Mt Buller, the book
The characters, history and landscape of one of Australia’s high profile ski resorts are celebrated with the release of Mt Buller, The story of a mountain a new large format coffee table book by renowned ski writer and travel journalist Jim Darby.
Illustrated with more than 700 images, Mt Buller, The story of a mountain follows the years of the tourism pioneers and covers the mountain’s transformation into one of Victoria’s best known mountain resorts.
The book covers the adventures of ski pioneers such as Helmut Koffler and the Forras brothers, Ernest and Aurel as well as the legendary Austrian Hans Grimus (owner of Hotel Pension Grimus) and the avante-garde Smith brothers who, with George Vassilopoulos, built the Abom restaurant. It also details the evolution of snowsports, the achievements of Mt Buller’s international snow sports competitors and the extensive involvement of the Grollo family on the mountain. It features many stunning historical and recent colour (and black and white) photographs from the mountain and its people.
Author Jim Darby, who has previously has co-authored three guide books to the Australian and New Zealand snowfields and is one of the most widely published ski and travel journalists in Australia, researched the mountain’s history from public records, books, magazines, interviews and oral histories.
Mt Buller, The story of a mountain is available for $79.95 from the Mount Buller Chalet Hotel, the Buller Ski Lifts and the National Alpine Museum of Australia.
For further information: www.nama.org.au or www.mtbuller.com.au
Media contact: Jim Darby (03) 5426 2578 or jim.darby@theskimag.com