Agree with the W word
After 20 something years far from snow, I do miss it a little. Although, It was only a weekend/sometimes week long experience rather than the experience of living with it full time for many months.
The Victorian Alps were only a short drive away and I would spend quite a bit of time in them (winter - skiing, and summer - fishing).
A place called Mt Hotham was where I'd ski/snowboard most of all. My last snowboarding trip was in 2005 with my then teenage son.
I understand that the snow over here is wet in comparison the the rest of the world due to lower altitudes and higher temps. It often melts during the day and refreezes again late afternoon. Often your skiing on ice. It can be a PIA sometimes. I've only experienced powder snow in Oz once and it was for several days in a row (I think I got lucky, until the end of the week when I had to dig my car out of a drift).
This is what an Aussie ski resort looks like - The snow gums can make the runs interesting (I saw a bloke stuck up a gum tree with one ski gone once - he shot under a barrier and when over a small cliff. The tree stopped him).
