snow in unusual places

I was hiking around Cradle Mountain in Tas in December a number of years ago and was walking in 1-2ft of snow

Leroy

As far as i know 1984 was the last time .

Gidday All,Snow has been seen at Eungella approx 75 ks west of Mackay
Seeya Locallaw

They were talking on the radio the other day about good snow in Melbourne in 1952, but the weather bureau deny it ever happened. Mass illusion, probably.

I remember seeing it on the tele, the kids were out in the snow throwing snowballs at each other the tv crew said it was a suburb of Melbourne, i'm talking the 90s, i'm bloody sure of it, unless i dreaming or drinking or something.

No, probably not dreaming. "Melbourne suburbs" of recent times includes a fair area of the Dandenongs - places like Olinda - that probably get a decent snowfall every couple of years. The Sydney equivilent would be Katoomba, which could be called suburbs. The 1952 fall was different to that - Camberwell and Hawthorn etc received a blanketing (according to those who were there). The weather bureau were no doubt thinking of the CBD when they denied it. But I have heard people say they have seen snowflakes falling on Collins St - but only a few flakes.