A second pre-season snowstorm in Australia has led to the first snowboarder being pictured taking to the (thin) snow cover for some early turns.
Snow started falling on the southerly Australian island of Tasmania, home to two small ski areas, late on Friday and by Sunday cover was significant enough for at least one boarder to take a ride. The picture above was taken at Mt Mawson on Sunday.
The cold weather continued further north to the country's snow fields in Victoria and New South Wales, where the start of the 2026 ski season is just under two months away. normally on the first weekend of June. Mt Buller posted the pictured above.
Snow sports - although at this point mostly snowman building and sledging - are also possible at Corin Forest, the only ski area in Australian Capital Territory, which opened for 2026 on 1st April using snow created by an all-weather snowmaking machine.
