Hi lovelies,
I want to share with you some photos of our last 3 days. This post will be photo heavy, but hopefully not too boring for you.
We returned to Perisher on Sunday, and while we had left early so we could take advantage of the day, when we arrived at Bullocks Flat Skitube Station we discovered that Robbie had forgotten his bag with his clothes 😂. So it was back to Buckenderra to collect his bag and then back to Bullocks Flat to catch the train. It added about an 1 1/2 hours to our travel time, but we really had nothing but time.
We arrived at Perisher and were just in time to attend the church service. This is the highest church in Australia, and it was a lovely service and the small church was pretty packed.
The service runs for 1/2 hour. Just enough time for 2 songs, some prayer, announcements and then the message.
We then went back to the hotel and booked into our room. Another one with a lovely view.
A spot of lunch and then off for our first adventure on the toboggan. This was so much fun. We had a double seated toboggan so made a few runs down together before heading down separetly so that we could video our efforts. Click here if you want to see them.
A shot of the river that runs between the resort/ski slopes and the skitube station.
Monday was not very sunny, but still a pretty day.
We did some more tobogganing and then had an attempt at building a snowman. Not have tools to gather snow is a serious disadvantage.
We spotted this at one of the buildings and we both had a laugh. A 30l keg of bubbles would allow for lots of toasts.
Tuesday we headed to Charlotte Pass, which is only accessible by the oversnow vehicles in winter.
The trip over shows why. This is the top of the guard rails on the road.
Some gorgeous scenes, like this of a river thawing.
In winter Charlotte Pass is accessible by road, and there are picnic areas dotted along the road, which runs through the national park.
Charlotte Pass is the highest ski resort in Australia. We had booked a snowshoe tour, and it was such a wonderful treat.
We caught a chair lift to the top of the ridge and then we walk along one of the ski paths.
Our lovely guide Jess, was very good at pointing out the features of the amazing views.
Looking back down at the village, it seemed so small.
Such gorgeous mountains. with lots of untouched areas of snow.
We found a throne that someone had made. It made for a good photo op.
Found a tent site that had been set up on the top of the range. We were told this was being used by some National Park Rangers. I bet they are cold at night 😁
These are the public toilets in the car park area where in summer you can walk to Blue Lake. This give a really good idea of the amount of snow that falls in the area.
The sign to the car park. Another indication of the depth of the snow.
You will have to click on this photo to see the mounds of snow. These are called snow farm bales. When the snow falls down in the valley near the resort the plows gather up snow so that it can be moved into different areas on the slopes when it is needed.
The walk takes 2 1/2 hours, mostly down hill and includes lunch, oversnow transfers and shoes.
We had such a good time.
We left Perisher this morning and our 3 days there were so special.
Today it was catching up on some washing, and Robbie did a spot of fishing, so we had stew for dinner 😉
All for now lovelies.
Stay safe and keep enjoying life.
Love us.
I want to share with you some photos of our last 3 days. This post will be photo heavy, but hopefully not too boring for you.
We returned to Perisher on Sunday, and while we had left early so we could take advantage of the day, when we arrived at Bullocks Flat Skitube Station we discovered that Robbie had forgotten his bag with his clothes 😂. So it was back to Buckenderra to collect his bag and then back to Bullocks Flat to catch the train. It added about an 1 1/2 hours to our travel time, but we really had nothing but time.
We arrived at Perisher and were just in time to attend the church service. This is the highest church in Australia, and it was a lovely service and the small church was pretty packed.
The service runs for 1/2 hour. Just enough time for 2 songs, some prayer, announcements and then the message.
We then went back to the hotel and booked into our room. Another one with a lovely view.
A spot of lunch and then off for our first adventure on the toboggan. This was so much fun. We had a double seated toboggan so made a few runs down together before heading down separetly so that we could video our efforts. Click here if you want to see them.
A shot of the river that runs between the resort/ski slopes and the skitube station.
Monday was not very sunny, but still a pretty day.
We did some more tobogganing and then had an attempt at building a snowman. Not have tools to gather snow is a serious disadvantage.
We spotted this at one of the buildings and we both had a laugh. A 30l keg of bubbles would allow for lots of toasts.
Tuesday we headed to Charlotte Pass, which is only accessible by the oversnow vehicles in winter.
The trip over shows why. This is the top of the guard rails on the road.
Some gorgeous scenes, like this of a river thawing.
In winter Charlotte Pass is accessible by road, and there are picnic areas dotted along the road, which runs through the national park.
Charlotte Pass is the highest ski resort in Australia. We had booked a snowshoe tour, and it was such a wonderful treat.
We caught a chair lift to the top of the ridge and then we walk along one of the ski paths.
Our lovely guide Jess, was very good at pointing out the features of the amazing views.
Looking back down at the village, it seemed so small.
We found a throne that someone had made. It made for a good photo op.
Found a tent site that had been set up on the top of the range. We were told this was being used by some National Park Rangers. I bet they are cold at night 😁
These are the public toilets in the car park area where in summer you can walk to Blue Lake. This give a really good idea of the amount of snow that falls in the area.
The sign to the car park. Another indication of the depth of the snow.
You will have to click on this photo to see the mounds of snow. These are called snow farm bales. When the snow falls down in the valley near the resort the plows gather up snow so that it can be moved into different areas on the slopes when it is needed.
The walk takes 2 1/2 hours, mostly down hill and includes lunch, oversnow transfers and shoes.
We had such a good time.
We left Perisher this morning and our 3 days there were so special.
Today it was catching up on some washing, and Robbie did a spot of fishing, so we had stew for dinner 😉
All for now lovelies.
Stay safe and keep enjoying life.
Love us.
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