Falls Creek is one of the few Alpine mountains located North of Melbourne. It's pretty much in the same area as Mt Buller, Mt Hortham and the other great snow cap mountains.
Last year several of us were at Buller and I personally had one interest experience which I would die to have again. Snowboarding - everyone must try it. However, a change of venue would be excellent, hence Falls Creek.
It was a grueling 6 hour drive from Clayton to the mountain, making only one stop for chains and permits (excluding that emergency peeing stop Jem and I made near Waranggata). We left Clayton at 3am sharp. Before we left, there was a slight incident where Jinghui forgot to turn off her phone's silent mode and she was one of my passengers. So my morning calls didn't work. I became so desperate I actually took chairs over to her house and climbed over the fence. Glad I did. Nothing's gonna postpone my fun! In the end she counted 20 miss calls, but I seriously believe I made 50. Oh well, all in good fun.
So Jingjui, Nori and Sue Ann made up the passengers of UNS 989 (that's my car). 3am and off we go. The roads took us up the Hume Highway, with a turn off at Waranggata into the Great Alpine Road. The drive along the road was probably beautiful.. just that it was dark and we couldn't see anything scenic for the most of the trip. Oh well.
Me on one of the Skii Lifts
Falls Creek was beuatiful. The runs were prettier and more natural. The snow was 
softer. And I mean really soft. Apparently it was the heaviest fall of snow they had in years. The local Aussies called it bad weather. Me? What a Godsend! The snow was so soft we were actually able to imprint our faces on.
Despite a 6 hour drive (arriving at 9 plus), we only really begun the day around 12pm, having hunting around for the cheapest rental shops for our gear, lunch and tip toeing in the snow. I guess the wait was worth it, monetarily. We paid almost 50 bucks less than the others also on Falls Creek. Once the day was started, it was pretty much slides, falls and the usual thrill associated with snowboarding.
Making our own breakfast and hotchoc from our mobile restaurant. Lol. Show how tight our budget was.
The place we stayed at was about 45 minutes drive down the mountain to a motel in Mount Beauty (that's the name of the town). For $40 per person, it offered a really decent place for the four of us to stay. It was much cheaper than staying on the mountains itself, almost $10-20 bucks cheaper per person. It has a common kitchen, a spa, sauna, super nice beds and clean toilets. Great job Sue Ann for finding the place!
We again cooked our own dinner. However, I didn't know Jinghui and Sue Ann had a low tolerance for spicy food.. and the food was spicy. Ops. After dinner we had little energy left to watch a show nor chat. So we hit the sack early... or at least I did.
The next day started slow. We all decided to go for the half day skii lift pass as it was much cheaper than going full day. So before we headed up to Falls Creek again, we stopped by a few scenic spots to take photos..
.. as well as a visit to a nearby winery. The whole thing was so random, but I guess it's random things like these which are the most fun. And oddly, its at the winery where I found my ultimate satisfaction. Very very satisfied. (with the wine, cheese and biscuit combos). Then it was up to Falls again for a second day of snowboarding.
Nori and I were able to link up with the second group which were up there. I spent a large portion of time snowboarding with them.. and they were all good. Sue Ann decided to take lessons while Jinghui gave up (aiiiiyyyooooo....!).
We left Falls Creek at 5.30pm as it closed early due to changing weather conditions. A 6 hour drive and we were in Rock Kung for supper. My last contact with the Australian snow was a tiring, but surely one I'd regret not doing. Goodbye snow.
