As Australia's ski season comes to an early end, resort workers say that despite low pay which barely covers rent, fuel, and two-minute noodles, they'll be back again next year.
Ski-lift technician Ayden Brownhill knows that life could be easier, more comfortable and definitely warmer, if he just gives up his dream.So when the Sydneysider graduated from his medical physics degree at the University of Wollongong four years ago he came up with a plan.Mr Brownhill, now 26, followed in the ankle-deep tracks of hundreds of young Australians, and international visitors, and found a job working at a ski resort at Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains.
The community dinners have been running for more than 20 years, but the number of visitors each week has soared.It's a busy time, too, for the church's op-shop, which sells warm clothes for just a few dollars, and its community pantry, where donated food items are sold more cheaply than in supermarkets.
Mr Beer said Mr Brownhill's experience was common among the young people filing through the kitchen each week."It's sometimes not as consistent as normal employment.) When the ski fields closed early in 2023, some workers were stuck in rental agreements with no prospects for local work to help them pay, and the disappointment of not being able to ski each day.
He now follows the snow around the world, working on ski fields in Canada or Japan during Australia's summer, and travelling with international friends he met while working on the Australian ski fields.
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