Australia has some of its coldest winter weather in decades

South-east Australia has shivered through some of its coldest weather in decades, thanks to an icy cold snap.

Strong winds and snowfall hit Victoria, New South Wales (NSW), and even the "Sunshine state" Queensland saw snow.

Ipswich councillor Paul Tully drove three hours across the border so his son could see snow for the first time.

"We got up at 2.30am in the morning because there'd been a number of false starts in the past to take him to see his first snow," Mr Tully told the BBC .... http://www.bbc.com