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Old 11-06-2012, 03:14 AM   #1
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Australians have it easy

God I hate winter. Got snow last night as well
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Old 11-06-2012, 03:17 AM   #2
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Hey, we get snow...on our inland alps...where the hell do you think we take our skiing holidays!
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Old 11-06-2012, 03:20 AM   #3
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Hey, we get snow...on our inland alps...where the hell do you think we take our skiing holidays!
Snow globes don't count

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Old 11-06-2012, 03:25 AM   #4
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Google Mt Buller, Mt Hotham, Falls Creek, Perisher Blue.....
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Old 11-06-2012, 03:37 AM   #5
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We also have The Snowy Mountains.
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Old 11-06-2012, 03:39 AM   #6
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Here's a couple of pics of my fav riding area. Mt Macedon.
This is about 5 mins from my house.



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Old 11-06-2012, 03:42 AM   #7
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No shit T.C.! That does look pretty.

Ev...even when it does snow, it's stll hot out.
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Old 11-06-2012, 03:42 AM   #8
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Sorry to hear E. Don't have that problem here much at all
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Old 11-06-2012, 04:05 AM   #9
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Old 11-06-2012, 04:15 AM   #10
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No shit T.C.! That does look pretty.

Ev...even when it does snow, it's stll hot out.
Thank fvck it doesn't happen all the time.
Funny thing is my kids have never seen snow, and since I've had them with me it hasn't snowed once.
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Old 11-06-2012, 04:22 AM   #11
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I live in the snow belt in Ohio. We usually get hammered a few times every year. I remember one year the day before Easter, it was like 55 degrees, and when we woke up the next morning, there was like 3.5 feet of snow on the ground! It didn't last long though.
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Hate to say it but that's either an ugly lookin' kid or a fine looking hound you have in the back seat there.


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Hate to say it but that's either an ugly lookin' kid or a fine looking hound you have in the back seat there.






Here's a couple more. This is the same road that's in my gopro video.



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This is the same road that's in my gopro video.



Fvck riding through that shit!
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