High winds to be followed by more snow in Victoria, Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald reports gale force winds across Victoria, but more snow is expected...

A series of cold fronts is expected to move across south-eastern Australia from today, bringing more icy winds and the biggest snow dumps of the season so far.

Wilson's Promontory bore the brunt of the night's wild conditions, recording wind gusts of 127km/h, while Falls Creek recorded 102km/h winds and Aireys Inlet 98km/h.

Weatherzone senior meteorologist Brett Dutschke said this week was expected to be the snowiest of the season so far, with all major alpine resorts expecting between 30 and 50 centimetres of fresh snow.

For the full report click here.

I don't know about the other resorts, but Perisher and Thredbo have had a massive fall of snow.

I've been keeping an eye on the snow reports because my daughter was due to ski there. I know they were reporting about 70 cm snow, but today they're reporting 160cm with pretty much all lifts and pistes open, and conditions on piste are reported as 'excellent' with off-piste as 'powder'.

Anyway, my daughter should have got there (Jindabyne) about 6 hours ago (11 p.m. local time). It looks like she's going to have a great time. I bought her the new 5 1/2 day superski pass (499 AUD) on the internet, which covers Thredbo and Perisher. Ski-ing in Oz is incredibly expensive at the moment for anyone paying in pounds. Last time she went to Australia, ten years ago, we got 2.83 AUD to the pound, and it's now only 1.43, so the price of everything has effectively doubled.

It will be very interesting to hear what she thinks of ski-ing in Australia.

Ally