Question: The Kangaroo Hoppet is a long distance cross-country skiing race that occurs in what region of Australia?
Context: The Falls Creek Alpine Resort is an alpine ski resort in the Hume region in northeastern Victoria, Australia.  It is located in the Alpine National Park in the Victorian Alps, approximately 350 km by road from Melbourne, with the nearest town Mount Beauty, approximately 30 km away.  The resort lies between an elevation of 1210 and above sea level, with the highest lifted point at 1780 m .  Skiing is possible on the nearby peak of Mount McKay at 1842 m , accessed by snowcat from the resort. The Worldloppet Ski Federation is a federation of long distance cross-country skiing events whose aim is to promote cross-country skiing through various ski races.  The federation was founded in 1978 in Uppsala, Sweden.  The aim of Worldloppet is to promote the sport of cross-country skiing through the various ski races around the world. Fritz Erik Elmsäter (7 October 1919 – 9 March 2006) was the first Swedish athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.  In 1948 he won a silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase race, and finished 19th in the 18 km cross-country skiing and 9th in the Nordic combined event.  At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he was the flag bearer for Sweden, and finished 56th in the 18 km skiing race and 13th in the Nordic combined. Pragelato Plan is a cross-country skiing venue located in Pragelato, Italy.  It hosted the cross-country skiing and the cross-country skiing portion of the Nordic combined events for the 2006 Winter Olympics in neighboring Turin. Milanko Petrović () (born September 21, 1988 in Sjenica) is a Serbian biathlete who participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first olympic biathlete for independent Serbia.  At the 2014 Winter Olympics he carried Serbian flag at the opening ceremony and competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing.  He represents Serbia at the Biathlon World Championships and he is a regular participant of the Biathlon World Cup and the first ever Serb to win World Cup points.  Occasionally, he competes in cross-country skiing.  At the 2013 Winter Universiade he made a remarkable success by winning first ever international medals for Serbia in biathlon and cross-country skiing. Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance.  Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a means of transportation.  Variants of cross-country skiing are adapted to a range of terrain which spans unimproved, sometimes mountainous terrain to groomed courses that are specifically designed for the sport. Snow Harp is a cross-country skiing venue located in Hakuba, Nagano, Japan.  For the 1998 Winter Olympics, the venue hosted the cross-country skiing and the cross-country skiing portion of the Nordic combined events. The sport of cross-country skiing encompasses a variety of formats for cross-country skiing races over courses of varying lengths according to rules sanctioned by the International Ski Federation and by various national organizations, such as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and Cross Country Ski Canada.  International competitions include the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and at the Winter Olympic Games.  Such races occur over homologated, groomed courses designed to support classic (in-track) and freestyle events, where the skiers may employ skate skiing.  It also encompasses cross-country ski marathon events, sanctioned by the Worldloppet Ski Federation, and cross-country ski orienteering events, sanctioned by the International Orienteering Federation.  Related forms of competition are biathlon, where competitors race on cross-country skis and stop to shoot at targets with rifles, and paralympic cross-country skiing that allows athletes with disabilities to compete at cross-country skiing with adaptive equipment. The Kangaroo Hoppet is a long distance cross-country skiing race in Australia.  It is held in Falls Creek, Victoria.  It debuted in 1979, and is part of Worldloppet since 1991.  It is held annually on the fourth Saturday of August. König Ludwig Lauf is a long distance cross-country ski race, that takes places in Germany, and is part of the international long distance cup Ski Classics and the Worldloppet series.  The race is over distances of 50 km and 23 km in both classical and free technique.
Answer: the Hume region