There was a thread in here last year about snow in Australia, couldn't find it. Last year was a poor year for snow here, this year has been a different story all together. Best start to the season in 17 years & we've had snow to very low levels in the southern parts of the country today, it looks set to continue for a few days yet.

Anyways, here are some pics from Blue Cow in New South Wales:
Photos by JSJ from www.snowatch.com.au
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x213/Jindysnowjunkies/P1020703.jpg
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Absolutely stunning pics IMO! :)

Goo thing it doesn't happen that often otherwise you would dominate winter sports as well :cheers:

wonderful, i love snow. but unfortunately we had as good as no snow last winter :(

wow beautiful!

To tell you the truth...I never knew Australia received any snow >__< (I'm so ignorant)

Delicious pictures, I went skiing in February :3

OOOO isnt it winter in Australia right now?! Cause in Canada it's summmerr time!

^^
Yep it's winter right now. It's been one of the coldest (by aussie standards) for a long time. Thredbo, just down the road from those pics over the has week has been getting maximums of -2c & minimums of -13c with wind chills to -46c degrees.

^^
Yep it's winter right now. It's been one of the coldest (by aussie standards) for a long time. Thredbo, just down the road from those pics over the has week has been getting maximums of -2c & minimums of -13c with wind chills to -46c degrees.

Hi, I'm from Argentina. Are you too having an extremely cold july, as we do? (snowed in Buenos Aires for the first time in 89 years and after long time in most of the country)

Sweating in the heat and looking these wonderful photos ..............

DAMNNNN, I can't wait to be in november and see the first snow falling :bash:

Cool shots !

We don't really have really tall mountains here in Oz, but we do have some unique alpine scenery. It's absolutely beautiful country in the Aussie Alps. The gum trees have stunted growth from the winter snow, they're called snow gums. (Funny that!) :)

Even tropical Queensland has had cool weather this winter, some of the cities in North Qld (One of the hottest parts of Australia) have had days with maximums around the 10c mark.

I can't wait, i'm going skiing in just over 2 weeks, reports are looking great for some nice powder as well. :D

very beautiful

if it only snowed in sydney

Check it out, Thredbo snow report from today: (Video)

http://www.thredbo.com.au/weatherandconditions/snowreport/video.asp :D

Temp range: Min -8c, Max -5.8c.

Here's a couple more pics, (props to Toddo from www.ski.com.au) :D
Dead Horse Gap:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa270/shirefmx/Snow%20Pics/016.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa270/shirefmx/Snow%20Pics/014.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa270/shirefmx/Snow%20Pics/012.jpg

Hi, I'm from Argentina. Are you too having an extremely cold july, as we do? (snowed in Buenos Aires for the first time in 89 years and after long time in most of the country)

I saw some pics of BA in snow on another thread, and the city looked even greater in white! BA is at sea level right? Which makes snow in the city even more exciting. Snow at sea level in Australia never happens on the mainland, but our most southerly state, Tasmania, can get sleet near sea level:)

Oh and Wezza, top pics!!!

BA is the same latitude as Melbourne, if you compare the weather it's pretty balanced most of the year.

Hi, I'm from Argentina. Are you too having an extremely cold july, as we do? (snowed in Buenos Aires for the first time in 89 years and after long time in most of the country)
I saw that on the news! Gosh i love snow! :)

I saw some pics of BA in snow on another thread, and the city looked even greater in white! BA is at sea level right? Which makes snow in the city even more exciting. Snow at sea level in Australia never happens on the mainland, but our most southerly state, Tasmania, can get sleet near sea level:)

Oh and Wezza, top pics!!!

We have had snow at sea level on the mainland Q-TIP, last year it happened actually, it is very rare though. Did you know that the Sydney CBD has even seen snow? It was back in the late 1800's though. It apparently won't happen now because of the heat generated from the built up areas.

It apparently won't happen now because of the heat generated from the built up areas.

Yeap, we (in BA) thought the same...until it happened. Even I was skeptical the same day. I heard some meteorologyst saying "the models from thursday and friday gave as snow on monday in the city. We thought that was impossible, so we didn't announce it". It was great that felt on a National Holiday (independence day), as everyone was in their houses or going out to enjoy it.

And It's at sea level.
I was wandering what was the weather like "on the other side"

^^ That was most likely sleet, as recordable snow at sea level has not fallen since federation 1901

very beautiful

if it only snowed in sydney

Snow would ruin the beautiful scenery. Snow is the reason we don't have eucalyptus trees or palms where I live. Rather, we have conifers.

I'm a sucker for Australian scenery. And weather.

Snow would ruin the beautiful scenery. Snow is the reason we don't have eucalyptus trees or palms where I live. Rather, we have conifers.

