Falls Creek, VICTORIA
Airing Date: Jul 18th, 2005
Situated in North East Victoria, Falls Creek is located 356 kms from Melbourne in the heart of the Victorian snowfields. Falls Creek offers skiing of the highest quality.
Renowned for its unique village atmosphere and variety of ski runs, Falls Creek is the only true ski-in, ski-out alpine resort in Australia where you can, in normal snow conditions, ski right from your door to the slopes and back again!
The Falls Creek village is very compact and with easy access to all accommodation, facilities and slopes. The expansive skiing terrain is made up of over 90 trails for skiers and boarders of all levels from beginners to intermediates and advanced.
Falls Creek offers all inclusive ski holiday packages, including accommodation, breakfast and dinner, ski lifts and lessons and equipment hire. Many of the accommodation facilities also offer a snow guarantee on their bookings. Some of the facilities offered at Falls Creek include on-mountain gear rental, retail clothing outlets, supermarkets, medical centre, restaurants including cafes, bistro style and a-la-carte as well as nightspots with live entertainment.
There is a wide variety of snow activities available both on and off the slopes including: snow bikes, snow tubing, freestyle tubing, night skiing and boarding, terrain park and half pipe, helicopter rides, ski two resorts on the same lift ticket, cross-country skiing, Mt McKay backcountry riding, tobogganing, snow shoe shuffling, chairlift rides, cinema, nightlife with live bands and Fox Trail, the new interactive/educational kids terrain park.
Need a break from skiing? Try the Enchanted Forest guided tour and see the amazing snow gums. You will be given Yowie snow shoes to wear during your tour. Yowie snow shoes strap over the top of your own shoes. They are also particularly great for sliding and apparently the Yowie's have a great break system! A picnic lunch smorgasbord is part of the tour.
Further Information:
Stay at Pretty Valley Alpine Lodge & Ropers Apartments. A two bedroom apartment starts from $2700 for 5 nights & $3150 for 7 nights. Includes cooking facilities.
Pretty Valley Alpine Lodge & Ropers Apartments Ph) 03 5758 3210
Ski Lift Passes start from $85 day.
Ski hire starts from $55 a day.
An Enchanted Forest tour starts from $35 a person.
Ski lessons start from $47 a person.
Falls Creek Reservations Centre Ph) 1800 45 35 25
Prices correct at 18/07/05
