Cyclopean Columns

Well, here you have it. Granted, it is the middle of winter, and granted, Canberra is in what passes for mountains here in Oz. It still comes as a big surprise when we see the white stuff falling from the sky though. Grizzled old Canberrans would have looked out their windows, stroked their beards and made comparisons with "the last great snowfall of 86". Yes, it's been that long since we had a decent bit of snow.

Of course, I wouldn't be expecting to see a snow plough out on the road any time soon...

That said, a mate at work mentioned he knew a guy that got snowed in the last time. This was down in Theodore, so I guess a bit higher up than the bulk of Canberra. There wasn't a lot of snow, just enough to turn the steep, narrow streets of Theodore into a black ice hell. Called into work saying "I'm snowed in!" - and he was actually right!

So there you go. These pics were taken by my lovely better half, who is all of about five days away from giving birth to our first child. If you're all really lucky I'll be posting stuff about parenthood and such some other time. You might even get baby photos...

Chiz - C.