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Australia swaps summer for Christmas snow at Charlotte PassSydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2010 Snow fell in Australia on Monday, as the usual hot and summery December weather was replaced in parts by icy gusts sweeping up from the Southern Ocean, giving the country a taste of a white Christmas. Snow has fallen in parts of east coast states New South Wales and Victoria, leaving ski resorts - which are usually snow-free at this time of year - with dumps of up to 10 centimetres. "It's white, everything is white," Michelle Lovius, the general manager of the Kosciuszko Chalet Hotel at Charlotte Pass told AFP. ... read more |
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