The Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney, snow Sat. night but since then just cold, wet & miserable.

My wife tells me it's some freak conditions bringing cold from Antarctica in unusual quantities. To be honest it's no colder here than most winters, but I believe the snow has gone to places where it doesn't normally go, and there have been some very strong winds in Sydney.

Meanwhile there are some pretty ugly bushfires in America, and floods in New Zealand, I hear.
Reminds me of last time I posted to this thread.

John