Well… I'm back from skiing. No broken bones, bruised limbs or anything like that. Had a great time skiing at Perisher Blue, and I think I improved, this time round.
Last year was basically my first time, so I basically stuck to the beginner and intermediate runs. This time round, I was a wee bit more adventurous, and went with Lucy and Sez (and sometimes Jane) on a whole lot of black runs at Perisher and Blue Cow. The only runs I didn't do were Kamikaze (double black diamond == death) and the Olympic run (too icy).
We were lucky enough to have a MASSIVE snow dump on Saturday night, so when we left to drive down on Sunday morning, we thought we would need chains to get into Jindabyne! We also heard that there were road closures from Berrima onwards, so we rented some chains in Cooma (before Jindabyne), which we ended up not needing. When we rolled into Jindabyne that night, there was snow everywhere, which was really, really cool.
We stayed at a great place called "The Sassy Moose", which is a 3 bedroom house in the suburban area of Jindabyne. It's a nice and cosy place, with one bathroom, one bathroom/shower and another shower/bath. Each of the bedrooms had a queen and a single bed, with plenty of floor space. There ended up being only 6 of us, so there was plenty of room to spare. There was also a kitchen, dining room and lounge room with a TV, video player and DVD, as well as a drying room, so we were very spoilt. The place came with three electric and one gas heater, and was extremely comfortable and a great place to come home to every night! I highly recommend it. It was also quite cheap too, costing about $1700 for the week.
Mat Carr provided all of the food, and we ate likes kings (and queens) for the week. Our delectable menu included a rack of lamb (seasoned with mint and rosemary), lamb sausages, lamb tenderloins and great vegetables from his market…
So… it was a great trip, and apart from a bit of tension towards the end (to be expected with a group of very different people spending a week together), I thoroughly enjoyed it. We're hoping to go to Mt. Hotham or Falls Creek (in Victoria) next year, or maybe even somewhere in New Zealand, if the prices are OK. I took a ton of photos on the camera and have loaded them onto Mat's computer, so as soon as he sends me them, I'll generate the photo album and chuck it on the web, for all to enjoy.
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