beside the Thredbo Skifields

Snow in the Snowy Mountains

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June 8th 2007
Friday 8 June 2007 We woke up this morning to see snow coming down outside our motel room window in the Snowy Mountain town of Thredbo. A light dusting of snow was on the tarp over our motorbikes, though it wasn’t yet sticking to the road. We packed hurriedly and left hoping we could make it over the pass just west of town before we got snowed in, but we met a really nice guy responsible for k ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more