Summer in Thredbo isn't short of hiking options.
THE ONE STOP OFF
On the way to Thredbo – a lovely drive through a landscape of granite boulders,skeletal trees,big skies and cows standing in rivers – stop for a leg-stretcher at Wildbrumby Distillery on the roadside between Jindabyne and Thredbo. The kids will appreciate the chance to run about on lawns dotted with giant sculptures,while adults can try schnapps with flavours that range from sour cherry to peach,apricot and apple – though pear and butterscotch might be the two tastiest. For lunch,you'd best focus on Austrian dishes such as schnitzel,goulash and sausages with sauerkraut. Seewildbrumby.com
THE ONE WALK
Summer in Thredbo isn't short of hiking options,the easiest being the very agreeable Riverside Walk along four kilometres of the Thredbo Valley on a track that winds through beautiful snow-gum forest and is never out of the sound of the chuckling,peaty-brown river. But if you're up for a challenge,book the guided-only Alpine Lakes Walk,a 19-kilometre loop that takes you to Australia's highest glacial lakes and provides outlooks onto the Snowy Mountains'most rugged peaks,which you miss from Thredbo itself. The wildflowers are splendid too. Seethredbo.com.au
THE ONE BIKE TRAIL
Thrill seekers can embrace alpine riding in Thredbo Mountain Bike Park where lifts haul you upwards and then it's all downhill on tight bends and twisting tracks. Less adventurous or inexperienced riders,though,should hit Thredbo Valley Track for a superb 20-kilometre mountain-biking ride that takes you downriver from Thredbo to Crackenback. The track undulates through eucalpyt forest,across grassland,and over the Thredbo River on occasional suspension bridges,with only short uphill sections,and provides beautiful scenery all the way. Seethredbo.com.au
THE ONE CAFE
Eagles Nest is billed as Australia's highest restaurant,sitting at 1937 metres atop Kosciuszko Express Chairlift. Come here for a breakfast of cinnamon pancakes or a bacon roll and watch emergent sunlight and shifting shadows change the look of the ridged landscape. Later in the day,coffee and apple strudel will fortify you before a hike. In truth the food is ho-hum,but no matter:it gets you a seat by giant plate-glass windows with vertiginous views over Thredbo and its crumpled scenery. Seethredbo.com.au