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Australia

Canada and Australia have been Trade partners since 1895. In BC, a resource-sharing agreement has led to the exchange of personnel, knowledge, skills, equipment, technologies and mutual support in the event of an emergency. Australian fire fighting teams were instrumental in forest fire management as recently as the summer of 2009.

With many ski resorts in the Okanagan Valley, this location has become a haven for the Australian employee exchange program.
Due to the growth of the Australian economy, investment in the Okanagan has increased exponentially, with significant movement in winter sports activities.
The beverage sector has reaped the benefit of the Australian wine industry with several key personnel placements in the Okanagan Valley.

A Few Business Examples

Silver Star Resort
Located a short 20 minutes from downtown Vernon, Silver Star Resort is open for skiing from November until early April and attracts more than 380,000 visitor days of business mainly from Canada, Australia, the US, UK and Europe. Silver Star is also known as one of North America’s top mountain bike destinations and operates from June until late September.

Robin Baycroft
rbaycroft@silverstar.com
www.silverstar.com
Big White Ski Resort
If you’re after fantastic snow, don’t look any further than Big White! As the largest totally ski-in, ski-out ski resort in Canada with an average 750cm (24.5ft) of Okanagan Champagne Powder falling annually; awarded “Best Powder” by Ski Canada Magazine in 2008!

Located in the picturesque Okanagan Valley, Big White is uniquely blessed with sunny weather, dry powder and a mild average temperature of -5C (23 F). With 118 market runs fanning from the summit, 2,565 acres of skiable terrain, and 16 lifts, there‘s a great selection of terrain for everyone with deep powder bowls, wide-open glades, and great fall-line cruising.
www.bigwhite.com
A number of companies have developed working opportunities in the Australian market.
Valley Comfort Systems Inc.
www.valleycomfort.com

Peerless Limited
www.peerless.ca