From Somewhere Else

Here are some photos sent by Marion in Europe and some photos sent by Rosco in Japan.

Other news: I have added "Previous Report" and "Next Report" buttons at the bottom so you can more easily scroll through my reports.

Off piste at La Cascade, Samoens summit, Alan off piste La Cascade, Tree at Les Carroz
Photos courtesy of Marion

Mt Blanc centre back from Les Cascades (the waterfalls), and more off Piste Les Cascades
Photos courtesy of Marion

Rosco has still been reporting little new snow - photo courtesy of Rosco

Has Rosco been back to Chemist again?
photo courtesy of Rosco but not the captions ;-)

When some snow falls this is what Rosco has to contend with - photo courtesy of Rosco

At least Rosco got to admire the mono ski while waiting in the looooong queue
photo courtesy of Rosco

Then at the top lift - this almighty queue - photo courtesy of Rosco
if you look carefully behind the top of the bell tower you'll see the line hiking to the peak

Despite the queues, Rosco still led Greg into this beautiful untouched slope - photo courtesy of Rosco

However the day brought diminishing returns - photo courtesy of Rosco

I love Rosco's work - A creative shot taken inside the gondola
photo obviously courtesy of Rosco

Meanwhile the weather in Thredbo is perfect "summer weather". Sunny, breezy and cool. There is still a 10% chance of snow forecast above Thredbo for Friday night :-)

From my soap box ;-)
I applaud the announcement that the 2013 Federal election will be on Sept 14th. Like many others, I also think a fixed 3 year term would be a great thing removing a lot of the excrement generated by politicians, media and the like surmising about when the next election will be held.

I'm sure many of you have already decided where your next vote will go. For those who haven't, you now have to decide whether to place your trust in liars. In my opinion both Labor & Liberal-National parties are parties of liars. Looking at the promises made before the last Federal, NSW & QLD elections, the incumbent government parties shouldn't be trusted again. Don't get me wrong; I'm not suggesting you vote for the Greens.

I believe that if the thinking people of Australia made the point of voting for someone else at their next visit to the polling booth then just may be in the future we would hear the truth and nothing but the truth from those who think they should have the term "honourable" placed beside their name.

The "honourable member", what a joke. Prove it - earn it! Most don't deserve the title let alone the outrageous pay they take from those to whom they lie to. Telling untruths to gain an advantage is NOT acceptable behaviour in a civilised world. It is immoral and down-right disgusting behaviour.

If these deceitful political parties and individual politicians were running a business advertising similar lies they would be brought to account by the judicial system for misleading statements, breach of contract and sued for damages.

As for the naive media and their favourite electoral term: "two-party-preferred"; why can't they call it as it is: "two-dishonest-party-preferred"?