km/return from the top ... read more

Done loads of travelling since we left on the oz bus!!! just a little tatster..a 15k hike...saw wild roo's and wombats and a squeeky beach.. We had to get up at about half 5 to catch the Oz bus around 6ish..char's alarm didnt go off she she was woken up to shell ringing her waiting down stairs ready!! She was rushing around like crazy woman and got in a right state, shoved on some clothes and dragged her bags down the stairs..where Shell was waiting outside luckily we managed to get on the bus around half 6..ooopsie! So we started off on bad terms with Jane (our Oz driver) she didnt seem to bad but later we found out she really didnt like us as you will find out.. Anyway we drove, stopped off for some ... read more