On this day in 1982, The Canberra Times reported on the exciting news of the first snowfall in Civic since 1974.
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Snow fell on the streets of Canberra city centre, with a spokesman for the weather bureau saying that between one and two centimetres had fallen in the "cold outburst".
Black Mountain road was closed for several hours as a precaution, however, there were no serious accidents reported there or anywhere else throughout the unusual conditions.
Kosciuszko National Park recorded overnight falls of up to 30 centimetres and snow was still falling in the park.
According to a spokesman for the Cooma Visitors Centre, resort operators had breathed a sigh of relief.
"Snow has continued to fall throughout the day, giving us a real start to the 1982 season," he said.
"The cover has almost doubled in some resorts and the quality of the snow has been very high.
"It's quite dry and should pack well. Some people even got in some good powder skiing today."
Good snowfall was also reported at Thredbo, Perisher, Mount Selwyn and Charlotte Pass.
Meanwhile, the cold snap was bringing mixed consequences for graziers.
The district agronomist at Queanbeyan, Michael Keys, had said that while any moisture was welcome, the cold and windy conditions were hard on stock with graziers having to step up hand-feeding to help stock cope with the cold.
