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Book Perisher Valley Accommodation in NSW Snow Season
Well, the 2010 New South Wales Snow and Skiing season is just around the corner again and everyone is ready for the fun and frivolity to start. In the year of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and the sensational TV coverage it will receive, it is expected that the Australian season will be one of the best ever with tens of thousands of new skiers travelling to the NSW ski fields to learn and participate in the downhill and snowboarding disciplines they have been seeing on the TV. Thredbo and Perisher Valley ski and snowboard operators are gearing up for a bumper season and all the necessary equipment like ski lifts, snow ploughs, snow cannons and the like are all being checked over to help provide a trouble free season. Lots of new hire equipment has been ordered to provide for the expected lift in visitor numbers. Everyone in the industry is expecting a bumper season.
Perisher Valley accommodation providers are already open for bookings and this year you had better book early. The GFC has seen to it that there is not much in new accommodation available and the same story is evident at the Thredbo accommodation booking websites. Traditionally, when El Nino weather conditions prevail and the winter months are drier, the ski resorts have reported excellent snow conditions so everything is lining up to make 2010 a fantastic year with moderate El Nino conditions forecast for 2010.
There is going to be plenty of on snow entertainment for snow field visitors as well. The ski season opens in Thredbo on the 12th of June 2010 for the Queens Birthday long weekend and before the season you will be able to take part in the 16th Thredbo Blues festival if you come on the 15th to the 17th of January. The Thredbo Jazz festival is a bit later running from Friday 30th of April to Sunday May 2nd 2010 and the Perisher/Snowy Mountains Music Festival will run from June the 11th to the 14th June to coincide with the season opening. Throughout the season there will be numerous special events that are both of a serious and novelty nature with fun days mixed with downhill and terrain park events for the more serious skiers and snowboarders.
Getting to the New South Wales ski fields is easy. You can fly in to Cooma or Canberra and then catch the snow bus or you can drive down from Sydney. There is plenty of on snow accommodation in both Perisher or Thredbo or you can stay off snow in Jindabyne and commute to the snow on a daily basis either by shuttle bus or on the ski tube. A great website to visit to help you decide where to go and where to stay is www.nswtravel.com.au/nsw-ski-fields.html
About the Author
Peter Smyth is a consultant at NSW Travel. He writes many articles related to Perisher valley accommodation. For more information about Perisher Blue accommodation and Thredbo accommodation please visit Perisher valley accommodation
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HELP ME FIND MY BIRD?
some one please tell what i can do to get her back!! She went missing on the 2nd of November and i Live in NSW, Syndey. does anyone know who to contact to find her!! please help me!! She is only just learning how to fly and i still hand feed her she wont be able to survivve by her self PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME !! ive been crying non-stop for two days.
She is a red collared rainbow lorikeet and her name is lolli. PLEASE HELP ME
She flew off, right?
Put up posters EVERYWHERE. Wind can easily carry parrots very far, so never discriminate by only posting in your neighbourhood. In the poster, specify the species with a clear picture if you have one; if not, describe how she looks. Specify exactly where she went missing from and in what direction you last saw her heading. Describe how she interacts with people, if she will approach them or be afraid of them, what she eats, what to do if someone sees her (try and catch her or call you), and also mention she is not exactly an experienced flier because people might assume otherwise and scare her off and put her in a situation where she may injure herself.
Offer an unspecified reward as well. If someone finds her, but also sees that she’s missing and they’re being offered an incentive to bring her back to you, regardless of how much it is (someone I know who lost their parrot said the person who returned him only did so because the poster said they would get a reward, and they accepted the only cash the owner had on them, just $20 – but at least it was something).
Put posters in pet stores, humane societies, vet’s offices, any public area you can. Call up aforementioned places, including those you physically may not be able to get to due to distance constraints and such, and let them know she’s missing and give them the same information.
Leave her cage outside in a clear, open patch of space that can be seen from the sky or trees and make sure there’s food and water there. If she’s still around and can see her home and her food, she may be more enticed to fly downward. Unfortunately since many captive parrots never have to fly downward, they are often afraid to do so. Try and be prepared by borrowing a ladder or something else tall in case you see her up high and she’s too scared to come down.
I always post to 911ParrotAlert.com as well. There are a lot of helpful people there all over the world who receive the subscription e-mails and will keep a lookout for parrots flying around without an owner.
Finally, go outside and look. Call for her, whistle for her. She may be hidden closer than you think. And please don’t give up hope!
Good luck!
Addendum: Please do NOT clip babies’ wings. They need to fledge and learn to fly or they’ll be off balance and and terrible fliers with poor control and stability. These birds are often shaky and afraid of situations where they are high up or where they think they may need to fly. It’s best and easiest for birds to learn when they’re babies and that they gain confidence then. Also, clipping a bird’s wings does NOT ensure it will not or cannot fly away. Parrots tend to be fairly light-bodied, and their bones are much lighter than mammal bones to allow for easier flight with less energy involved. A gust of wind could carry off a smaller parrot with very minimal effort on their part, clipped or not.