Adventure Awaits Issue #12 August 2020 | Page 28

BY OUR BIG LAP | PARK REVIEW
But it is also amazing , and one of my absolute favourite things to do and places to be . The Snowy Mountains have captivated me since my very first trip to the snow in 1988 when I was five years old , and my love of the snow , skiing and snowboarding and the alpine environment is something I want to be able to share with my kids .
Our first family holiday to the snow was back in 2016 when Ava was 3 and Finn was 18 months old . With Lloyd being a non-snowsports kind of guy he was on chief parenting duties , and Ava was to head off to have her first ski school
experience while I was doing my best to find my snow legs again on the mountain . Between work and kids it had been almost 15 years since I had last hit the slopes so we went all out and booked a lovely apartment in Thredbo Village . It was amazing , and …

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