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krazykitkatMerry Christmas to all who celebrate.
We've had a lovely afternoon with little Lara Kate and her mum and dad. Chrissie is about the kids, and it finally feels like it after a lot of not so Chrissie Chrissies in recent years. She had so many presents and even more cuddles.
A sunburnt, snowed-in country
December 25, 2006 - 4:15PM
Days ago firefighters were battling flames in Victoria's Alpine region. Today they were making snowballs.
Yesterday afternoon firefighters at the Mt Buller ski resort north-east of Melbourne could still see "smouldering fires", Chalet manager Eric Siewert said today.
"Now it's snowing. It's unbelievable - only in Australia."
"I'm looking outside now and the ground is covered in white snow. Everyone is quite relieved."
Parts of three States - Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania - have all experienced a White Christmas today.
In NSW there were heavy falls from Thredbo through to the Crackenback Ridge, the ABC reported.
"By this afternoon, there should be a good cover up on the main range [of Mount Kosciusko]," Thredbo resident Acacia Rose told the ABC.
"I would imagine that if people are thinking of walking out to Kosciusko today to delay that walk," she said.
"It's very cold conditions and quite windy, and the visibility is low.
More snow might follow, said Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Ward Rooney.
"The fact of the matter is that in higher places temperatures are negative. In places where it's precipitating and it's cold enough, it will snow."
The bureau predicted snow could fall in areas of 900 metres or more above sea level in Victoria, he said.
In Tasmania, the weather bureau received reports about five centimetres of snow had fallen at the summit of Mount Wellington in Hobart.
Snow was settling on the mountain, 800 to 900 metres above sea level, Bureau of Meteorology duty senior forecaster Shane Wells said.
Cradle Mountain and Mount Read were also likely to have received a dusting, he said.
Mr Wells said it was not the first white Christmas for Tasmania, with snow falling either side of Christmas during the past couple of years.
"It's unusual but not without precedent - it's happened a few times," he said.
"This event's probably heavier and more significant - certainly it's snowed down to a lower level.
We've had a lovely afternoon with little Lara Kate and her mum and dad. Chrissie is about the kids, and it finally feels like it after a lot of not so Chrissie Chrissies in recent years. She had so many presents and even more cuddles.
A sunburnt, snowed-in country
December 25, 2006 - 4:15PM
Days ago firefighters were battling flames in Victoria's Alpine region. Today they were making snowballs.
Yesterday afternoon firefighters at the Mt Buller ski resort north-east of Melbourne could still see "smouldering fires", Chalet manager Eric Siewert said today.
"Now it's snowing. It's unbelievable - only in Australia."
"I'm looking outside now and the ground is covered in white snow. Everyone is quite relieved."
Parts of three States - Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania - have all experienced a White Christmas today.
In NSW there were heavy falls from Thredbo through to the Crackenback Ridge, the ABC reported.
"By this afternoon, there should be a good cover up on the main range [of Mount Kosciusko]," Thredbo resident Acacia Rose told the ABC.
"I would imagine that if people are thinking of walking out to Kosciusko today to delay that walk," she said.
"It's very cold conditions and quite windy, and the visibility is low.
More snow might follow, said Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Ward Rooney.
"The fact of the matter is that in higher places temperatures are negative. In places where it's precipitating and it's cold enough, it will snow."
The bureau predicted snow could fall in areas of 900 metres or more above sea level in Victoria, he said.
In Tasmania, the weather bureau received reports about five centimetres of snow had fallen at the summit of Mount Wellington in Hobart.
Snow was settling on the mountain, 800 to 900 metres above sea level, Bureau of Meteorology duty senior forecaster Shane Wells said.
Cradle Mountain and Mount Read were also likely to have received a dusting, he said.
Mr Wells said it was not the first white Christmas for Tasmania, with snow falling either side of Christmas during the past couple of years.
"It's unusual but not without precedent - it's happened a few times," he said.
"This event's probably heavier and more significant - certainly it's snowed down to a lower level.
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Date: 2006-12-26 12:08 am (UTC)