Markus Koch

	January 26th through January 28th, 2001 Long Australia Day Weekend in the Snowy Mountains six hours south of Sydney (three hours south of Canberra). View down to Thredbo
	Thredbo Valley is a V-valley which gives you a true alpine feel. The ski slopes look pretty promising. However, the fact that all the trees are perennials tells me that there can't be that much snow in winter.
	There was a Harley Davidson Bike Club meeting in nearby Jindabyne and they came up to Thredbo for a cup of coffee or so (average age probably in the 40ies).
	On my way to Mount Kosciuszko. The whole way from the top of the chairlift terminal to Mount Kosciuszko is elevated in order to protect the flora and stop erosion. Of course I hiked up all the way from Thredbo in a total time of two hours, after I had been mountainbiking in the morning.
	Mount Kosciuszko, with 2,228 m (7,308 ft) Australia's highest mountain.
	On top of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain on the Australian continent. I stand where the most famous mountaineers stood before me (e.g. Reinhold Messner). To follow their steps I "only" have to climb the highest mountains of the other continents within a year or so. ;-)
	View towards Mount Townsend
	View towards the Thredbo
	Alpine mountain views
	Alpine lake
	Sunset in Thredbo. I was sitting on a rock in the middle of the creek and tried to breathe in as much of the atmosphere as possible.
	View from Charlotte Pass (at the end of Perisher Valley) towards Mount Kosciuszko (at the far left). Perisher is another ski station in a valley parallel to the Thredbo. Contrary to Thredbo Persiher is located at the tree level. However, Thredbo is a nicer village.
	At Rawson's Pass. From Charlotte Pass its actually possible to mountainbike almost to the top of Mount Kosciuszko. After biking back to Charlotte Pass I went for a mountain run to blue lake which is a deep glacial lake.
	Typical Australian countryside (photo take south of Canberra on my way home from the Snowy Mountains).