Lone survivor Stuart Diver is carried to safety On 30 July 1997, in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, the four-storey Carinya ski lodge was hit by a landslide coming from the Alpine Way road. The building was dislodged by the fast-moving sludge and slid downhill towards the Bimbadeen lodge. The impact destroyed both … Continue reading On This Day In Australia: In 1997, the Thredbo landslide killed 18 people