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Oberon Snow Chase: 14th June 1999 by Lindsay Pearce |
For those unaware of its whereabouts, Oberon is on the Central Tablelands and about three hours from Sydney with altitude reaching near 1400 metres south of the town - at Shooters Hill.
Inches and inches of fallling snow in the township itself and huge dumps near shooters hill. I drove up there, after locals advised me not to, in my trusty old Corona and almost made it to Shooters Hill before the car lost traction and slid into a shallow ditch (a four wheel drive lost it and totally got bogged nearby, I was lucky) I've got picks of my car's slide/skid marks and all.
The snow on the road was too high for the car to drive over in the end so I had to drive back (after heaps of photos) as the snow got really heavy.
me in the snow
looks back at my car, which was my turn-around point as
the snow, (as you can see) was too thick to drive any further
just before the turn-around
just about as far as my car could go
in a similar area
This images obtained from Bureau of Meteorology.
4pm local 14th June 1999
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