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Neringa Ski Club

Locality: Mount Buller, Victoria

Address: 23 Stirling Road 3723 Mount Buller, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.neringa.net

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25.01.2022 More dad related photos, partly inspired by my nephew James Sanders memories. First one was August 1987 when the Soviet basketball team toured Australia and a g...roup of Lithuanians, including myself, my father, my sister and my mother met Sarunas Marciulionis and Valdemaras Chomicius at Melbourne Airport. It was historic for many reasons, but mainly because the Lithuanian champions met up with a former Lithuanian champion, Leonas Baltrunas, who was part of the pre-war Lithuanian team which won the European title. Of course, the following year after this photo Marciulionis and Chomicius were part of the Soviet team that won Gold at the Seoul Olympics, and four years after that they won bronze in Barcelona for a newly-independent Lithuania as The Other Dream Team Second photo is my dad with his grandsons James and Paul at Mt Buller, Victoria

25.01.2022 Looking good, Buller.

25.01.2022 Druskininkai Snow Arena the only winter activities complex in the Baltic countries that works all year round. Three skiing slopes and snowboarding park are arranged in the area of 8 hectares. Snow is made by using PowderStar Series technology. Water and air are the only ingredients of the snow, no chemical or bacteriological additives are used, so our snow is 100% natural. The snow making system in Snow Arena is fully automatic; it can be controlled and managed remotely. The technology of PowderStar Series gives us opportunity to produce the snow of highest quality all year round. http://www.snowarena.lt/lt/Naujienos

24.01.2022 Booking will open mid-May.

24.01.2022 Looking good so far!

24.01.2022 Last night saw our first natural snow for a while, and with yesterday's huge temperature drop and cloudy weather set to last a week, snow is on the way! Who else is excited?

21.01.2022 This looks awesome....

19.01.2022 Check out this article by Herald Sun journalist John Masanauskas on how Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians changed Australia's cultural landscape. http://www.heraldsun.com.au///story-e6frfhqf-1226519924378

18.01.2022 Pleased to have hosted the guys and girls from The Climbing Cyclist and Hells 500 last weekend. Here's some great shots taking on the Mt Buller ascent in pretty bleak conditions. Well done to all.

18.01.2022 Wishing everyone a very merry Kios today as Lithuanians from around the world tonight celebrate Christmas Eve. Here are some snowy photos to get everyone into the European Christmas mood...

18.01.2022 Spring has well an truly sprung, and a wombat came out to greet some lucky skiers on Burnt Hut Spur! Don't be fooled, still plenty of snow to ski on!

