THREDBO SKI VILLAGE & THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER
THREDBO SKI VILLAGE
Thredbo is a village and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of Sydney, accessible by the Alpine Way via the Snowy Mountain towns of Cooma, Berridale, and Jindabyne. Thredbo village is built in the valley of the Thredbo River, also known as the Crackenback River, at the foot of the Ramshead Range.
Lake Crackenback
Lake Crackenback is seventeen km from Thredbo along the Alpine Way. The lake is very small in area and is about two hundred metre's at it's widest. Many holiday units line the foreshore and the lake is popular for lakeside fishing.
Thredbo
Thredbo Village has around 4,150 beds, but a permanent population of only about 471 people. When the mountain is fully covered by snow, Thredbo has the longest ski runs in Australia, and this attracts around 700,000 winter visitors annually. In summer, Thredbo is a hiking and summer sport destination, including rock climbing and abseiling, fishing, cross-country cycling and downhill MTB riding and hosts a summer blues music festival.
Thredbo is approximately 550ks from Melbourne. Driving from Corryong in Victoria then on to the Victorian/New South Wales border. The fully sealed scenic Alpine Way road begins and passes through Thredbo Village and continues to Jindabyne, the closest town in New South Wales.
Kosciuszko Express Chairlift and Merritt's Gondola
From Thredbo Village the Kosciuszko Express Chairlift operates 365 days a year. 1.8km in length and rises to a height of 560 metres. The open scenic chairlift takes 15 minutes one way to Eagles Nest restaurant, Australia’s highest restaurant and closest access point to Mount Kosciuszko. From the top of the chairlift there is a popular walking track of 13km return to Mount Kosciuszko's highest point. A relatively flat alpine area. Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on mainland Australia. At a height of 2,228 metres (7,310 feet) from sea level. I visited in summer and did not use the open chairlift. I don’t like heights. The Kosciuszko Express open chairlift has since been supplemented by a eight person capacity enclosed gondola. The Merritt's Gondola takes six minutes from Thredbo Village to arrive at the lower Merritt's Mountain House where dining is available.
The Merritt's Gondola is often closed for annual scheduled maintenance during much of October and into November.
Open chairlifts after the official closure of the ski season from October onwards may also be closed for maintenance and reopen for the summer months to allow easier walking access to Mount Kosciuszko.
Thredbo Alpine Coaster
Open year round the Thredbo Alpine Coaster is 1.5 km in length. Speeds of up to 40 km are controllable by passengers as they travel down the twists and turns of the open air railed Coaster. Passes from $16 (2024)
The Man From Snowy River Poem
"The Man from Snowy River" is a famous poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson.
First verse:
There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around
That the colt from Old Regret had got away,
And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound,
So all the cracks had gathered to the fray.
All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far
Had mustered at the homestead overnight,
For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are,
And the stock-horse snuffs the battle with delight.
Verse thirteen and poem finish:
And down by Kosciusko, where the pine-clad ridges raise
Their torn and rugged battlements on high,
Where the air is clear as crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze
At midnight in the cold and frosty sky,
And where around the Overflow the reed -beds sweep and sway
To the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide,
The man from Snowy River is a household word today,
And the stockmen tell the story of his ride.
Banjo Paterson
Early History
The Man From Snowy River was penned in the late eighteen hundreds. Australia was finding it's own identity in the world. A group of colonies. England still the highest authority in the land. Australia not yet a Federation of states. Australians looked for inspirations in something they could relate to. Tales from far off foreign shores losing relevancy. Stories and poems from the bush were told and written about. The characters be they real or fictional showed traits Australians admired. Resourcefulness and fairness in a land they were now accustomed too. Be it city or country. Poems were able to be printed and made available to the general public via newspapers of the day.
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THREDBO GOOGLE MAPS
JINDABYNE GOOGLE MAPS
THREDBO SKI VILLAGE NSW SKI FIELDS
DRIVE CORRYONG TO JINDABYNE
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER
CORRYONG VICTORIA
Lake Crackenback New South Wales
MAIN RETAIL STREET OF THREDBO
OUTSIDE OF SKI SEASON
MERRITTS GONDOLA ENTRY THREDBO
THREDBO ALPINE COASTER
STEEP CLIMB ON LEFT
& DOWNHILL ON RIGHTSIDE
LOOKING DOWN ON THREDBO
By Toby Hudson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
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