Snow - Lake St Clair - Sunday 16th Nov?

[frank_in_oz]

Ok,
My daughter just finished the Franklin River and had a great trip. Rained each day but, what the hell, that's life.

Quick conversation with her last night as she was buying a jug of beer in a pub in Launceston (she had to go, it was getting warm!) and she mentioned it was snowing at Lake St Clair yesterday. They stopped on the way back to Launceston and had a snow ball fight.

Yesterday in Geelong it was about 20 degrees and fine.

I ALMOST reckon she was pulling my leg....... Was anyone else up that way and see snow or hear about it? I just want some independant verification......

[Robbo]

I ALMOST reckon she was pulling my leg....... Was anyone else up that way and see snow or hear about it? I just want some independant verification......

I think this link may add credence to her claim...

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDT60801 ... 5959.shtml

Tony Robinson

[Son of a Beach]

It was around 2°C at my place yesterday morning (sea level), with frost in some areas. So it would have been very cold up on the plateau.

[woka]

Yep, passed through on the way back to Hobart late yesterday afternoon and there was plenty of snow along the roadside! We were down near the Wild Rivers NP over the weekend and it was pretty cold and wet down there as well.

[frank_in_oz]

Thanks everyone, verified I reckon.

Just spoke to her and she re confirmed it as well (now she is not distracted by beer)

Her, and a few mates, are now off to Freycinet for a couple of days. Nice to be a student again!

[BarryJ]

Snow fell at Miena in the Central Highlands (bottom end of the Great Lake for those of you who don't know it) at around 6:30-7:00AM on Saturday 15 Nov but didn't settle. During the day, there were the occasional small snow falls but once again, not enough to settle.

At around 8:00PM Saturday night, it began to fall at a fast rate. Within about 30 minutes the ground was covered to a depth of 8-10cm. This was still there at 6:00AM on the Sunday morning but began to melt as the morning wore on. There was another short flurry of snow flakes at around 10:30AM on Sunday.

[frank_in_oz]

Snow fell at Miena in the Central Highlands (bottom end of the Great Lake for those of you who don't know it)

Thanks Barry, I fished the Great Lake many years ago (and stayed at the Miena Pub for a couple of nights)
Never forget it:
- drank too much at the pub first night - great spot then - HUGE open fire
- got up about 5:30 (crook)
- waded out and tried spinning for about 3 hrs - FROZE TO NEAR DEATH
- slept rest of day
- fished into dark, not one hit
- hit the pub hard again (publican went to bed, we locked up....)
- up at 5 again,(crook) fished and finally caught a reasonable trout (REALLY FROZE )
- fell over into water on way out and REALLY hurt my wrist on a just submerged rock
- got really wet and even COLDER
- packed up, drove back to Hobart, flew home with fish
- had arm in plaster for a few weeks
- fish went dry in freezer and chucked it out 6 months later

HAD A BALL!

[BarryJ]

Sounds like some of my fishing trips!

[tasadam]

A bit late, but on Sunday 16th Nov my wife and I were starting the South Coast track at Cockle Creek. During the walk we met people that got a lot of snow going over the Ironbounds that Saturday.
On the Sunday as we were preparing - fitting our gaiters etc, it was hailing and snowing at the same time (my brother-in-law had much mirth in winding down the window as he drove off and yelling at us - WAAANNNKERS!!), but the weather cleared and by the time we were at the beach the sun was out, though still cool southerly.
We had been watching the weather and thought about delaying for a day, but in the end I am very glad we went when we did, and I wouldn't change a thing.
Well, maybe that stick that went under my fingernail when I went down like a sack of potatoes in the mud - I could change that...
Yep, that's it. Everything else was great!

[Taurë-rana]

We had Christmas at Lake Ina (central highlands) two years ago and decided to make a strategic withdrawal on Christmas day as the snow was getting steadily deeper. It was pretty though, the scoparia was all in flower too. And if there's not snow somewhere in Tassie at the moment I would be surprised.