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Skiing and snowboarding in Japan is the hottest winter sports ticket in the world at the moment, and why wouldn’t it be: it consistently records the lightest and driest snow on earth, and it falls in quantities that’ll make your head spin – every time! If like many Aussies, you punctuate or even book-end you …
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Nagano! Everyone's heard of Nagano, right? It's home to Shiga Kogen, Nozawa Onsen, Myoko and of course, Hakuba. But would it surprise you if we told you the region is home to literally dozens of resorts, most of which you've never heard of? For example, if we mentioned Seki Onsen, Lotte Arai, Kita Shinsu, X-Jam …
Mount Hotham is widely known as the powder capital of Australian ski resorts…And for good reason: (a) it rocks on a powder day and (b) it rocks on a powder day. We consulted with Hotham local, Scott Newman of Kalyna Ski Club, to find out where he rides when the powder is on. We'll let …
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Our logo turned green this month as a sign of our commitment and absolute resolve to make a difference in the fight against global pollution and climate change. Here is the first of our articles aimed at raising awareness. In late 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released it's latest findings. It was …
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Aldi’s range of low-cost snow gear will again hit our Aussie stores on the 18 May. Yep, that’s the same day as our Federal election. So time to grab bargain, possibly get in a fist-fight and celebrate our democracy with a sausage sizzle at you nearest election booth (what could be more Australian than that?). …
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Every year hordes of people write to us asking for insights or an 'insiders' guide to the Japanese resorts of Hokkaido and Honshu. While we've visited our fair share of the Japanese resorts, our time in these beautiful places is often too short. So although we've had a taste of what these resorts have to …
Continue reading "Nozawa Onsen: from the inside looking out"
There is a whole lot happening around Mt Buller this autumn and all eyes are on the new 6-seater chairlift which is steadily taking shape on Bourke Street. The new lift is a Doppelmayr  6-seater detachable, which will move guests quickly out of the village to Baldy in just over 2 minutes. In early April, …
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Mt Buller and The Mountain Collective are delighted to announce Australia’s most accessible alpine resort as the newest member of the Mountain Collective in 2019/20. The Mountain Collective is an alliance of some of the best skiing and riding destinations on the planet. Boasting Victoria’s largest lifting network and just 3 hours from Melbourne, Mt …
In a dramatic rebuttal of the latest IPCC findings, a group of leading climate change scientist from Australia, Italy, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands, will today announce the earth is entering a significant period of cooling, and not warming as previously believed. The paper published in the prestigious journal, Royal Proceedings of Climatology, suggests …
For avid skiers and snowboarders, a trip to Tokyo is often nothing more than a convenient, yet interesting stop-over point while en-route to the Japanese snow fields. But for the young at heart, a visit to Tokyo presents a great opportunity to visit many of its other attractions, including the most famous theme park of all, …
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