Thredbo 9th-16th of August for the Official Slide.

[Paul Oberin]

As Frog has already mentioned this is the official Snowatch annual get together at a ski resort.

So apart from Frog, CEO and the 2 tadpoles, who else is coming.?

[Paul Oberin]

I will be there at least 1 most likely 2 days, but I will wait for a Frog weather forecast before deciding which days.

[SnoWhite]

I suppose I can drag myself up to Thredbo for a day. graemlins/skier.gif

[Podlettte]

No idea, will depend on snow conditions

[The Frog]

We are staying at On The Snow/Ski In Ski Out at Crackenback Ridge (bottom of Supertrail).

Paul, will have to try to get us a dinner & drinks again.

[Paul Oberin]

Originally posted by The Frog:

Paul, will have to try to get us a dinner & drinks again. Yes, it is great to catch up with you over a meal and a quiet drink, especially after a hard day on the hill.
I hope those boots still fit.

[hackett007]

Once again, count me in!

[The Frog]

Originally posted by Paul Oberin:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by The Frog:

Paul, will have to try to get us a dinner & drinks again. Yes, it is great to catch up with you over a meal and a quiet drink, especially after a hard day on the hill.
I hope those boots still fit. </font>[/QUOTE]Even better when it's free. smile.gif ...and if they don't fit you may have to work for your dinner/drinks. ;)

[Totalyrottn]

Will be at Perisher(Staying at Muddles) for that week will try to get over for a days sking though smile.gif

[Polaris]

Thredbo top to bottom powder will guarantee Polaris's attendance for a day or so

[Legolas]

will work on the mr closer to the date.

We've made a pact not to pul,l kids out of school this year. We'll see how that lasts if it's a good season smile.gif

[Bear]

Originally posted by Polaris:
Thredbo top to bottom powder will guarantee Polaris's attendance for a day or so :eek:

[TC]

im in

[ 28.01.2009, 04:35 PM: Message edited by: TC ]

[The Frog]

Good to hear TC.

[Ash]

I'll probably be there for a day or two as well.

[smokinharry]

I guess I could make the effort to go. tongue.gif Maybe all week even!

[The Frog]

The more the merrier.

[smokinharry]

I may struggle to cross the road to get to the slopes. Unlike THOSE people staying at ski in ski out!

[spaz]

Snowatch slide at Thredbo, I like it!

[KT]

i wonder if we could arrange a deal for all the snowatchers for that week? +1 and i are keen but don't think our friends would join us during peak season......which means we can't stay ski-in ski-out at crackenback since there's just the 2 of us......*sigh* need more friends with money......

[The Frog]

Maybe if you say how old you both are roughly and where you want to stay and how much you want to pay etc someone might be interested in here to join up.

We are already full with six adults and three kids.

[KT]

31 and 29 and by april we'll have $950 each to spend~ tongue.gif anyhoo, we normally stay at crackenback with a 3 - 4 friends sharing a 2 bedroom chalet.......not quite ski-in ski-out but we're about 5 mins walk away from the snow which is close enough for us. we're prob looking at doing 5 days (sun to fri), instead of a full week since neither of us enjoys the wkd queues~

[TB]

About to do the lodge book thing, and Im booking August week 2-thredbo -Im silver brumby, would love to catch up.

[The Frog]

See you there. smile.gif

[skijacski]

I'm always around Thredbo!

graemlins/snow_cool.gif

[Jerraman]

I'll probably be there the full week as I'm planning on working the full season to train for my Level 2 exams. Provided I can find a place to stay as I can't book into my club lodge for the whole season.

[D-Dog]

i will try and make it for a day or two, where and when do you usually meet

[The Frog]

Will work all that out closer to the dates.

[spaz]

One week in August! no no no can't do that, accom is too expensive that time of year. Oh well I'll have to settle with.... living in skijacski's newly renovated apartment for 12 months!
Look out Thredbo spaz is back in town and the snowatch slide has another participant.

[The Frog]

Good to hear, you do realise you will have to do live reports now.

[spaz]

I'm going to do much better than that. There's a reason behind moving there, it's not just for the snowatch slide.

[The Frog]

So what is the job?

[BlueHue]

Thats fairly goddam exciting Spaz, nice work graemlins/wow.gif

All year round employment in Thredbo is one of my dreams, I can't help but wonder how one scores such a job!

[Boardingbuny]

Originally posted by BlueHue:


All year round employment in Thredbo is one of my dreams, I can't help but wonder how one scores such a job! Dont get too excited, the pays pretty crap.

Great atmosphere tho, its clean and friendly, its also very moody.

[BlueHue]

I can live with pretty crap pay in exchange for a great lifestyle, even if its just for a couple of years.

As for moody... pfft, come work where I do. The managers have made a habit lately of head butting each other almost daily lately over human resourcing issues ie argueing over us the plebs. Came back from long service leave to find more than one person had taken up anti-depressants while I was gone and two others had started looking for outs from my team!

