Local family saves $15k by cancelling their Perisher trip and going skiing on servo ice in their backyard

CHEAP THRILLS: A Sydney family has saved $15,000 on accommodation, transport, lift passes and overpriced hot chocolates after cancelling their Perisher holiday and recreating the experience in their backyard using 18 bags of ice they bought from their local servo.

“We really wanted to introduce our kids to skiing and the conditions here in the backyard are so much better than in Perisher,” mother Jemma Fuller said, carefully steering her daughter around a patch of exposed concrete.

Mr Fuller said the family managed to recreate nearly every element of a traditional Australian ski holiday, including wet socks, crying children, expensive jackets and a two-hour argument over whether anyone actually needed lunch.

At time of publication, the father was heading back to the servo to pick up some more ice.

“I might also get some more white powder,” he said.