I'm a sucker for Australian scenery. And weather.

snow is like a plus of winter, it enhances a city´s scenery

the Sydney´s CBD resembles alot to manhattan, and it would be cool to see it covered by snow. but of course, hardly impossible

^^ Well, maybe a couple of days with snow couldn't bring any harm, but if it becomes a climate pattern, the trees would never survive, unless they are extremely hardy, which is extremely unlikely. Live through atleast one Canadian winter, and you'll be sick of snow. If you're into skiing and hockey, well, that's a different story.

aussies in the snow :D

BA is the same latitude as Melbourne, if you compare the weather it's pretty balanced most of the year.

BA is about 35 S and Melbourne is further south closer to 38 S. Adelaide and Canberra are 35 S similar to BA latitudes. Hobart is 43 S and occasionally gets snow to sea level near the city ...i forgot my point now:lol:

wow!!thats more snow than we have lol.I also didnt knew aus had snow!!

BA is about 35 S and Melbourne is further south closer to 38 S. Adelaide and Canberra are 35 S similar to BA latitudes. Hobart is 43 S and occasionally gets snow to sea level near the city ...i forgot my point now:lol:

but the antartica continent is more retracted southward from australia, maybe that´s it

and winds blowing from the north of the australian continent southward seem to beat the southerly winds by mid day or so it seems

I'm guessing this is all in Victoria... yes?

^^
New South Wales is where the pics i posted were taken. Victoria also has winter snow, as does Tasmania. Other states sometimes recieve small snowfalls, not often though.

The coldest winter in years in SE Australia.... all thanks to global warming. :)

The coldest winter in years in SE Australia.... all thanks to global warming. :)

No, it's thanks to climate change. ;) The world is warming up and cooling down. While Australia turns into Northern Ontario, Europe is turning into Arizona. :)

Europe's steep increase offsets Australia's slight decrease.

I once read, (and someone may verify) that Australias "Alpine" area is bigger than Switzerland.

*sniff* why can't it snow in the west. *looks out window at the grey sky and heavy rain* :( ah well cant complain for 18degree winters :D

Goo thing it doesn't happen that often otherwise you would dominate winter sports as well :cheers:

Funny how people's perspectives can differ. After seeing photos of people playing golf in the middle of a Canadian winter I thought: if this happened all the time Canadians would dominate summer sports as well.

Nice to see Australia trying to improve in Winter sports though.

Off to the snow for me tomorrow, can't wait. :) There is snow on the Brindabellas near Canberra at the moment.

Mt. Blue cow, perisher
http://cams.ski.com.au/photos/perisherblue/2007/pb1001131.jpg

Stupid FNQer question: Is there anywhere I can get to by train from Sydney to see some snow?

Great!! Aussies already kick canadians' asses at summer sport now their going to do so with winter sport!! :D

What place is that anyway? (the snowy place)

I'm at Thredbo right now, it's currently snowing. Had 2 days skiing, the top temp was -3 today. The windchill at the top station was -28, it was damn freezing! But the snow was absolutely fantastic, beautiful wind blown powder. The runs at the top of the mountain were superb, pics to come soon. :)

Here's some pics from Thredbo:
Merrits
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/wezza/04082007098.jpg
Friday Flat
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/wezza/04082007097.jpg
Top of Merrits (Conditions were nearly whiteout not long after that)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/wezza/03082007092-1.jpg
Beautiful wind blown pow near the Gunbarrell chairlift
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/wezza/DSC00066.jpg
Me & my sister on the Supertrail
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/wezza/04082007096.jpg

Stupid FNQer question: Is there anywhere I can get to by train from Sydney to see some snow?
Katoomba in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney gets the occassional winter snowfall and can be reached by CityRail interurban trains in about 2 hours from Central, which depart every hour off-peak (I think), with a single adult fare costing $11.60. Of course you have to be lucky and be there when it's snowing or has recently snowed, so it helps to listen to the weather forecast. Snow usually seems to fall overnight with the passage of a cold front, but mostly melts by the middle of the following day, so you need to be there in the morning to see it.

For the timetable click here and scroll down to the Blue Mountains line: http://www.cityrail.info/timetable/index.jsp
For fares from Central to Katoomba click here: http://www.cityrail.info/fares/calculator.jsp?from=17&to=268

beautiful.thanks.

A couple more from Thredbo this morning after some snowfalls:
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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/wezza/05082007102.jpg
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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/wezza/05082007099.jpg
Enjoy! :)

I once read, (and someone may verify) that Australias "Alpine" area is bigger than Switzerland.

Yes, The "Alpine" area of Australia which covers New South Wales, Victoria and part of the ACT is bigger than Switzerland.

I was surprised by this. I have been to the Australian Ski-Fields three times and always thought it was quite small. Just proves how big Australia actually is.

