Winter 2007
It's been a real winter for a change in Melbourne this year which is great for a self confessed 'winter baby' like me. We've had gloriously bright days and very chilly mornings/ days. Victoria has had it's best snow season in about 7 yrs and it's only the second time I've been skiing in the last 4yrs which is very sad.
Growing up the family used to go to Mt Hotham (the best Victorian ski mountain) for one full week and two weekends every year. There was no TV at the lodge and we always had a great time, skiing for virtually the whole 8-hrs available.
We've also finally had some rain in the last 2 months which has been really important for the water levels in the state. Many parts of the state are in Level 4 Water Restrictions which is very severe, however not as bad as Brisbane which got to Level 5!
The great excitement has been skiing - I went for a single day in early August and then a full weekend in the second week of August. Mark didn't come as it's his busiest time at work - his version of the Grand Final for the 4 weeks of August.
However, the best laid plans of mice & men, don't always work out. On the single ski day, we had a virtual white out and could only ski for about 3 hrs over a 4.5 hr period and we only spent that long on mountain because we couldn't see enough to determine which was up and which was down! Finally we got back to the car park exhausted and freezing cold.
On the weekend we had another mixed bag - a white out, 18-hrs of straight rain (never good for snow resort) and a 3-hr power black out as well as 2hrs of sunshine before another white out (all in 72 hrs!) We managed to get 2 half-days in over the weekend.
On well we're planning a trip next year and fingers crossed for better weather.
One of the other brilliant activities in Melbourne in Winter is the Melbourne International Film Festival (www.melbournefilmfestival.com) . This is 19-days of amazing films. Unfortunately this year we didn't get to go but we're planning a mini pass (10-films) for next year.
Final piece of news is a new role for Mark starting in Septermber.
Growing up the family used to go to Mt Hotham (the best Victorian ski mountain) for one full week and two weekends every year. There was no TV at the lodge and we always had a great time, skiing for virtually the whole 8-hrs available.
We've also finally had some rain in the last 2 months which has been really important for the water levels in the state. Many parts of the state are in Level 4 Water Restrictions which is very severe, however not as bad as Brisbane which got to Level 5!
The great excitement has been skiing - I went for a single day in early August and then a full weekend in the second week of August. Mark didn't come as it's his busiest time at work - his version of the Grand Final for the 4 weeks of August.
However, the best laid plans of mice & men, don't always work out. On the single ski day, we had a virtual white out and could only ski for about 3 hrs over a 4.5 hr period and we only spent that long on mountain because we couldn't see enough to determine which was up and which was down! Finally we got back to the car park exhausted and freezing cold.
On the weekend we had another mixed bag - a white out, 18-hrs of straight rain (never good for snow resort) and a 3-hr power black out as well as 2hrs of sunshine before another white out (all in 72 hrs!) We managed to get 2 half-days in over the weekend.
On well we're planning a trip next year and fingers crossed for better weather.
One of the other brilliant activities in Melbourne in Winter is the Melbourne International Film Festival (www.melbournefilmfestival.com) . This is 19-days of amazing films. Unfortunately this year we didn't get to go but we're planning a mini pass (10-films) for next year.
Final piece of news is a new role for Mark starting in Septermber.
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