Australian Alps: a visit to the ski resorts of Perisher and Thredbo

I visit the two biggest ski resorts of the Snowy Mountains — a historic region — and discover some useful tips.

LIVING in New Zealand, I often pop over to Australia. On my latest trip I went to the two great Australian ski resorts of Thredbo and Perisher.

A selfie at Blue Cow, on the Perisher skifield

You might be surprised to learn that the sunburnt continent of Australia has quite a few ski resorts. And that some of them are really big. Though New Zealand’s a popular skiing destination itself, Thredbo and Perisher are a lot bigger than anything in my country. Check out this map of Perisher, for instance!

Map data ©2019 Google. North at top.

Australian skiing takes place on the island of Tasmania, and also in a region of the mainland known as the Australian Alps. The Australian Alps straddle the border of the states of New South Wales and Victoria and takes in…