I have always wanted to go alpine skiing, but I'm so afraid to ski down those hills
You just need to learn to ski.
I would love to love to ski in Mount Buffalo, Victoria where the first ski tow was constructed in 1936
Wow!    Do they get much snow in Mount Buffalo?
Oh, yeah their highest peak is call Mount Bogong
Is that peak named after a person?
Bogong moth
The bogong moth ("Agrotis infusa") is a temperate species of night-flying moth, notable for its biannual long-distance seasonal migrations towards and from the Australian Alps, similar to the diurnal monarch butterfly. During the autumn and winter it is found in southern Queensland, western New South Wales, western Victoria, and also in South and Western Australia. Adult bogong moths breed and larvae hatch during this period, consuming winter pasture plants during their growth. During the spring, the moths migrate south
a recreational ski location into the 1930s, but was destroyed by bushfire in 1939.
Skiing began at Mount Buffalo in the 1890s and the Mount Buffalo Chalet in Victoria was constructed in 1910. Australia's first ski tow was constructed near Mount Buffalo in 1936. Buffalo's first ski lodge was built at Dingo Dell in 1954. A bushfire in 2006 forced the temporary closure of the resort and negotiations are continuing over a new lease on the property.
A stone cottage was built at Mount Hotham in 1925 to cater for