how far to see snow from Port Augusta ????

Snow is melting quickly at the moment so closest option that would guarentee to have some would be Mt Buller (2 days drive).
Cheers Craig...............

Dear Joe, Mel 'n' kids.
You would need to travel 1,300kms east through Mildura to Albury. From there you could go to Mt Buffalo- family snow fields(not for cross country or downhill skiing) great for toboggans. Whether there would be snow in September is problematical due to the warmer weather we have had. Luck may be with you if you went to Benalla and then to the Kosciuszko National Park- may be some snow on the higher peaks at that time. You could contact the Met bureau at: www.bom.gov.au/australia/alpine. This site will give you the weather for the snowfields.
Or; www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au and follow the links to the visitor centre pages and there are all the contact numbers you require. A call before you leave Pt Augusta may be prudent. Hope that this is helpful. All the best and have a great time .
Regards, Stanley

Hi Joe. Its pretty clear you have never been down this way before. We don`t get snow in SA, you will have to do a short 1200k detour to the Victorian alps. Port Augusta is the gateway to the outback (for us Adelaideians) so its usually warm/hot there. Phil

Having lived in NQ, I reckon I know how excited the kids would be. It is a bit of a hike but not too bad for someone from up there. We used to drive from Townsville to Brisbane and home again for my son's bike racing! Only about 3000klm round trip.
You could keep an eye on this site http://www.mountainwatch.com/ to get the latest on the snow.

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Plenty over there and only 3 hours away from any east coast airport.

Daughters had nearly 300mm in Christchurch last week and still some around.

Plenty on the higher country.

If you get into some Dont do what my wife did the first time she saw snow.

Took shoes off and ran around in it.

All good till the feeling comes back and then its an hour of absolute agony when the blood returns.

Been there done that Never again

If you go to see snow don't forget that you will need much warmer clothes than those that you ware at Doomadgee, or Pt Augusta..
Kevin

Hahahaha........

Its a bit like fishing for Barra in the Todd River or telling the tourists there are Crocs in the waterholes around Alice....
.......sorry mate couldn't resist. LOL

Mind you......My Mrs swears she saw snow on the ranges just North of PtAugusta on our way back to Alice one time?

Cheers

OK maybe looking for snow around pt augusta isnt such a silly idea

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

Finally, the not-widely-known event of 21 October 1995 was particularly impressive for the extent of its northward penetration across central Australia, and its occurrence in late spring. Snow fell to 200 metres above sea level over South Australia's Flinders Ranges, and Broken Hill registered a maximum of just 5°C, its lowest recorded maximum in any month. This cold snap resulted in record low temperatures as far north as Wave Hill (in the Northern Territory).

G'day Joe, Mel & Kids,

I grew up in Pt. Augusta in the fifties and remember seeing snow on the top of Mt. Brown on occasions, but there will have to be a really cold snap before it snows there again.

The best snow to see and play in is in the Snowy Mountains out from Canberra or in Victoria.

Peter (1)

Mebbe if ya stand on a high mesa around Porta you may see Antarctica.....lol

As someone once said.....'Port Agusta isn't the end of the earth....but you can see it from there'......

LOL