While much of southeast Australia rugs up against the miserable weather rolling through, it's music to the ears of skiers and snowboarders.
A cold front sweeping over the country has brought with it icy damaging winds and rain.
Even the Sunshine State is bracing itself, with snow expected to fall on parts of southern Queensland for the first time in two years.
By Saturday afternoon in NSW, Thredbo spokeswoman Susie Diver said they had already had 20cm falls of fresh snow.
And that was only the start - nosediving temperatures and blizzard conditions in the higher parts over the next couple of days will bring about 70cm of fresh snow.
Not that skiers mind.
"Skiers love skiing in adverse weather, that's the kind of crazy people that they are," she said, adding there are also lower slopes and sheltered trails that will be more protected.
"If you've planned a holiday to be in the mountains next week, you've hit the snow jackpot because there will be some great skiing and boarding and probably some of the best of the season so far.
"This is just what we wait for - these kind of conditions."
But the rest of southeast Australia is likely to be grumbling a bit more.
Families returning from the school holidays have been warned about road conditions, particularly caused by strong winds and rain.
The cold front has stirred up strong winds in parts of Victoria, with winds of 81km/h hitting Falls Creek and temperatures quickly dropping in Melbourne to 7.7C as rainy conditions worsened on Saturday.
"We will see stronger winds coming tomorrow as the low pressure system moves across," a Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said.
In Adelaide, reduced visibility from rain and hail have made road conditions dangerous, the BOM has warned.
In NSW, the Illawarra and Hunter have not yet seen the damaging winds forecast by the BOM. But a severe weather warning remains in place as the cold front continues to build.
Sydneysiders woke up to a city blanketed in fog, which shut down ferry services in the morning.
While snow has fallen on mountain peaks, it's expected to fall at levels as low as 600 metres in alpine areas and extend along the Great Dividing Range, even dusting lower-lying areas in NSW, including Orange and Armidale.
Many parts of eastern Australia are expected to cop their coldest day of the year, while rain is expected in all four states.
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