Snow down... you're moving too fast!
Two cross-country skiers glide in perfect unison acrossVictoria's Mount Hotham during a training session. (Photo, circa 1988.)
Punching above theirsnow-sporting weight,despiteglobal warming, awhopping 53 Australian athletes willcompeteinthis year'sWinter Olympicsin Milan-Cortina, beginning 6 February.
Bill McAuley's 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a cadet photographer at 'The Age' in Melbo