And as for the Snowatchers slide, will likely be there sometime during that week but not the whole week. Will not know for sure until closer to the day but would be keen to meet up for a day or two at Thredbo.

[TC]

where is every one staying

[The Frog]

'On the Snow/Ski in Ski Out'

[Barcoo]

We will be there saying at billies apartments.( 7th to the 16th)

[The Frog]

Cool.

[I Cant Stop]

We will be there x 3 graemlins/woohoo.gif

[24]

we are there for the friday and weekend, 14th 15th 16th. staying candlelight... cool bar there.

[Jerraman]

I'll be there. I have accommodation in the village from late June to late September. I'm heading home on 8 August for a rugby club dinner but that's just overnight.

[powderhog]

I will be in PB for the week.

[Barcoo]

Just a train ride away Powderhog :D

[powderhog]

It is not feasible price wise. I look into it every season. A return ski tube ticket for the day + national parks permit + lift ticket makes it an expensive day skiing.

[rover]

will be there.....

[The Frog]

Only 30 days to go. graemlins/woohoo.gif graemlins/skier.gif

[24]

:D

[Ash]

Might not be able to make it now, being sent on an Overseas Deployment next week, will only be getting back into Sydney on the 10th.

[Barcoo]

where there is a will there's a way Ash.

[The Frog]

23 days to go. smile.gif

[Barcoo]

20 days to go,(for the Slide) 18 for us. :D
10 days in Therdbo can't wait.

[ 20. July 2009, 08:20 AM: Message edited by: Barcoo ]

[The Frog]

16 days to go for me. smile.gif

[Triple B]

Mr Frog.

As we are now coming into the forecast 'window' for the official 'slide', any thoughts of doing overtime on the next 2 weekends and getting an updated 1-7 and 8-14 day forecast out over the weekend?

Just a thought

Where is the 'please, pretty please' emoticon. ;)

[The Frog]

I do enough overtime as it is. Weekends are family time. Any major changes in the forecasts are usually posted on the twitter page (even on weekends).

Maybe I could just posted some forecast comments in this thread just for the sliders. smile.gif

[Triple B]

Thx m8, enjoy the family time.

I guess I better ask the teenage kids about this twitter thingy. tongue.gif

[rover]

So, it happens that I will be in Thredders from 11-15 August...after ski-ing hotham for the 9 days prior...whats everyones ideas on catching up?
I am pretty easy to Identify at Hotham, but at Thredders I think its a good idea to wear a different jacket!!

[The Frog]

I'll be taking the tadpole to his private lesson each morning so will be hard to get early. After his lesson I will spend some time skiing with him and then drop him off with the inlaws. Probably won't be skiing around with everyone til about 11-12.

[Barcoo]

Why don't we all meet at the bottom of Kozy at about 11 on Monday or Tuesday.

[The Frog]

sounds good. Closer to the date we can PM mobile numbers too.

[spaz]

A good place is outside snocam staring at my videos on the TV. There are tables and stools and a convenient coffee shop. It's at the bottom of Kozy!

[The Frog]

yeah maybe that is a good spot...we can rest our skis against the door too.

[spaz]

:D

[Barcoo]

Good idea Spaz, bring your pole.

[Snow Yeti]

Event now on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111594716543&ref=mf

[The Frog]

Originally posted by Barcoo:
Good idea Spaz, bring your pole. Yeah you can see how many snowatchers you can get going down the supertrail in one shot.

[spaz]

I never leave home without it.


On a different note;

Is any one interested in doing lunch at Merritts private dinning room?
It's +1's birthday on the 11th and she has expressed a desire to eat there. I think to book it you have to pay for 12 people at $65 per head, she doesn't have that many friends here so I'm inviting people I've never met smile.gif

It's the best dinning experience in Thredbo.

[The Frog]

Six days to go.

[24]

25, bump and I will be there for the whole week now, getting in on sunday, leaving sunday.

looking forward to meeting some people :D

[The Frog]

If anyone wants my mobile number just PM me (and I mean for meeting up for ski ets...don't want heaps of chicks ringing me with other ideas). smile.gif

[Polaris]

Originally posted by The Frog:
If anyone wants my mobile number just PM me Still the same number?

[The Frog]

yep

[Polaris]

10-4
I'll make an early morning decision one day next week and do a day over that way :D

[The Frog]

Might not be out much on the Thursday as the missus has to go back to sydney for the day for work conference so I will probably have the kids to look after...might just wave to the skiers and boarders from the balcony looking up Crackenback.

[Polaris]

No worries, I'll keep that in mind

[skijacski]

Originally posted by spaz:
I never leave home without it.


