Can anyone recommend a nice ski resort area near either Sydney or Melbourne?
We are going to Australia in July and we were hoping to get some skiing in for 2-3 days while we're there. So far we know we're going to Sydney and most likely Melborne.
Thank you!

Quite a ways from Sydney to the snow, at least a 5 hour drive I would guess. Maybe fly to Canberra and drive from there. Alternatively, I would imagine there are small regional airlines that could get you even closer to Thredbo or Perisher. Not familiar with skiing in Victoria but would guess the snow a fair distance outside of Melbourne.

If you take a look at the ski areas of Thredbo, Perisher Valley, Falls Creek or Mount Hotham on an on line map, you'll see that none are located near Melbourne or Sydney - generally a 5 hours plus drive from either city.

You'd do better to fly in and out if your time is limited. Even then, there's a decent drive from the nearest airports to the ski fields, I think.

Last week of July & first week of August are generally reliable times for good snow coverage here. Di

Quicker to come to New Zealand to ski! And certainly much higher mountains.
Seriously it is a 3 hour flight from Sydney to Queenstown which is comparable to the other distances mentioned and you would get a much better ski experience.

They have skiing in Australia?

The OP was in OZ in July 2011

Lol..should look at the date more carefully. But why does it pop up on recent activity if it's so old?

Probably some spammer pulled it up