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Coming to Australia for the semester

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gregorio
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Hey, I'm going to have my first semester of my freshmen year of college at the Swinburne Institute of Technology starting in late July/early August and I'll be staying in Melbourne. I'm 18 and wondering if anyone has recommendations for anything I should do or places I should go.
May 17 2011 9:42AM
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Austeeze
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Join the Swinburne snow club when you get here to find other like minded people

http://www.suss.org.au/membership.php

If you are into skiing park come ski at Mt. Buller or Falls Creek. If you are into steeper skiing and pow Hotham is best for that in Victoria. Buller and Falls have a good mix of everything.

May 17 2011 10:33PM
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gregorio
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sweet thanks man!
May 17 2011 11:19PM
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Dan.P
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Drink legally!
May 18 2011 6:12AM
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B.Aussie
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Also if you're living in Melbourne Mt Buller is the closest mountain with a 3 hour drive and a lot of buses you can catch. Whilst Hotham and falls are both about 5 hours away and I don't think there is much transport if you don't have a car.
May 18 2011 7:30AM
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gregorio
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sweet! I'm definitely going to try to hit Mt Buller up
May 19 2011 12:36AM
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alexg1687
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When you join Swinburne make sure you ask to do Vic IVs. That's the state uni championships in July. I run the racing side of the Melbourne University ski club...hopefully see you up there :)

(off 80s lavender Armada pants and lavender/black Armada jacket, white giro Shiv, Armada ar6s)
May 21 2011 11:06AM
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gregorio
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I'm from New England and am used to skiing is really cold conditions, will I need to have a heavy winter jacket for skiing? And are helmets available to be rented at the mountains?
Jul 24 2011 2:40PM
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navierSTOKED
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definitely not cold.  Wet, but not cold.  You'd only need  jacket because of the rain, not because of the cold!
Jul 24 2011 6:55PM
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TOUCHE
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if you're at swinburne there are 3 pubs/clubs that go off every tuesday within about a 5 minute walk pm me for details/catch up
Aug 4 2011 4:44AM
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