Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: An Antarctic blast expected to hit this weekend will have people shivering like it's 1999. The freezing front, which began to roll-in across the east of Australia on Friday afternoon, will deliver conditions not seen in 15 years, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. 'We're expecting temperatures will plummet, winds will be fresh to strong, and snow will fall down to low elevations,' Bureau of Meteorology NSW Regional Director Barry Hanstrum said. Temperatures are expected to fall to zero or below across large parts of Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, with bitterly cold winds and hail also forecast.Freezing conditions expected this weekend with temperatures to drop 3 to 7 degrees below average for five daysMassive cold snap will deliver sort of conditions not seen for 15 years as ski resorts expect 20-50cm of fresh powderRain to be heaviest in eastern Victoria and southeastern NSW with 50mm as cold is expected to linger for a week 
 Question:_ hasn't seen such a northward spread of snow since May, 2000.
Output:
Australia