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Title: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Watty2975 on May 24, 2015, 09:34:36 PM
Looking at taking the family to the snow from sunny QLD in July. They have not seen snow before.

I am curious to know where are some of the good places to go are (probably in NSW) we will be travelling from north of Brisbane.

Are there any good websites, packages etc to look at that wont break the bank?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Bird on May 24, 2015, 09:41:05 PM
Someone else asked this exact question coming from Brissy about 2 weeks ago.. big thread with some excellent advice.. have a troll back thru a few pages, or try a search... :)
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Watty2975 on May 24, 2015, 11:08:26 PM
Will have another look. did a search and found a thread from 2011. Must have missed that one.
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: D4D on May 25, 2015, 07:02:11 AM
Quote from: Bird on May 24, 2015, 09:41:05 PM
Someone else asked this exact question coming from Brissy about 2 weeks ago.. big thread with some excellent advice.. have a troll back thru a few pages, or try a search... :)

Hmmm, I remember that thread but I can't find it... cue twilight zone music...
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Bird on May 25, 2015, 08:21:53 AM
Quote from: D4D
Hmmm, I remember that thread but I can't find it... cue twilight zone music...
LOL!! same
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: GGV8Cruza on May 25, 2015, 10:23:39 AM
Maybe this one

http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=42771.msg713465#msg713465 (http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=42771.msg713465#msg713465)

GG
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Bird on May 25, 2015, 10:30:44 AM
Quote from: GGV8Cruza on May 25, 2015, 10:23:39 AM
Maybe this one

http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=42771.msg713465#msg713465 (http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=42771.msg713465#msg713465)

GG
... yes... yes it could be..... :P
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Watty2975 on May 25, 2015, 08:28:08 PM
Yep, found it earlier this morning.
Now looking into the idea of NZ, might provide more bang for buck!
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Bird on May 25, 2015, 08:30:37 PM
Quote from: Watty2975
Yep, found it earlier this morning.
Now looking into the idea of NZ, might provide more bang for buck!

Unzud is much cheaper and better value than NSW ski fields...
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: chester ver2.0 on May 26, 2015, 10:20:29 AM
You can ski in Japan for less dollars than NSW these days
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Bird on May 26, 2015, 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: chester ver2.0
You can ski in Japan for less dollars than NSW these days

yea bloke at work told me that.. I didn't realise it was an option...
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Lobster on May 26, 2015, 10:55:47 AM
Don't eat the yellow snow ;D
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: chester ver2.0 on May 26, 2015, 12:23:06 PM
Quote from: Bird on May 26, 2015, 10:55:15 AM
yea bloke at work told me that.. I didn't realise it was an option...

Yea my brother went over in Feb worked out only 900 bucks more expensive than the NZ package he was looking at and you get to see another country as well
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Beachman on May 26, 2015, 03:00:12 PM
When we were planning our family snow trip last year we also looked into NZ and it came out a fraction cheaper than NSW, but seeing drove to NSW and stayed in a house with a kitchen which also gave the benefit of being able to cook all our own food. So when we added up what a week of buying 3 meals a day and the cost of 4 passports, for us it worked out cheaper to do NSW. 

Without kids, then NZ or Japan would have been the go.
Title: Re: Advice on trip to the snow
Post by: Watty2975 on May 26, 2015, 07:03:47 PM
Hadn't thought of Japan! More googling to do :D
Will make those French lessons at school seem even less valuable!