Waiting ...

There was a reasonable frost in the valley this morning despite the warm day ahead. Nor-nor-westerly winds herald an approaching cold front. The ground is slowly cooling off and the mountains await winter's white cover.

The mountain bike season is over, leaving the hills to those travelling at a slower pace.

The seat of contemplation

A chairless cable and a cableless chair

Stationary yet moving

Hairy but cold

The forest alive with death

A contrast in colour

Even dumping a load in Thredbo can be done with precision

What appears serene to some ...

... can be exceptionally powerful and active behind the scenes

When will it snow? When the frog seals its burrow. Tasmania has had a good dumping this week and the Victorian Alps received a brief taste a week ago.

Glancing at the charts, there may be a season-first dusting above Thredbo mid next week but with all this human-caused global warming, the Great Barrier Reef is now whiter than the Snowy Mountains.