On a different note;

Is any one interested in doing lunch at Merritts private dinning room?
It's +1's birthday on the 11th and she has expressed a desire to eat there. I think to book it you have to pay for 12 people at $65 per head, she doesn't have that many friends here so I'm inviting people I've never met smile.gif

It's the best dinning experience in Thredbo. Hey Spaz, book it with Sonja and say I am coming too. Thanks for the invite. Note to diary Tuesday 11th August.

[spaz]

Change of plans; Barcoo has decided to do a dinner/gathering at his place all snowatches are invited, children welcome (Pink Princes will be there).

+1 would love to do Merritts, we might just eat in the main restaurant, unless we get a few more numbers - and the private room is available.

[skijacski]

Private Dining is available on Tuesday 11th - checked today.

[Jerraman]

I might be able to make an afternoon ski session depending on work commitments. Should be able to make a group dinner.

[The Frog]

We are leaving in the morning and should be in Thredbo later tomorrow arvo. I'll hang a snowatch banner from our balcony at 'On the Snow/Ski in Ski Out' which is on the last left hand turn at the bottom of the Crackenback Supertrail.

I will be on the net so anyone who needs my mobile just send me a PM or email or post in here. I have a brown patterned Scott suit (matching) with black helmet that has large snowatch on the front and back. Missus frog will be in a white Orage ensemble with pattern on it and white helmet (will probably be invisible on the slopes).

Spaz I am bringing stickers for your shop.

[rover]

we are here...where are you

[fly123]

Frog: I have a brown patterned Scott suit (matching)...

Mmmm, very tasty!!

[ 10. August 2009, 08:06 AM: Message edited by: fly123 ]

[spaz]

Originally posted by The Frog:
Spaz I am bringing stickers for your shop. graemlins/woohoo.gif graemlins/snowatchrocks.gif graemlins/snowatch_emoticon.gif

[The Frog]

Was getting the tadpole (4 year old) off at the top of the gunbarrel lift and my gloves got stuck (that were clipped to my jacket) and ended up going back around. Had to go down the bottom and see if they came around on the lift, which they didn't. Went back up and found them under the lift about two thirds up. had to ski under the lift to get them (in roped off area - didn't want to but only way to get them). Got them easy enough although that area was a bit dodgy.

Anyone that want's to meet up tomorrow post is in here and I will see it in the morning.

[spaz]

Punter moment frog? Someone else here had the best punter moment of all time - for someone who has skied for 35 years ;)

Barcoo and I are doing an early lift, we plan to meet at snocam just after 8. Those that don't know how to get on a chair or get off with all their gear are welcome.

After that I will be editing and uploading video until 10:30/11 then +1 and PP will be skiing with us. (it's +1's birthday)

[The Frog]

We will drop the tadpole off at Friday Flat for his 8:30am lesson and the inlaws will be picking him up so we can ski from 8:30am onwards.

[Jerraman]

Originally posted by The Frog:
We will drop the tadpole off at Friday Flat for his 8:30am lesson and the inlaws will be picking him up so we can ski from 8:30am onwards. I'll be at the Friday Flat Bistro in the coffee shop/bar area from around 0830-0915. I'll be wearing a pair of red Karbon pants and a red/blue Karbon jacket :D . I wear glasses and have a grey Giro helmet, which will distinguish me from all the others wearing the same gear. ;)

[The Frog]

So can you go skiing at that time?

[SA]

Probably only if you pay him by the hour ;)

[Jerraman]

Originally posted by The Frog:
So can you go skiing at that time? Yep, I can do a couple of training runs on High Noon before the Disco split at 0915.

[The Frog]

Was good meeting up with you this morning although the rain wans't so good. Thanks for the tips, they helped alot.

[Jerraman]

Originally posted by The Frog:
Was good meeting up with you this morning although the rain wans't so good. Thanks for the tips, they helped alot. No worries Frog, I enjoyed the runs with you and Mrs Frog. It was good to get off Friday Flat.

[The Frog]

Anyone else around in Thredbo at the moment?

[fly123]

Nah, the rain drove me away (home) to finish some yard duties, namely a retaining wall. Your report today 13/8 for next Monday/Tuesday sounds ok and I am hoping that we see a settled period of weather for a couple of days so I can continue some walking/sliding out the back.

[Jerraman]

I was out training on the Supertrail at 0730 and we stopped out the front of Casa Frog. You were having breakfast and I waved hello. Our trainer was wondering what I was doing.

[The Frog]

Oh so you are with the instructor group that flies past early.

[Jerraman]

Just on Wednesday mornings for APSI Level 2. We stopped outside La Maison Grenouille and then did a tuck with edge rolls down to the bottom.

[Barcoo]

Trip report + photos coming (great group SW Flare Run shot).

[skichic]

hey Barcoo, I please check before posting any photos...you may be chased by a very angry knife-wielding chef if any appear without permission graemlins/cold.gif

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