17.01.2022 It keeps getting better and better!

15.01.2022 Neringa Ski Club has a new official address: 23 Stirling Road, Mt Buller.

14.01.2022 A QUARTER of a century ago this month, my family and I lost a great man in our life - Jonas Masanauskas. Below is a short biography of my father that was given ...out during a recent family event to commemorate his life and passing. Jonas was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, on March 27, 1926, son of Ksaveras and Petronele Masanauskas. He attended the Sanciai school not far from his home in Vaidoto St and later went to the Ausros Boys’ School in central Kaunas. As a boy he enjoyed visiting the family homestead in Dievogala, near Kaunas, where the family spent most of the long summer holidays. Jonas was a good student who usually got top marks, which in Lithuania was a 5, decreasing to 1 for the worst mark. The Second World War brought great changes to Lithuania, including, of course, to Jonas’s family. His father Ksaveras, a colonel in the Lithuanian Army, was deported to Siberia by Soviet Communists in June 1941 when Jonas was only 15. He would never see his father again. During the German occupation Jonas undertook some underground activities with fellow students by publishing anti-German and pro-Lithuanian material. In early 1944, when he was barely 18, he decided to enlist in a Lithuanian defence force organised by the respected general Juozas Plechavicius. Unfortunately, the German occupiers wouldn’t allow that army to be independent, so it was disbanded and Jonas, with a friend, escaped from Lithuania ahead of the looming Soviet re-occupation. Jonas made his way through what was then the German territory of Konigsberg, East Prussia, and what is now the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. At some point he and his friend were captured by German troops. As I remember him telling me, they went naked through a special washing facility to rid their bodies of lice and at the other end German uniforms were waiting for them. He spent the rest of the war digging trenches in a Luftwaffe (airforce) division. At the end of the war and its aftermath, Jonas hooked up with other Lithuanian refugees and ended up in the northern German city of Lubeck. His sister, Maryte (Mary), who had fled Lithuania a bit earlier than Jonas, managed to track him down through the Lithuanian refugee grapevine and surprised him while he was resting in a dormitory in Lubeck. In 1946 Jonas migrated to Coventry, England, where he met Birute Jarutyte among other Lithuanian refugees who had settled there. They married in 1948 and Danute was born there in 1949. A few years later the family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where Maryte and her family had settled some years earlier. Jonas started working in factories and then become a builder after constructing a few houses with his brother-in-law Rom Sazenis. In 1959 Jonas, Birute and Danute welcomed John to their family. The Masanauskases first lived in Nunawading and then settled in Mitcham. The building business, which was co-managed by Birute, constructed many homes in the area, as well as several houses in upmarket suburbs such as Toorak, South Yarra and Brighton. Jonas was a very respected builder who worked with some of Melbourne’s top architects. He had a reputation for excellence and integrity. One of his great loves was skiing, and with some of his Lithuanian friends, he built the Neringa Ski Club at Mt Buller in the early 1960s and spent many happy times there socialising and improving the lodge. The club continues to this day. In the late 1970s, Jonas retired from the business and did what he had always wanted to do, but was unable to because of the war. He completed an arts degree at Monash University, majoring in history and Russian. John, who was also a Monash student, fondly remembers occasionally driving to uni with his dad, and they would sometimes catch up on campus for a coffee or a chat. Dana recalls helping her father edit his essays. Jonas was very proud of his grandchildren James and Paul he enjoyed bike riding with them and taking them on excursions. He also instilled in them an appreciation of opera. Jonas was a history and politics buff, who took great pleasure in passing on his knowledge and opinions to his children and grandchildren. I am only sorry he did not live to see my children Andy and Tom, as he would have loved looking after them and teaching them. During his retirement, Jonas did several things he loved such as editing Lithuanian language newspapers in London and Sydney, Europos Lietuvis and Musu Pastoge, and providing political commentary for the SBS Lithuanian program. He served as a director for the Lithuanian Credit Society Talka and was treasurer for the 6th World Lithuanian Youth Congress Organising Committee. The Congress was held in Australia in 1987-88 and Jonas attended it proudly. He was also instrumental in securing the visit of Lithuanian athletes to the World Lithuanian Sports Festival, held in Adelaide in 1988-89. This was the first time in the post-war period that Lithuanians from Lithuania were able to participate in such an event it was indeed an historic occasion. Jonas was a great Lithuanian patriot who tragically did not live to see his birthplace regain its independence. However, he was there in 1988 when Lithuanian symbols such as the national anthem and the national flag returned after more than 40 years of Communist oppression. In a sense, Lithuanians were already feeling free at that stage and the winds of major change were in the air. He witnessed that and was very proud of his country’s rebirth. I will never forget in 1988, when we were both in Lithuania, his reaction to the flying of the Lithuanian tricolour flag in a country church. He pointed out the flag to me as his eyes welled up with tears. I sincerely hope, that on the 25th anniversary of his passing, everyone associated with this marvellous man appreciates his talents and achievements and realises what they lost far too early. And to those, like my boys who never knew him. I hope you will want to learn more about him and strive in life as he did with such great success. Photos below, from left. Jonas with his father Ksaveras, sister Maryte and brother Kazys in Kaunas, Lithuania, 22 May, 1936. Second photo: Jonas with his son John and members of the Zemkalnis and Landsbergis families in Vilnius in 1973. and

14.01.2022 Congratulations to the Lithuanian National Basketball Team, into yet another Eurobasket final, this time against Spain. Skms!

