© Gillian DobsonA message is written on a car windscreen after Mt Buller in the Victorian Alps received a sprinkling of snow on January 11
The weather bureau says an extreme cold front has broken a series of low temperature records for Canberra, Goulburn and the Snowy Mountains.
The southern tablelands and Victoria's Alpine region have also been hit by the summer chill.
A rapidly moving cold front from Antarctica moved though Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT yesterday.
The icy and changeable weather delivered a low of -4 degrees Celsius and a dusting of snow to the Snowy Mountains.
Forecaster Sean Carson says the snow is unseasonable, but not rare.
"In fact, it was only three to four years ago they had a 20cm centimetre fall in January," he said.
In Canberra, the mercury dropped to 1.6C, eclipsing the record of 1.8C set in 1956.
Goulburn experienced -0.1C, beating the previous record January low of 1.4C.
The front has now moved east over the Tasman Sea.
Should I be investing in thermal underwear and a downey jacket?
I noticed on New Years' Eve that it was...cold! And I live in the tropics and am in the middle of summer.
Do you think it is possible that the shift has begun and that Australia is sliding down towards the South Pole...?
I have heard we will be somewhere up near the equator if we shift 40' but I think they have it wrong! Wrong direction anyway.
And today, I pointed out to various people about the suns' change in transverse axis through the sky and no-one had noticed!!
Where do I avert my eyes to?
And did anyone in Oz notice the moon on the 7th? I know the moon has a great influence on the bodies of water here on Earth and if the ring around represents ice particles in the space, will they deposit eventually down here and make for a huge deluge of water which will need to distribute evenly somewhere?
I am confused and bewildered at the lack of duty of care from the powers that be!
Any response will be appreciated.
:-))