Heavy Snow Falls a Month Early on Australian Ski Fields Thredbo and Perisher More than a month earlier than normal, 4″ of snow has dropped on Australia’s ski fields, with greater totals at higher elevations. Big snowfall in mid-May is rare for the region. Related: Vail Resorts Australia Says Reservations Will Not be Necessary at Falls Creek, Perisher, and Mt. Hotham, This Winter Temperatures dropped to 32ºF on Tuesday night, allowing snow to […] Industry News Oz Brains | May 12, 2021 1 Comment
Surfer Who Lost His Leg to a Great White Shark Wins 6-Year Legal Battle to Keep the Tooth A surfer who lost his leg, and almost his life, has just won a six-year legal battle to keep the tooth the great white shark left embedded in his surfboard. “You can see the damage on the end of the tooth from it going into my board — it’s definitely a bottom jaw tooth — its top jaw got my […] Surf SwellBrains | May 7, 2021 0 Comments
Australia to Keep Borders Closed Until 2022 Australia’s secretary of the health department, Brendan Murphy, says Australia will keep borders closed until 2022. Even with the advancement in vaccines, he had this to say. “I think that we’ll go most of this year with still substantial border restrictions — even if we have a lot of the population vaccinated, we don’t know whether that will prevent transmission […] Cameron Griffin | January 27, 2021 0 Comments
Australia’s First Indoor Snow Center Coming to Sydney A $200 million indoor snow center is set to be built in Australia. Winter Sports World (WSW) is being developed just west of Sydney, in a town named Penrith, along the banks of the Nepean River. The new indoor snow center would be the first of its kind in Australia and be open year-round for training and fun. Australia’s neighbor, […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | October 30, 2020 5 Comments
Tasmanian Devils Return to Australian Wild After 3,000 years 3,000 years later, Tasmanian devils are back in the wild on Australia’s mainland after going extinct there. Tasmanian Devils have continued to live on the island of Tasmania right up to the modern day. “The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was once native to mainland Australia and was only found in the wild on the island state of Tasmania. It has […] SnowBrains | October 9, 2020 2 Comments
Conquering ‘Cradle Snatcher’ Couloir in Tasmania! [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zb6-bKbXAU"] Spencer Cox | October 1, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: ‘Winter 2020 Highlights’ From Thredbo, Australia [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=pZcsyYeA9R4&feature=emb_logo"] Rouchelle Gilmore | October 1, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Australian Late Season Snowfall Pushes Perisher Closing To October 3 Last week a big storm whipped across the Australian Alps, dumping approximately 16-inches or more in places. Following the refresh, Vail-owned Perisher in New South Wales, Australia decided to extend their season until Monday, October 5th, while neighboring NSW resort Thredbo deciding to closed to get ready for summer operations. The Australian 2020 winter was always going to be a […] Industry News Rouchelle Gilmore | September 30, 2020 0 Comments
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