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Snow falls on Victorian alpine peaks [Australia]
Sky News Australia ^
| 15 June 2014
| Staff
Posted on 06/14/2014 7:01:09 PM PDT by BlackVeil
After a slow start to the season, snow has finally begun falling on Victoria's alpine peaks.
At Mt Hotham, 3cm of snow had fallen since Saturday morning ...
(Excerpt) Read more at skynews.com.au ...
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; globalwarming
Australians make a fuss about snow, because they hardly ever see it. The few mountain snow fields in southern Australia are really rather limited, a European would laugh at them. Some years, snow does not appear, but this year, the white stuff is here again. Incidentally, the disappearance of the Australian snow fields was predicted as a certainty, because of global warming. It still hasn't happened.
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posted on
06/14/2014 7:01:09 PM PDT
by
BlackVeil
To: BlackVeil
The few mountain snow fields in southern Australia are really rather limited, a European would laugh at them. I thought there was snow skiing in Australia. I would assume that would take more than a few inches of snow, would it not? Or is this a different area from the ski slopes?
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posted on
06/14/2014 7:13:39 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
Yes, there is skiing, and apparently it is very good. And the alpine resorts are lovely, all year around.
But it is only available for a short time, mid-year. And sometimes they have to get the snow machines going, to extend the fields. The European mountains are different - deep snow all year round on the peaks.
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posted on
06/14/2014 7:19:47 PM PDT
by
BlackVeil
('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
To: BlackVeil
The European mountains are different - deep snow all year round on the peaks.I skied in Europe for 4 years. There are several ski areas open year round. We used to go skiing on the 4th of July.
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posted on
06/14/2014 7:31:18 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
your thinking Tasmania or New Zealand maybe?
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posted on
06/14/2014 8:15:55 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: BlackVeil
Let's see now...skiing in July or manly Beach in January.I think I'll take Manly Beach....or Coogee Beach.
To: Gay State Conservative
Good choice ... Australia’s glory is its beaches.
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posted on
06/14/2014 8:59:13 PM PDT
by
BlackVeil
('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
To: BlackVeil
There’s a difference between a change in the weather and a change in climate.
Snow is weather.
Duh.
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