More than 40 centimetres of snow fell at Mount Buller during Melbourne's coldest late spring day in almost 20 years.
Mount Buller closes its ski fields to visitors,in another blow to the tourism industry.
A cocktail of horrible fire conditions threatens to exacerbate the fire situation in north-east Victoria on Saturday.
Heavy rainfall has hampered the efforts to search for hiker Niels Becker,who has gone missing near Mount Buller,in Victoria's north-east.
Those looking for a short break in Victoria are spoilt for choice – farmhouse adventures,seaside drives and eclectic discoveries await.
After six days of searching,72-year-old Conrad Whitlock remains missing in freezing temperatures.
Taking the kids to the snow for the first time is like taking them to a land of permanent Christmas,a place of snowball fights,snowman making,snow angels.
A skier’s paradise provides just as many thrills and spills outside the ski season.
There's no understating the joy of having a river running off your back lawn.
Rachael Oakes Ashe explains how to have a snow holiday without skiing.
Trans-Tasman rivalries melt faster in the mountains,writes Rachael Oakes-Ash.