Falls Creek
Falls Creek
It's the first week of summer and rather than sunshine and heat, it's snowing.

Many parts of Victoria have shivered through a cold and wet start to the hotter months, with snow blanketing the alps, leaving Victorian's reaching for their winter woollies.

Falls Creek and The Hotham Alpine Resort in Victoria and Perisher Ski Resort in New South Wales all saw significant dumps of snow this morning, with falls of between 15cms-30cms recorded.


Mt Buller
Mt Buller
"We have had over 25 cm of snow overnight, and it is still going, we did think about reopening, but we thought we might leave this one to the locals, to get the last turns in for 2019," Grace Smith from Falls Creek said.

From Mt Hotham to Mt Buller, temperatures plummeted to -3C overnight.

The tables at Hotham don’t lie!
The tables at Hotham don’t lie!
Roads were closed and cars covered in a fresh summer dusting of snow.
Roads were closed and cars covered in a fresh summer snow.
Temperatures have plummeted around the state as a strong cold front crosses Australia's south east.

Tourists visiting Mount Donna Buang - about 80kms east of Melbourne - had to battle snow and icy winds, with one holiday maker likening it to current weather back home in Europe.

This is not an old photo… It was taken at Hotham about 4 hours ago
This is not an old photo… It was taken at Hotham about 4 hours ago
In Melbourne, temperatures sat around 14C - making it the coldest day since early October.

Sydneysiders were a little bit luckier, with temperatures hovering around 21C, which is about two degrees colder than average.