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Campsite covered in snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1st<\/sup> June<\/p>\n

Patience rewarded. A biting wind all yesterday. Later, drizzle the noise of which ceased about 8 o\u2019clock and a quiet murmurous warmth pervades the air. Jess goes out into the night for something or other, yells excitedly \u201cSnow\u201d. Instant excitement replaces sleepy boredom of work-doing. The \u201cW. Weekly\u201d strip pushed brusquely aside while I goggle & stare at the fat and sloshy falling snow. Great wet flakes defy expectations by falling noiselessly instead of splodging plunklyly. We run out with the lantern dancing in the whiteness. The alive quietness broken only by the sharp hiss of melting flake against the lamp. A curious velvety warmth replaces the chillness of the day. The heavens cloak the naked earth. We hasten to sleep so as to wake wide eyed upon an accomplished fact. 5 o\u2019clock comes but the snow has been replaced by rain washing off the clinging whiteness. By 6:30 2 inches of snow still covers the land & has within the hours changed all colour. The country is hardly recognisable. Trees and fences are etched sharply against the paper white. Bewildered cattle and sheep nose in the damp seeking the grass that is hidden now from view. Three weeks calves, damp hided and amazed, bawl lustily for their parent\u2019s comfort.<\/p>\n

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Dawn surveys the morning scene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We try to ski round the confined & grade less vicinity of the caravan. Hopeless endeavour. Dawnie stands in the caravan desolate & shivering. It is beyond her cognisance. We inveigle her out. She scampers & slips and bites the points of our skis. My low feeling disperses and we decide on Kosciusko. An early feed of soup and away. Chains are needed along the road & much to my rising annoyance are too big and flap madly against the mud guards. After two attempts I more or less remedy the trouble and re-enter the car with half the road on my arms and face.<\/p>\n

Did a spot of skiing up near the Koscy on a down trodden practice ground. Elsewhere unreliable snow crusted over dangerous softness. Afternoon tea & home to sausages and eggs. The sky surprisingly variegated against the paling whiteness of the snow, blue then salmon then orange, reverting again to blue. Livid clouds smear the horizon. Cold! Return to snow less caravan. Feels like a hearty frost tonight.<\/p>\n

George Longmuir came out over the week end & a good time was had by all. Took him up to snow less Kosciusko. Boiled twice on the way. Ate hearty on mixed grill. Billy of milk floated leisurely downstream during our absence.<\/p>\n

(Margin note: Carl & Red dressed in everything but the hotel eiderdown.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1st June Patience rewarded. A biting wind all yesterday. Later, drizzle the noise of which ceased about 8 o\u2019clock and a quiet murmurous warmth pervades the air. Jess goes out into the night for something or other, yells excitedly \u201cSnow\u201d. Instant excitement replaces sleepy boredom of work-doing. The \u201cW. Weekly\u201d strip pushed brusquely aside while … <\/p>\n

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