By Freya Noble Winter has finally arrived Down Under, and it is certainly here with a vengeance. Overnight the weather bureau issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds and blizzards all across New South Wales, which were expected to hit the Hunter region, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, and the Snowy Mountains. However, some good came from the cold front as ski fields across New South Wales and Victoria saw their first big dump of the snow season, which meant Thredbo, which is 500 kilometres south of Sydney, and Mount Hotham in Victoria, both had over 50 centimetres of snow.
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Despite the record warm temperatures throughout May, winter has finally arrived Down Under
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Overnight, Australian ski fields saw their biggest snowfall so far this season
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In New South Wales Thredbo and Perisher each experienced more than 45cm
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Mount Hotham in Victoria saw about the same, while Mt Buller was dumped with 25cm of powder
Winter wonderland: Thredbo ski fields in @placeholder saw a massive dump of over 45cm of snow overnight