Andrew,

Thanks! I'll have to dig out a map.

Mt. Kosciusko at 222 meters would then be about 1.3 miles up if I've done the math correctly. We get some good snow here (though the last couple of years has not been too high) and that's about the height of my home here on the Wasatch front. In 1992 when we moved in I think at one point we had 4-5 feet in the front yard,

The trees were small offshoots of some Swedish Aspens and, like the aspen family, send out suckers for a distance and then spring up. I had them down in 30 minutes but had to beat a retreat from the sun. They go to the trash bin tomorrow. <g>

Best,

DD

>G'day DD,
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>I'll jump in in case Dave's already packed up the Skis and headed South for the week.
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>To the best of my knowledge, there's nowhere in Adamstown (a suburb of Newcastle, about 2 hrs North of Sydney) that sticks up above about 100m above sea level. Dave's probably heading down to the NSW snow fields around Mt Kosciusko, which is marked on my map as 2228m.
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>Hope the trees come down without a fight.
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>Cheers,
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>Andrew
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>>Dave,
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>>Snow? Where in Australia is Adamstown and how high?
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>>I probably need a geography lesson too as I thought Australia didn't have moutains high enough. I must have the typical myopic view that Ayers Rock is as high as it gets and not everyone lives underground digging opals. <g>
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>>Best,
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>>DD