Skiing in Australia.

well, you could fly to sydney then drive 6 hours to thredbo or perisher... but they're super expensive pass-wise ($100AUD/day); you could get a transfer flight to the airport at cooma, but i'm not sure about frequency or price
or fly to melbourne and go up to falls creek or hotham - they're closer to melbourne than the nsw fields are to sydney i believe

the other idea is to fly to new zealand - i live in sydney and that's what i do, spent 3 weeks in my uni holidays last year in wanaka.

it's cheap to fly to nz, then you can stay in wanaka or queenstown and then you've got Snow Park to go to, which is just awesome, not to mention that you can get decent pow in nz at treble cone or remarks or hutt.

nz's my recommendation, it'd be the same price if not cheaper than australia for the same length trip

In Queensland there are no mountains.  So you can either fly or drive.  I don't reccomend driving, it would be about a 7hour drive to Perisher or Thredbo and about a 12 hour drive to any Victorian resort.  WIth Jetstar though if you can get  yourself to an airport you can get really cheap flights to Melbourne or Sydney.  Melbourne has the closest resort (Mt Buller) which is a 3 hour drive and I think it has a bus from near the airport directly to Buller.  Thredbo and Perisher I think are about a 5 hour drive from Sydney.  Pretty much all the resorts are good, Perisher is a little bigger than Buller but if you want to stay on the mountain Buller is better and it has a better party life. In Victoria Hotham and Falls which are also good are about a 5 hour drive and Thredbo is  much the same as Perisher.

Yeah it's a fair hike to the snowfields from QLD

I'd just wait until your holidays in between semesters and head over to NZ for a couple of weeks

Good luck with the degree

Try about 18 hours without stops

Thanks, guys - I have been looking at Perisher and Falls, but it could be quite a journey to get there from Surfer's Paradise...

I think, I will go for NZ and Snowpark then! :) Do you know, how the snow conditions are in August - and will there be crowded? Any other recommendations regarding Snowpark NZ - accommodation etc.?

man, why is everyone soooooo quick to write off aus? the trip from brissy is character building, just think of it as a mini roady.

if people are saying don't go to aus coz of prices then fuck treble cone. that place so sooooo expeno. the hill rips but, getting their is just as much of a heckle as getting from brissy to perisher.

go to jindy, put an add up on the notice board at nuggets find a bed (its so much easier than everyone reckons, plus your a chick) then you can roll to thredbo or persiher and have good parks/pipe/pow. Aus is way better than anyone gives it credit for.  sure your not gonna get 3ft blower pow days but a bluebird pow day at perisher is just as fun as a bluebird day at whis.

Okay, then Australia is still in the picture - I would actually prefer skiing in Australia, because this is the place, I am going to stay for quite a while. So if it is not to difficult to get to e.g. Perisher, that would be a good opportunity.

On the other hand I would really like to experience Snowpark NZ some time - and it seems to be quite easy to get there by plane...

And please, just continue giving good advices - I really appreciate it!

Each have advantages - if you are on a timeline or don't like a long drive then hit NZ

NZ gets super crowded though - esp. snowpark in University holidays

I ski Australian resorts every year and will continue to - they definitely give me what I need.