What a difference a day makes

June 7, The Age, Australia: [Victoria: Allegedly not enough snow, and it's probably your fault:] Lonely lifts wait on ups and downs of ski season

THE Victorian ski season began yesterday, but for the eighth time in 10 years there was barely enough white powder for a snowball fight, let alone any downhill racing.
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One person who managed to find what little snow there was yesterday was State Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings, who officially opened the season at the resort.

June 8, The Age, Australia: [Victoria: Never mind, Mother Nature just delivered:] Snow right on cue for ski season opening party

June 8, 2009

Mother nature has delivered timely snowfalls to alpine resorts for the start of the ski season.

By Sunday morning about 10cm of snow had fallen at resorts in Victoria and NSW.