DAY 7 - "SNOW"

DAY 7 Blog 2-7-2013

Today we went to the SNOW!  It was really cold.  We woke up at 5.15am, had breakfast, got snow gear and went to Perisher Valley.  We also went to the top of the mountain on a chair lift today. When we were up there I hid behind a rock, made snowballs and threw them at people from behind the rock. I had an awesome time. (Jordan)

As we drove along we passed by a lake that was part of the Snowy Mountain hydroelectricity scheme. It has engulfed one historical hut where Banjo Patterson wrote the poem “The Man from Snowy River.” (Luc)

When we were at the snow today I was going down the hill on the toboggan when Mr Ryall with his little camera zoomed into my face and made me laugh, as I went down the slope. It was really great fun in the snow. Alyssa and I also built a fort but it failed. (Melanie)

We were out of bed very early, got jackets, pants, snow boots and helmets from Cooma. When we arrived we had a few runs on toboggan slopes and that was very exciting.

I was also in the soft snow today, building a fort, when suddenly there was a flying snowball that appeared out of nowhere and it hit me in the head! I couldn’t see where it came from but then I saw Jordan hiding behind a rock throwing snowballs. (Jemma)

The mountain top was very windy and it was so strong it held up my bodyweight. I could not believe that I could lean back into the wind and it felt like a hand was pushing in my back to hold me up. It was incredible. The snow in most places was too icy for a proper snowball fight but it was still a great day. At the end of the day we had a hot chocolate the MacDonald’s for dinner and back to camp for bed. (Luc)