Saturday 30th July, 2011
This morning we slept in and missed breakfast, generally a lazy morning for us but nearly everyone else was out on the slopes...oops!
But we did get up in time to have lunch with everyone and then Tom went out for a few runs with them for the afternoon.
I was planning to spend the afternoon hanging around the Motel and catching up with any of the skiers that came in early or didn't go out at all.
Chatting over lunch about the tours that go up to Mt McKay (Elevation 1842m) to watch the sunset and it just happens that Phil who was chatting with us runs the tours, so I decided to fill the afternoon in by going along for the ride.
So after getting into some warmer gear to cope with the chill factor that will be up the top I headed down to the pick up point at the bottom of Gully Chair just near Gebi's Hire. On the way down on the chairlift I could see the Air Ambulance on the helipad being loaded up with a very unfortunate patient who possibly broke her leg quite badly and was being air lifted out.
The offroad snow vehicle arrived shortly after and we were off.....
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| Jo getting into the Beast! |
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| Glistening Drifts |
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| Heading up to the summit of Mt McKay |
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| Our final destination...right to the summit! |
After reaching the summit of Mt McKay
we got out of the vehicle and
had the opportunity to take a lot
of photos of the surrounding countryside,
overlooking the Rocky Valley Dam,
Mt Feathertop, Mt Hotham, Kiewa Valley.
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| The walls of the generator shed at the Summit |
We also checked out the Portal of the huge pipeline that runs all the way down Mt McKay.
I got back to the lodge just in time to get changed for dinner. Everyone made to the Falls Creek Motel for dinner and they don't usually let outsiders in for dinner but they did for us and we were very grateful that we could all eat together on the one night.
Tonight also was the Inaugural Dog Sled Races to be held at Falls Creek. Whilst we were waiting for our dinner we got to see a few teams pass by the motel in the race and we were out on the balcony cheering them on.
Another amazing meal cooked by the staff and everyone loved their meals, especially those that had the steak it was perfection on a plate, and the Baileys & White Chocolate Cheesecake was heavenly!!
More wine flowed as did the conversations and the deconstruction of the days skiing and planning of the following days activities as the night went on until it was time to watch the DVD of last years SIC.It was full of fantastic footage and photos from all thefun of last yeasrs SIC and hopefully there should be some great things to put in the DVD for this year!
Everyone slowly drifted back to their rooms for a semi-early night before skiing again tomorrow and heading home.
Everyone slowly drifted back to their rooms for a semi-early night before skiing again tomorrow and heading home.
Sunday 31st July, 2011
This morning we woke up to being surrounded in fog and visibility was down to 20m!!
So we went downstairs for breakfast and to figure out the plans for the day. We decided it wasn't worth going out into the fog and packed up and headed for home. But so did everyone else so getting Oversnow Transport was a challenge as everyone who had booked the day before was trying to reschedule their bookings and it looked like we weren't able to get off the mountain until late in the afternoon but luckily there was a free space on the 11:40am service and we got down to the bottom in one piece and dropped off at the Departures Gate at the Terminal.
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| Luggage all ready for the car and home |
After packing the car we headed down the mountain and in the CD player was "Massive Attack" and I thought how appropriate as the whole weekend was a massive attack on senses and the liver but all in a good way...hehe
We made our way home through the countryside stopping at Yackandandah for lunch and Beechworth for a sugar hit at the Beechworth Sweet Company.....
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| Our Stash |
Thanks to everyone who went along to SIC and made our time so enjoyable there as 'first timers' and we can't wait for the next one!
