"Switzerland With Gum Trees" Falls Creek by aussiedoug

Falls Creek Travel Guide: 32 reviews and 67 photos

Outside Falls Creek Hotel July 2003

Two Generations of Longs Learning to Ski

It mightn't be the biggest (Perisher Blue in my home state of New South Wales is that), it mightn't be the glitziest (possibly Thredbo in N.S.W. and/or Mt Buller in Victoria takes that prize), but for my money it's the BEST ski resort in Australia.
I learnt to ski here way older than I should have and unfortunately that keeps me at the Intermediate Level. My girls will be way better than me by the time they get to 10 years old!

Falls Creek is an absolutely gorgeous Alpine village with genuine ski in/ski out accommodation that beats any other Australian ski area.

During our various trips to the U.S.A we have skiied little ski hills in Wisconsin (Sunburst at West Bend - Little Switzerland about 20 minutes from West Bend -Rib Mountain at Wasau - Whitecap Mountains, a much bigger ski area, near Montreal & Hurley in Northern Wisc, Michigan (Big Powderhorn near Bessemer),bigger ones in Alaska (Mt Alyeska), Washington State (Crystal Mtn), Oregon (Mt Hood - Timberline not that big really), Nevada (Lee Canyon - listed by VT as a Summer Area, but we've skiied there!) and lastly, the biggest we've been to & our favourite Taos Ski Valley in beautiful New Mexico- but you're wondering what my point is? All the Americans & other nationalities (excepts NZers) we've spoken to there are absolutely flabbergasted when we tell them we ski in Australia.

So I tell them if they come down here in the winter time then try to visit & ski Falls Creek.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Beautiful Alpine Village with ski-in/ski out accommodation
Cons:Absolutely None
In a nutshell:My Favourite Aussie Ski Resort

Last visit to Falls Creek: Jul 2003
Intro Updated Feb 1, 2004
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Comments (30)

nipper1 Oct 31, 2005 at 11:53 AM Report Abuse

in Aus, all is poss. fun page great pics
cnango Sep 21, 2005 at 4:59 PM Report Abuse

Your girls are sooooooo cute. Love the white sky-white snow background pix. I am flabbergasted too, I would never have guessed that snow and gum trees would thrive in the same space.
Tripack Aug 14, 2005 at 3:16 PM Report Abuse

A good address for my next DownUnder trip in case if I will miss my Switzerland without gum trees ;-) Hope your still enjoy the ski. How is the snow conditions this year?
aussirose Jan 7, 2005 at 9:33 PM Report Abuse

G'day Doug. Your girls remind me of when I took my first skiing lesson..... except they were better haha :o) Cheers, Ann.
mariev Dec 1, 2004 at 1:11 PM Report Abuse

Brr... what an unbearable suspense this first ski lesson Pfff.. happy end
D.MacGee Nov 17, 2004 at 8:59 PM Report Abuse

I'm a Thredbo addict myself. I'd love to fight about which one is better but I've never been to Falls. I love the long steep runs and there's no flat parts. Bloody Perisher.
astralboy Oct 28, 2004 at 4:59 AM Report Abuse

Good to see you showcasing one of our best ski areas to VTers Doug. It is a beaut spot isn't it!
hekate Oct 25, 2004 at 3:37 AM Report Abuse

Hm, I did not know that you could have such a deep snow in Australia. Makes me realise once again that I have so many things to learn :)
jadedmuse Sep 14, 2004 at 6:30 PM Report Abuse

Add me to your list of flabbergasted Yanks who didn't realize you guys have snow-skiing "down under"!!!!!! Great intro photo!
craic Sep 12, 2004 at 2:38 AM Report Abuse

I don't like snow. I don't. I never will. It's bloody cold. It freezes your fingers off.