Where's the snow?

Its already the 11th of June now - winter. Amusingly I found this article in TheAge.

Winter! there's supposed to be snow! heck it was snowing in FEBRUARY in the mountains. Check this out (today's conditions from the Official Victorian Snow Report):

Mt Buller: 0 cm
Falls Creek: 0 cm
Mt Hotham: 0 cm
Mt Baw Baw: 0 cm
Lake Mountain: 0 cm
Mt Buffalo: 0 cm
Dinner Plain: 0 cm
Mt Stirling: 0 cm
Mt St Gwinear: 0 cm
Mt Donna Buang: 0 cm

Not an inch of snow to be seen..?!
And its the opening of the 2005 snow season this weekend. whoops did anyone forget the snow?
At Mt Buller they're having free chairlift rides and fireworks(!). No skiing of any sort cos its all grassy slopes now..

Weird weather we're having here lately. imho I think its all global warming rearing its ugly head. Some believe global warming has no major impacts. But look here, where we have seasons which seem upside-down. Autumn was dry, very dry in fact. Prospect of continuing drought is going to effect (negatively) the nation's GDP, crops etc.

Also this interesting article "Unseasonable weather plays havoc" on the effect of dry weather on a variety of species incl:

*my favourite tulips from Tesselaar Bulbs would prob have stifled growth (they bloom to be HUGE but prob will be smaller this yr)

*Many trees keeping their leaves - no wonder I was disappointed by the autumn "scenes" this year, no "Autumn in My Heart"(aka korean-drama-style) scenes or images to accompany the beautiful sounds of NatKingCole's "Autumn Leaves"...

*Crested pigeons flocking to Melbourne from country Victoria - oohh more of those at the train stations..

ohwell enough of a silly post on weather (of all things to blog about). back to the books (darn i seem to end every other post with this sentence....)