Presenting two weather extremes in just as many weeks, the Blue Mountains in NSW saw a drop in temperatures yesterday evening, delivering snow to parts of Katoomba, Blackheath, Lithgow and Oberon.
Which isn’t a particularly news-worthy sight, in an of itself: the Blue Mountains is one of the few regions in NSW that *genuinely* experiences winter – legitimately doing the hard yards while Sydneysiders moan at the sight of the mercury struggling to shoot past 15.
The cold white stuff starts to fall again in the #bluemountains #NewSouthWales @photosSMH http://t.co/qS1MpRCtRn pic.twitter.com/NoaXAz8ir4
— SMH Photography (@photosSMH) August 12, 2015
But the snow has fallen just weeks after bushfires tore through the same area of NSW – flames licked close to homes in Wentworth Falls in a ravaging fire labelled as “suspicious” by authorities.
And if the contrast of fire wreaking havoc through an area one week, only to have ice follow the next – doesn’t inspire a Game Of Thrones-based pun as the vehicle for an entire article on a pop culture news website, then frankly, we don’t know what does.
Via SMH.
Lead image by Brett Hemmings via Getty.