Lovely photos. Is it true that Australia has just had one of the coldest winters on record?

Awesome...look lovely!

Lovely photos. Is it true that Australia has just had one of the coldest winters on record?
It's been one of the coldest winters in a long time. Even tropical North Queensland had it's coldest June ever this year, in Townsville there was a week where the temps struggled to get above 13 degrees, which is quite odd for a city that far north. The ski season had it's best start in over 17 years also. It needed it after last years disaster.

Winter has arrived early in southern oz over the past few days, some of the ski resorts have had up to 30cm of snow. Snow season opening weekend is usually the first weekend in June. Here's hoping for a excellent season, i'm hoping to get a few turns in at some stage.

Mount Hotham looking good this morning.....
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x191/glenndalton/hotham5.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x191/glenndalton/hotham2.jpg
Hopefully some of this snow hangs around for the start of the season.

I have only ever been to Mount Baw Baw.

Baw Baw is pretty handy to Melbourne i suppose. Doesn't really have much in the way of steeps though.

EDIT

beautiful pictures. I can almost feel the crispness

Here's some small pics taken by sydneysider @ www.snowatch.com.au (Big thanks to him!)

These are all at Hotham, Victoria....

http://i36.tinypic.com/bfoqyu.jpg
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It's turning out to be a pretty good ski season after a slow start. Nice consistant snowfalls. :)

So, Antarctica is melting away, but Australia gets more snow?!? :nuts:

So, Antarctica is melting away, but Australia gets more snow?!? :nuts:

Australia (the parts that snows) is actually as close to the South Pole as cities like Washington DC are to the North Pole (that get snow).

People are really suprised by snow in Australia, but when you take it out of context it's not that suprising.

Austrailia gets snow only around the edge of the island right, because the middle part is desert. Or does it snow in desert as well?

What island... Australia is considered a continent!!! :lol: JK... yanking your chain a bit. We have the same issue in South Africa, people falling over backwards upon hearing it snows down here! Australia like us, generally gets snow in highland areas (but they get more). Thus there, most snow falls in the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales and Victoria or in mountains of Tasmania (very seldom TAS gets snow close to sea-level). Sometimes, Western Australia gets snow on the Stirling ranges in the south west. Else, most of the continent is too far north in latitude to get snow.

Basic rule of thumb... in the southern hemisphere, highland areas can get regular snow south of 30ºS; snow prolonged in highlands around 40ºS, occasional near sea-level snow; near 50ºS snow at sea-level common.

Thus NSW/VIC snow is common in highlands, occasional further north in NSW
Thus TAS snow is common, occasionally approaching sea-level in big storms.
WA gets very little snow, due to highlands being almost absent and southern mountains barely exceeding 1000m in height.

^^
We had snow/sleet in Queensland yesterday. It doesn't happen often, but every now & then we get a system that pushes up far enough for it to occur. Thredbo reported a nice little 40cm dump yesterday.....

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn315/barcoo69/Thredbo28thJuly.jpg
Thanks to barcoo @ snowatch!

Check out Richard's Report from Thredbo.....

http://www.ciau.com.au/snow/rrr.asp

Funnelweb moguling up nicely! ;)

Awesome!

So, Antarctica is melting away, but Australia gets more snow?!? :nuts:

Antarctica is not melting away at all. Ice cover is increasing rapidly. Its the Arctic that is melting.

^^ Well, maybe a couple of days with snow couldn't bring any harm, but if it becomes a climate pattern, the trees would never survive, unless they are extremely hardy, which is extremely unlikely. Live through atleast one Canadian winter, and you'll be sick of snow. If you're into skiing and hockey, well, that's a different story.

i went for a holiday in canada in the middle of winter (got down to -46degrees) for 6 weeks and was glad to say goodbye to the snow and when i came back to brisbane in the middle of summer the heat hits you in the face like a rock

Ski season closed in Australia last weekend & then this happens.....
Jindabyne, NSW (pics by SnoWhite @ www.snowatch.com.au)
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x213/Jindysnowjunkies/060.jpg
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Thredbo, NSW (pics from www.thredbo.com.au)
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs211.snc1/7830_152164361581_18304011581_3224637_3562714_n.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs211.snc1/7830_152155476581_18304011581_3224494_1372803_n.jpg
Pics by Richard from www.ciau.com.au/snow/rrr.asp
http://www.ciau.com.au/snow/reports/00049905.jpg
http://www.ciau.com.au/snow/reports/00049907.jpg
http://www.ciau.com.au/snow/reports/00049908.jpg
http://www.ciau.com.au/snow/reports/00049906.jpg

Wow!!! :eek:

Ski season closed in Australia last weekend & then this happens.....


