Coronavirus

Victoria goes into 7 day lockdown, ski resorts to close again

It's ground hog day in Victoria as the premier, Daniel Andrews, has announced another lockdown after the last one lifted last Wednesday. This time the...

Victoria ends lockdown, skiers require negative Covid test to visit resorts

A range of restrictions will ease across Victoria tonight, following a reduction in community transmission of coronavirus in Victoria. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer has advised...

Blacktown family fined in Thredbo and sent back to Sydney

The ABC are reporting that a Blacktown family of four have been fined for breaching Sydney's lockdown health orders and visiting Thredbo in the...

Trans Tasman ski travel bubble bursts, paused for 8 weeks

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has closed the trans Tasman bubble for at least eight weeks from 11.59pm tonight. Quarantine free travel between Australia...

Canada to open international borders to vaccinated travellers in September

Good news for skiers and snowboarders missing their Canadian snow fix. The country announced today plans to open international borders from September 7 to...

Updated Covid testing clinic times and locations in NSW Snowies

The Southern Local Health District and the Medical Centres in the Resorts have been working together to improve COVID-19 testing in the snowfields including...

Mt Buller announces five day closure due to lockdown

Mt Buller have announced that lift operations will cease for the next five days due to the Victorian Government snap lockdown. The ski area will...

Hotham and Falls Creek close chairlifts for five day lockdown

Hotham and Falls Creek have tonight announced that chairlifts will stop spinning from 11.59pm tonight until the same time on Tuesday, July 20 due...

New Zealand pauses trans Tasman bubble to whole of Australia

New Zealand have announced that the trans Tasman bubble will be paused for three days from 10.30pm (NZ time) this evening. The quarantine free travel...

How the two week lockdown impacts NSW skiers and boarders

The New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has announced a two week stay at home order for Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains and...

NSW Interschools cancelled at Perisher and Thredbo due to Covid

Snow Australia have today announced changes to the Interschools Events in the school holidays due to the growing Sydney Covid cluster. An increase in cases...

More testing in NSW snow fields and fines for skiing in...

New South Wales and Victorian alpine regions are on higher alert with Sydney currently experiencing a Covid cluster in seven local government areas and...

New Zealand pauses trans Tasman bubble with New South Wales

While Victorians can again resume travel to New Zealand, those in New South Wales will now be suspended from travel to New Zealand for...

Urgent visa changes needed to save New Zealand ski industry

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) CEO, Jono Dean, is calling for the New Zealand government to lift border restrictions so skilled overseas workers can work...

Mt Buller changes to opening weekend due to Covid restrictions

With Victoria's current Covid restrictions due to the latest outbreak, Mt Buller have announced changes to their opening weekend operations. Melbourne visitation to Regional Victoria...

Skiing during a pandemic: where do seasonal snow workers go from...

I was in New York when COVID-19 really hit. It was overnight, as many others have also said. One day, Trump was on CNN...
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