Whats snow like???

Question

I live in Australia - West Australia- i have never seen snow- and really wanna- whats it like???
Also Does anyone know what the snows like in the ski resorts in New South Wales/ Victoria?? Has anyone seen snow in Western Australia?if so where?

Answer 1

hey been, i also live in WA. lived in Canberra in 88 for 9 months, went to mt selwyn a couple of times. It was so cold, colder than I've ever felt in WA, except for being in the back of my mates Ute one night, no jumper, driving to mandurah in 5 degrees Celsius outside.
i saw the icicles forming on the mud flaps when i got lost one day, luckily i found the car. Anyway its slippery as slime when you board or toboggan down the slopes. That ice is harder but the flakes are weightless and make your tongue chill out when they fall onto it.
I saw snow in the Stirling ranges and porongarups one year, i think it happens in the deepest cold front that crosses windy harbour around augusto...maybe julio.....
it doesn't last long when it warms up.

Maybe watch the net, and head down this winter, see for yourself, but wear plenty of warm and waterproof clothes. Also take water and a snack. Maybe I'll be down there too :)

Answer 2

I just got back from Australia and although it's not yet cold enough to snow it was great to be in a place that was looking forward for the season to start rather than lamenting the season that just ended. I poked around and did see that there were some small mountains in NSW and Victoria. If you really want to see the white stuff, I recommend take a short flight over to New Zealand and check out some of the snow on the mountains up there.

Answer 3

Where I live snow falls about once every five years and melts when it hits the ground. So I don't know. With 6 inches of snow this town would be a disaster area. I don't think there is any snow equipment within 100 miles.

Answer 4

It's cold, and in very large amounts it can wreak havoc. Grew up in a place where it snowed every year, and every year it made the roads hazardous to drive on, not that they were very good when dry. That's why I live in San Diego now.

Snow in Australia, have been as far south as Albany, but have yet to see any snow in Australia.

Answer 5

Snow is fluffy like cotton. You can fall off a 10 story building on snow and live. If you want to see snow, go to Florida. Florida means "snow city" in Cuban.

Answer 6

In most years it snows a couple of times on the Stirling Ranges. It does not stay on the ground long.

Answer 7

I thought it snowed down there 1 or 2 years ago, but didn't stick to the ground very long.

Answer 8

.hmmm... its like crunchy i guess, when you walk on it. cold...duh. lol. if you compress it in your hand, the feeling is equivalent to squeezing slushy ice into a harder ice. its not as fun and fluffy as it sounds or seems. in resorts or where ever theres snow actually, you best be wearing two or three socks or you'll regret it... the feet feel the most coldness compared to the rest of the body. only fresh snow is fun to play with and easy to mold into shapes. sitting snow melts in the sun and turns into hard ice with the rest of the snow...that is.i t clumps together. its really fun to slide down on. it can br reall fun as long as you feet are properly kept. seriously thats the only UGH feeling. three socks.

Answer 9

a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by external pressure.

Answer 10

It's cold. Sometimes it is slushyish and somtimes it is soft. Here is a picture!

http://webkl.net/pic/SNOW%5b1%5d.jpg

P.S. I think it's so cool that you live in Australia. I've always wanted to visit there! (I would have traded ever seeing snow to live there!)