And that's the reson why we kept the ski resorts open until november last year in Argentina! :lol:

I don't know how the weather is right now in the south (it was still snowing last week) but in Buenos Aires we are still having quite cold temperatures for october in the city.

I don't get it with the global warming the world is supposed to get colder or """warmer"""? :nuts:


BTW; nice pics!

And that's the reson why we kept the ski resorts open until november last year in Argentina! :lol:

I don't know how the weather is right now in the south (it was still snowing last week) but in Buenos Aires we are still having quite cold temperatures for october in the city.

I don't get it with the global warming the world is supposed to get colder or """warmer"""? :nuts:


BTW; nice pics!

August was a pretty poor month snowfall wise, September was much better but by that stage, most resorts had started putting staff off as the season close was nearing. Then there was a big dump last weekend, some resorts in Victoria got nearly a metre & then this dump in NSW over the last day or 2. Looks like more is forecast too, probably not as much this time though.

Mt Feathertop, Victoria.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3983764176_fd21a10d3e_o.jpg
Photo by Tatters:) on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgerus/3983764176/sizes/o/in/pool-62018009@N00/

Bogong High Plains, Victoria.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2738476974_8d045becc1_b.jpg
Photo by Travel Tam on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/25544087@N03/2738476974/sizes/l/in/pool-62018009@N00/

Falls Creek, Victoria.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2807679049_14e47c553f_o.jpg
Photo by martinjy on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjy/2807679049/sizes/o/in/pool-62018009@N00/

Lake Mountain, Victoria.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/2330106829_73ef544362_o.jpg
Photo by StevenMerrifield on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmerrifield/2330106829/sizes/o/in/pool-62018009@N00/

Murray River & Kosciusco National Park, Victoria/NSW.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2773833798_99aa80fa9d_o.jpg
Photo by OZZI-PAUL on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozzi-bloke/2773833798/sizes/o/

Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3623859371_8f07043f7b_b.jpg
Photo by nickthetasmaniac on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8342731@N05/3623859371/sizes/l/

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n373/spiralout09/tasmaniacradlemountainworkshop20090.jpg

most people when they think of australia they think deserts and beaches nice pictures

most people when they think of australia they think deserts and beaches nice pictures

I know. That's why i created this thread! ;) There's much more to Australia than what alot of people think.

Amazing shots! :applause:

Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2784938019_8e309ccccc_b.jpg
Photo by Changelyng on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/changelyng/2784938019/sizes/l/

Snowgum tree, New South Wales.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2935040687_63087afe33_b.jpg
Photo by jenasmith on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/26085795@N02/2935040687/sizes/l/

Amazing shots! :applause:

My thoughts exactly!

Mount Blue Cow, New South Wales.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2715804522_0d42abddb0_b.jpg
Photo by lynettet3 on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14897019@N03/2715804522/sizes/l/

Perisher, New South Wales.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/1180187640_4c84ce16c2_b.jpg
Photo by Tammy Puntti on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7664403@N03/1180187640/sizes/l/

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thanks for pics, never knew skiing is possible in australia.

WOW! How often does it snow in Austrailia?

^^ The higher parts of the central tablelands west of Sydney usually get a couple of snowfalls a year. The Snowy Mountains & Victorian Alps between Sydney and Melbourne get regular snow every year unless there is a mild winter and most of Australia's ski resorts are located here. The mountains of Tasmania also get snow and due to being further south it can sometimes fall down to quite low levels and even down to sea level around Hobart (the state capital) on fairly rare occasions.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/snow.shtml

I have seen this all of photos and would like to say you that its that much nice as well as also that much attractive. The other thing is that I really like the photos after rain and the atmosphere of the after rain. I really that much appreciating to you for sharing this here with us.

Thanks to this thread! I've never knew that there was snow there ;)

Seen from the Southern Cloud Lookout, between Tumbarumba & Tooma (next 2 pics):

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh423/lijman/Snowy%20Mountains%20September%2017%20and%2018%202011/d56737fb.jpg

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh423/lijman/Snowy%20Mountains%20September%2017%20and%2018%202011/d31e391d.jpg

A glimpse near Corryong, Victoria (next 2 pics):

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh423/lijman/Snowy%20Mountains%20September%2017%20and%2018%202011/96074f63.jpg

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh423/lijman/Snowy%20Mountains%20September%2017%20and%2018%202011/548bfd97.jpg

On the road to Khancoban, NSW (next 2 pics):

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh423/lijman/Snowy%20Mountains%20September%2017%20and%2018%202011/33a72bf7.jpg

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh423/lijman/Snowy%20Mountains%20September%2017%20and%2018%202011/f3a59066.jpg

The mountains reflected in Khancoban Pondage:

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh423/lijman/Snowy%20Mountains%20September%2017%20and%2018%202011/df11c05c.jpg