Physical description

A small booklet including information, photographs and text describing key people and events involved in the Oldina Ski Club.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

The Oldina Ski Club, founded in 1963, is a member-owned club with a lodge at Falls Creek and an apartment at Mt Buller. The club was established by an intrepid group of young people who came together with a shared love of the Australian high country and a desire to keep skiing. They had all been part of a national fitness program run from Howmans Gap just below the emerging village of Falls Creek.

At a meeting in 1962 attended by around 100 people, a decision was made to start a club and build a lodge. "Oldina," is an Aboriginal word for snowflake. The club's Falls Creek lodge was one of the earliest private ski club lodges built at Falls Creek.

This booklet attempts to capture some of the highlights of 50 years of the Oldina Ski Club.