As I sit here in the shelter of our awesome Tambo Cooper camper trailer with a glass of Penfold’s Port (the second bottle in as many days, but not for the reason you might think), I reflect on a very busy, but fantastic day out to the not-so-very-snowy slopes of Lake Mountain Alpine Resort.
Family Fun Day/Weekend
This weekend is the opening of ski season here in Victoria and Lake Mountain Alpine Resort has put on a Family Fun Day to get things started. Now last week we had a great weather system push through a dump a few inches of snow up here, so we were hoping for a bit more in the run up to this weekend’s camping trip. However, the sunshine and warmer temperatures had pretty much done away with the snow by the time we got there. All was not completely lost as the resort had a few snow ice machines pumping out as much slippery stuff as possible in preparation for the hoards of families that would be making the trek up from Melbourne.
They resort had also put on a DJ, some live music, a bouncy Batman castle, Lenny The Possum, and some gorgeous sunshine (not sure how they managed that one). I’ve got say, from when we were here last time (September 2010) things have changed a little bit. For the better, obviously. There are now two big buildings; one to house the ski shop and hire centre, and one to house the restaurant. Both buildings are pretty big and cater for a large number of people. Both are very well appointed and have great amenities.
We had decided to take our own lunch, snacks and a giant flask of steaming Milo. I’m glad we did too, as the food coming out of the kitchen did not look that appetising at all and the vast quantities of it being left uneaten didn’t do anything to change our point of view. It was pricey too. The coffee (the only thing I did actually buy) was, um, drinkable. At least the bouncy castle and the live music were entertaining for the kids.
Tobogganing Baby!
The little toboggan slope that could. It held out well for the day of relentless sliders that adorned its once white and sleek profile, but then slowly descended into a brown hilly mess that was pretty hard to get a good slide on. We, who were there nice an early, got a number of pristine slides in well before the masses arrived. Climbing up that bloody hill over and over again is enough exercise for one weekend I can tell you….
Ben was a little nervous at first but then was hurtling down the slopes by himself by the day’s end. He’s quite the little dude now. “I can do it myself daddy!”
Stella, of course, was just too cool for school. Or that’s what she thought anyhow. This child worries me…
We managed to drag to kids away from the entertainment at about 2pm. We had been out since 8am, so these two poppets were absolutely shattered. The kids were pretty tired too. We took bets on who would fall asleep the fastest and how long it would take. Stella lost. She fell asleep within 4 minutes. Ben followed 2 minutes after her. Lynette came in 3rd at 15 minutes. I had to forfeit the game. I was driving after all.
All in all we had a brilliant day and will definitely be back here for some more snowy fun. And when the kids are big enough we will hit the slopes of Mt Buller for some proper skiing.
Camper Trailer Travels 