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The sports report from Thredbo


Enough travel, we just stayed put. A walk down the stairs to book a tennis court and play a haphazard game of Alex's favourite sport. Then some bouncing on the trampolines followed by Alex and B riding the bobsled.



There was an interruption for lunch, followed by more bobsled rides. If only we had brought the bikes we could have ridden the more gentle trails or Alex could have tried some stunts on the practice tracks. Alas we lack bike racks on the car and rental bikes were in short supply.


Possibly the hardest exercise was walking back up the steep steps to the apartment to spend the remainder of the day there.


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