I'd still take an Australian accent over an American one anyday...
How can you NOT compare Aussie skiing with NZ skiing?? It's skiing vs skiing, apples vs apples, what's wrong with you? And yes, skiing in Australia is shit, you get crap snow, not much of it, millions of people, it's hell expensive and you're surrounded by Australians asking you "ooh how about that world cup aye? aye? aye?" And what's worse? close to 50,000 of you come over here every year to ski on OUR slopes! I guess that's coz our mountains are shit and yours are heaps better. I wonder how many of us go to ski on your mountains?
You might have nice beaches with millions of beautiful women (and a serious underground drug problem) but lets' face it, when it comes to winter sports, how can you possibly even come close to ranking on the same scale as some of the gnarliest mountain ranges in the world. And whoever said 'Australia' and 'backcountry' in the same sentence should be shot, you made me spit milk all over my desk,
You do have some nice tax breaks though... and McLeods daughters...