That’s the very reason why I’ve booked a quick trip to Melbourne to coincide with the upcoming cold wet weather there next week.

Just after I booked it, I suddenly realised that I should’ve considered going to Hobart as an option (flights were about the same price) and getting a rental car to go up Mt Wellington which is what I always do when I go to Hobart.
It’s only been a few months since I was last in Hobart (huge snow drifts on the upper slopes of Mt Wello) but I miss it already.
The only potential issue with that option is that they usually close the road going up the mountain down at The Springs when lots of snow’s expected so if that happens on Monday (snow may fall down to several hundred metres by then)... so if that happens, I’d have to drive all the way to somewhere like the Hartz Mountains to see really good snow.

I usually do a quick trip to Melbourne each year in winter when they’re expecting a very cold outbreak provided I can manage to get a shift swap for work but since this kind of huge temp contrast doesn’t happen too often to this degree, I decided to go there again next week.