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The greatest shock to most visitors is the existence of Australia’s . The high country straddling New South Wales and Victoria receives enough snow to support a thriving ski industry. Resorts like Perisher, Thredbo, Falls Creek, and Mt Hotham are not novelty snowfields—they are serious alpine terrain.

And then there is . Australian Rules Football (AFL) and Rugby League (NRL) play their hardest, muddiest, most brutal matches in the dead of winter. To sit in an open-air stadium in Melbourne on a July night, breath fogging in the air, watching 36 gladiators slide across a soaked oval—that is the religious experience of Australian winter. winter australia weather

Winter in the tropics is defined by the "Dry." The monsoon trough shifts north of the equator. The greatest shock to most visitors is the