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We'll let you know on Monday morning if Jodie or anybody else comes up with the goods. It's an awesome experience and should be on everyone's bucket list!" Then a 5am hike up to the summit at 7 am. "Normally I've left Albany at 4 am for an hour's drive. She also snapped the above image of the beer and the quokkas in the snow. She's caught the snow on the ground there, though, as the image higher up in this story shows. "I've been up there four times to see the snow but never seen it actually snow as such," Jones told Weatherzone. Image: Jodie really wants you to know that neither the beer nor the quokka belong to her! Source: Jodie Jones. Nor does it last much more than a day, or even just a few hours.īut there is always a snow chaser or two like Albany resident Jodie Jones heading up that way looking to capture the white magic when the weather charts resemble this weekend's charts. That's what could happen on Sunday night. Just as Blue Mountains towns like Katoomba (elevation 1017m) and Blackheath (elevation 1066m) receive flakes occasionally in winter, Bluff Knoll gets the odd winter snowfall and even a light dusting in spring and autumn some years. The views from the top over the nearby Porongorup Range are absolutely spectacular.īluff Knoll is 1099m above sea level and is roughly on the same latitude - give or take half a degree - as the Blue Mountains on the other side of the country. On Tuesday night, the rapper surprised fans with the release of his new single 'Snow on Tha Bluff,' which shares the same title as Damon Russell's 2011 film and is the first track J. Your reporter has hiked to the top of the highest peak, Bluff Knoll, and it's definitely one of the best day walks in Australia. It's around 100 kilometres north-northeast of Albany, and about 400 kilometres southeast of Perth. WA has a range called the Stirling Range in the southwest, the location of which you can see on the map lower down this story. Colder air then arrives overnight on Saturday, with the coldest air moving over the southern ranges from Sunday night into Monday morning. Source: Jodie Jones.īlustery winds and showers are expected across the southwest from around the middle of Saturday in most parts. Image: No bluffing, that's actually snow in WA on the top of Bluff Knoll. Perth has had an average daily maximum of 23.3☌ so far this month, compared to the long-term May average max of 20.8☌.īut as mentioned, all that is set to change this weekend, as the strongest cold front of the year moves across the SW corner of the state.Perth has had only one day below 20☌ this month to date (and that day still made it to 19.9☌).First you need to know that southwest Western Australia has had an exceptionally mild run of weather so far this May, which is about to come to an abrupt halt. Yes it is, and we'll tell you where in a moment.