Australian Ski Club

The Australian Ski Club at Guthega Ski Resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales was designed by Peter Aynsley in 1974/5 and constructed over the summers of 1975/76 and 1976/77. Peter managed the construction process over this period and a significant amount of work was undertaken by club members who devoted their weekends throughout two summers to the endeavour. The five-level load-bearing brick, concrete block and reinforced concrete structure built in this manner was an ambitious project in any location, let alone in remote Guthega.

Early excavation for Level 1 basement footings	Coming out of the ground
Roadside brick movements - how many were there?	Stairs from Level 1 to 2
Working up towards the Level 3 main slab	Half-way there - buried by snow, 1976 winter
Photos show Club members at work in the Summer of 1976/77 - even to the extent of pouring the reinforced concrete floors using the small concrete mixer shown - with Engineer John Delprado's careful advice on what to do and what not to do with the mix.......

Some additional construction photos are available in "All That And Skiing Too - The History of the Australian Ski Club at Guthega 1974-1997" [Editors Alan Burnett and Penny Cross - ISBN 0 646 32476-4]. Click here for extracts.

Australian Ski Club, Guthega