As bushfires rage out of control in Victoria and parts of Queensland count the cost of recent floods, residents in the NSW Snowy Mountains and Tasmania woke this morning to find snow on the ground.

Picture: Caroline Tan This comes as a strong cold front approached from the west and crossed Tasmania on Sunday morning. The chilly spell is expected to bring snow above 800m during the evening.

Summer snow at Great Lake Hotel, in Tasmania's Central Highlands. Picture: Great Lake Hotel He said the temperature on Mt Wellington was 1C and snow was likely at 1200m. “It will be colder later ...

Mount Mawson Ski Field in the Mount Field National Park in southern Tasmania is hoping to open this weekend for the first time in two years. Volunteers who run the ski field were conducting checks ...