Jindabyne 2023

Thornes in Jindabyne 2023

The last week of August usually sees some heavy dumps in Perisher and Threadbo, not this year tho. There had been no snow for at least a week. There was snow still, and if a bit icy, it was still okay for sledding. To get to Jindabyne, we drove inland between Canberra and Lake George.

Driving To Jindy, at Lake George

Gonna throw you in moi moi

Novem expected it to be warm?

Jason is just cool

Getting supplies in Jindy

Four handed snow(wo)man

Quick, lets get to the snow

Perisher car park

Building a snow man was slow going. The snow was pretty hard

We made a lump

Climbing the hill

To the top

Wheeeeeee!

Splash!

Walking around Perisher up the hill

There are several lodges up here

Checkout time, and the kids make use of the bouncy pillow while I hand in the keys

Mid air shot

After checkout, we still had half a day left on the national parks ticket bought for Perisher the day before. We went to Threadbo to check out the snow there. The conditions were pretty similar, though if I were wanting long downhill slopes, there are several I could see from the road. In Perisher, you can catch the chair lift up to Blue Cow I think, and ski all the way down to Perisher. The snow looked better in Threadbo, but the only thing I could find out about toboggoning in Threadbo was that it was not allowed :(

Threadbo is a small village of lodges, and the countryside around is beautiful

With the melting snow, the stream flows with clean, cold, sparkling water

An example of the long ski runs at Threadbo

Even with most of the snow gone, the views were spectacular

There was a car park where we could stop and admire the slopes

A close up

We heard there was a toboggan run just past Threadbo toward Victoria at a place called Dead Horse Gap (charming name).

And this is also the start of a walking trail.

But we found no evidence of a toboggan track

There was a little snow, and it was pretty

So we drove back

Plenty of room in the new car, and the sun roof is great. The drive there and back was very nice. Though I loved the old commodore, we deserve a nice new(-ish) car.

Plenty of room in the new car, and the sun roof is great. The drive there and back was very nice. Though I loved the old commodore, we deserve a nice new(-ish) car.