(Perisher), a ski resort in central New South Wales, is located in (Kosciuszko National Park), near the Victorian border, and about 490km by car from Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. About 210km from the Australian capital Canberra.
Founded in 1957, Thredbo is Australia's favorite playground for celebrities. The most "star-shaped" snow village was awarded the World Ski Award "Australia's Best Ski spot" in 2015.
As one of the representatives of the new state ski resort, Thredbo was chosen by the government in 1996 as the headquarters of the Australian Academy of Mountain Sports training (The Australian Institute of Sport's Alpine Training Centre). This is how Thredbo became a well-deserved "academic representative" of the ski industry. The continuous flow of tourists and students during the ski season attests to the authority of the ski equipment at the Sredbo Resort.
Another feature of Thredbo is its convenient transportation, unlike the feeling that other ski resorts are "hard to find in the deep mountains", where Thredbo can take a bus directly from Sydney, and Greyhound,Murrays has a route. It's easy to drive yourself. It takes about six hours to leave Sydney or Melbourne, and it's close from Canberra, just over two hours.
While exploring exciting resorts, you can also choose your own delicacies in as many as 40 cafes and restaurants, and enjoy the beauty of the resort at the same time. There are also branded snowwear stores, as well as some of Australia's best snowy mountain accommodations, including Rockpool Lodge., which won the title of "Australia's best ski cabin" at the 2015 World Ski Awards. The pure snow garden, the quiet wooden house, the lazy holiday, what is more to be expected than this?
For ski enthusiasts, there are more than 480 hectares of skiing area and Australia's longest ski run, with a maximum vertical drop of 672 meters, almost twice as much as any of Australia's other ski trails. Slade Bodou, civilized by skiing, attracts about seven hundred thousand winter visitors a year, and in the summer it becomes a hiking and vacation place, including rock climbing, fishing and cross-country bicycles.
There are four ski resorts in Coseucau National Park, with the exception of Thredbo, there are three other ski resorts: (Selwyn Snow Resort), Charlotte Parks ski resort (Charlotte Pass) and Pelischer ski resort (Perisher), Both offer a rich selection of accommodations suitable for a variety of budgets.
Australia skiing Tips:
- Unless very fond of skiing, there is not much need to buy personal ski equipment, the snow field has a variety of clothing and appliances for rent; But is the ski special waterproof glove, the goggles and the hat on the head is not rented, had better buy complete before going up the mountain;
- There will be traffic controls during the snow season, all cars must be parked in the mountain parking lot, ski attractions to take a free bus up the mountain, try not to bring too much luggage to avoid the trouble of transfer.