14.01.2022 Snow is perfect atop the summit!

14.01.2022 Neringa Ski Club now open for accommodation over the Mt Buller summer cycling season. Enquiries can be made by calling 0412 682766 (please don't call on weekends)

13.01.2022 Only a few weeks to go until the opening of the Mountain Bike Season at Buller.

13.01.2022 sure gets cold up here sometimes....

13.01.2022 Hear that skiers and boarders? Bookings are open for Mt Buller's 2015 Winter Season! Book now at http://bookings.neringa.net/

12.01.2022 A set of bollards found at Mt Buller

12.01.2022 The view out of the window, winter 2012.

12.01.2022 Pleased to have hosted these guys and girls at the lodge once more. Well done on the cycling and many thanks for the positive feedback on Neringa. You are welcome anytime.

11.01.2022 A great write up of last weekends cycling at Buller - fantastic effort by all involved. Nice to see Neringa featured (and a great pic in the fog too).

11.01.2022 Perfect snow. Perfect weather. No clouds, 2 degrees and 60cm of snow. 17 lifts open today, and all 22 lifts set to open this weekend, with plenty of free beds at Neringa for the rest of the school holidays! Book here at: http://bookings.neringa.net/

11.01.2022 You wouldn't believe it's the last week of September...

10.01.2022 A chilly -2.1C has granted us some snow with 30 days left until the mountain opens. Let's hope the snow gods give us a great season!

09.01.2022 Lodge Snow Beds Looks set to be a great season ahead at Buller.

09.01.2022 Plenty of snow up at Mt Buller

09.01.2022 Plenty of beds left... http://bookings.neringa.net/

08.01.2022 The 9th World Lithuanian Winter Sports will be held in Australia at Smiggins Hole, Snowy Mountains (NSW) from Monday 12th August to Monday 19h August. The races will be held at Guthega on Saturday 17th August. Accommodation will be available at Lodge 21 for $1050 per person including full breakfast and 3-course dinner each day. Please contact the lodge owner directly on 0403617661 for bookings (which can include only the race weekend). For more information on the event please contact Mindaugas Mauragis on 0419476207 or email [email protected]

08.01.2022 Happy opening day to everyone! Book your beds for the season here at http://bookings.neringa.net/

07.01.2022 The ultimate Lithuanian basketball film is coming our way over the next few months after screenings in the US and Canada. It tells how basketball and freedom were intermeshed in Lithuania, culminating in a podium finish for Lietuva at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

07.01.2022 Snow gums in the snow (August 2012 - Mt Buller)

07.01.2022 So much snow that carpets are buried! However, the season is extended, so book your beds at https://bookings.neringa.net/

06.01.2022 More than a metre of snow and plenty of season left - and the lodge has never looked better!

06.01.2022 Snow, glorious snow! A solid base fell as a full lodge slept last night, and with up to 70cm predicted to fall by Tuesday, now is the perfect time to book for the remainder of the season. http://bookings.neringa.net/

04.01.2022 Australia is set to host a world Lithuanian skiing championship next year at Perisher: http://www.kalnuslidinejimas.com//2012m-pasaulio-lietuviu-

04.01.2022 Snow is excellent on the mountain this week, don't forget to book your beds for the rest of the season!

03.01.2022 Nice to play hosts to these guys on the weekend. Great effort by all.

03.01.2022 The lodge is looking as good as ever!

03.01.2022 Still plenty of snow left up here at Buller with only a couple of weeks remaining in the ski season. Book your accommodation here at http://bookings.neringa.net/

02.01.2022 Neringa Ski Club is now an accredited Bike Buller accommodation facility. Summer beds are now available. (Photo courtesy: http://fiveofthebest.com/)

01.01.2022 Anyone keen on heading up? Plenty of beds available in the lodge.

01.01.2022 The snow outside the window today. Huge snow dump in the last week, giving ideal skiing conditions with 60cm of snow!

01.01.2022 The 'original' Neringa, not quite as cold as Mt Buller