Record Largest Snowfall In Stanthorpe Granite Belt Quuensland Australia

Some serious car accumulation at falls creek circa 2017 blizzard of oz.

Record largest snowfall in stanthorpe granite belt quuensland australia. Rare snowfall near stanthorpe in south east queensland. Discover a landscape of dramatic beauty and diversity with four distinct seasons log fires and occasional snow in winter and cool summer nights where you can escape the swelter of the coast. A combination of the climate and the soil create unique growing and ripening conditions making the granite belt ideal for those wineries and also apple growers. At 1000 metres elevation the air seems fresher the sky more blue.

Please note due to covid 19 restrictions this year bookings are essential. Granite belt wine country queensland. 1 the area surrounding the town is known as the granite belt. Stanthorpe is a rural town and locality in the southern downs region queensland australia.

The last significant snowfall was back in 2015 australia s bureau of meteorology in queensland wrote on twitter. 60 of all of queensland s wine comes from the area along with virtually all of the state s apple crop. Mountainwatch matt wiseman following the success of our recent article on the biggest snowfalls australia s ever seen skiers it would seem are a pretty nostalgic bunch we thought we d follow it up with a look at the 5 best australian snow years on record as per snow depth measured at spencers creek. Snow near the summit of mt kosciuszko in january 1969.

Quantifying and then ranking the best seasons as a whole is relatively easy these days thanks to the likes of the snowy hydro which keeps records of annual snow depths. Alure stanthorpe posted 3 jun june 2019 mon monday 3 jun june 2019 at 9 39pm updated 4 jun june 2019 tue tuesday 4 jun june. However determining the best single instances of snowfall hereafter referred to as dumps storms and blizzards of oz s. 2 3 in the 2016 census stanthorpe had a population of 5 406 people.

The last time queensland saw snowfalls near this magnitude was in 2007 according to the bureau when five centimetres was recorded in some parts of the granite belt. Click on the button for information about the wildflower walks our team conducts through special places on the granite belt each spring.