News 2003

• Soar the thermals like an eagle

  24-12-2003 Very good thermals entice gliding, hang gliding and paragliding enthusiasts from all corners of the globe to NE Victoria's high country. The Mt...

• Medal-winning lightweight women rowers to train at Falls Creek

  23-12-2003 Elite lightweight women rowers will spend most of January training at Falls Creek in the quest for Olympic selection Adelaide-based Adrian David, the South Australia Sports Institute...

• Australian duo finish top ten in Italian moguls World Cup

  22-12-2003 MEDIA INFORMATION: December 21, 2003 Australian moguls skier Dale Begg-Smith has finished in seventh place in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, in just his fifth event on the...

• Bear out for second season in a row after knee injury

  22-12-2003 MEDIA INFORMATION: December 20, 2003 Australian downhill skier AJ Bear has suffered a season-ending injury for the second year in a row, blowing out his knee in...

• One of Victoria's most prominent politicians had a very positive high country encounter

  19-12-2003 One of Victoria's most prominent politicians, The Hon John Brumby MP, enthusiastically talked about how he'd driven over the Bogong High Plains Road (with his family)...

• Bright top of the world in halfpipe after Canadian silver

  18-12-2003 Sunday 14 December 2003 Australian snowboarder Torah Bright leads the world halfpipe rankings after capturing the silver medal in a World Cup event in Whistler,...

• Cardrona announces new high speed chair for 2004

  17-12-2003 15 December 2003 Cardrona Alpine Resort has today announced a major investment in its lift infrastructure for 2004. A new high-speed detachable quad chair will replace the...

• Alpine Discovery Centre opens this Thursday at Mt Beauty

  16-12-2003 Robert Roso, a project engineer with Southern Hydro, the company which owns the hydro-electric power stations (located near Falls Creek and Mt Beauty), that create environmentally-friendly...

• Former Mt Beauty tourism manager excited about new Alpine Discovery Centre

  16-12-2003 Bill Sutton managed original visitor centre between 1980 & 1995 Sutton said :"It was always my dream this site in Mt Beauty would be a visitors...

• Selwyn Snowfields operators disillusioned by Kosciuszko National Park Plan of Management Process

  15-12-2003 The operators of Selwyn Snowfields in the northern end of the Kosciuszko National Park have delivered a broadside at the process of developing a new Plan...

• Australian rider top of the world in World Cup snowboard

  15-12-2003 MEDIA INFORMATION: December 14 Australian snowboarder Torah Bright leads the world halfpipe rankings after capturing the silver medal in a World Cup event in Whistler, Canada. It is...

• Bear claims more points in Beaver Creek Downhill

  9-12-2003 Media Information: December 7 Australian skier AJ Bear has finished in the top 30 in the downhill World Cup in Vail/Beaver Creek, Colorado. The Sydney 25 year old...

• Camplin moves to top of world with victory in Finland

  9-12-2003 Media information: December 6, 2003 Australian freestyle skier Alisa Camplin has moved to the top of the aerials skiing World Cup title race with a comprehensive victory...

• Camplin and Ierodiaconou resume quest for title

  3-12-2003 Wednesday December 3, 2003   Australian freestyle skiers Alisa Camplin and Lydia Ierodiaconou resume their quest for the women's aerials skiing crown this weekend, as Australian skiers and...

• Two Japanese marathon runners training at Falls Creek

  3-12-2003 Kayoko Obata & Ichiyo Naganuma are two sponsored long distance runners (by their employer ACOM in Tokyo) currently based at Frueauf Village in Falls Creek. They are...

• Attunga Alpine Lodge picks up another tourism 'gong'

  2-12-2003 More Tourism Awards for Attunga Alpine Lodge - in the heart of Falls Creek After being recognised as a Finalist in the Victorian Tourism Awards, Falls Creek's...