Social media flooded with photos as freezing temperatures bring widespread snow

IT’S not every day you see a ‘roo in the snow. This is just one of thousands of amazing photos shared online of Australia’s winter snow storm..

Not a care in the world ... A Kangaroo on the Colmar Estate vineyard in Orange, New South Wales. Picture: Colmar Estate, Bill Shrapnel

IT’S not every day you see a ‘roo in the snow. This is just one of thousands of amazing photos shared online of Australia’s winter snow storm.

The sighting was a first for vineyard owner Bill Shrapnel who guesses about 30 of the “timid” and “watchful” creatures live on his 77-acre Colmar Estate vineyard in Orange, New South Wales.

“They just turned up and started to feed. The younger ones boxed with one another as if it was just another day.”

A surprised Shrapnel snapped a photo, which his daughter shared on social media.

The Hume Highway near Berrima closed and covered in snow. Photo: Rebecca Cirillo

Other residents in parts of eastern Australia are sharing their incredible photos of the winter storm online.

Towns and cities from northern Victoria, through NSW and into southern Queensland, have been snowed in by the spectacular weather event.

Snow has also fallen in a number of towns in southern Queensland — locals saying it's the biggest dump they’ve had in 30 years.

Up to 20cm of snow has fallen in the Blue Mountains, to the west of Sydney, transforming the already picturesque landscape into a winter wonderland.

This is what locals in the snow zone are seeing.