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nesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (one-way/return $85/134), and from Albury from
Thursday to Sunday ($34/53), both continuing on to Falls Creek ($37/58).
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Falls Creek
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Falls Creek, Victoria's glitzy, fashion-conscious resort, combines a picturesque alpine set-
ting with impressive skiing and infamous après-ski entertainment.
Sights & Activities
Skiing at Falls Creek is spread over two areas - the
Village Bowl
and
Sun Valley
- with 19 lifts,
a vertical drop of 267m and Australia's longest beginner's run at
Wombat's Ramble
. Falls is
also the free-ride snowboard capital, with four parks. Night skiing in the Village Bowl op-
erates several times a week.
Other popular winter activities include a bungee trampoline ($12), snow bikes ($45),
snowtubing and tobogganing, snowmobile tours (from $130), kiteboarding (from $70) and
snowshoe tours ($28). For more information, call the
Activities Hotline
( 1800 204 424)
.
It's not all snow sports though, and Falls has a great
summer program
, which includes an
outdoor cinema (free) on an inflatable screen, hiking, horse riding and a rock-climbing
wall. The
Summit chairlift
operates during the summer school holidays (per ride/day $15/25).
Mountain biking is popular here in the green season, with downhill trails, three lift-ac-
cessed trails, spur fire trails, aqueduct trails, road circuits and bike rental (from $55 per
day).
The best local hiking trails include the walk to
Wallace Hut
, built in 1889 and said to be
the oldest cattleman's hut in the High Country; and
Rocky Valley Lake
.
Packers High Country
Horse Riding
( 03-5159 7241;
www.horsetreks.com
; Anglers Rest; 1½hr $80, half-/full day $150/240)
Packers High Coun-
try Horse Riding, based at Anglers Rest on the road to Omeo, offers true High Country
riding through river valleys and snowgum forests.
HORSE RIDING
