[QUOTE=Elisabrat;6409319]Lynnie is snow normal for you in winter? I know your heading into spring but I hadn't realized you had snow. I visit in October many years ago NZ and Australia and well.. it was time for the rhododendrons to bloom and all the azaleas were gorgeous.. how funny.. never thought of snow. You must be up higher in elevation? QUOTE]
Brat, those snow pics are at our fishing shack which is in the central highlands of Tasmania (middle of map of Tassie), a 2-1/2 hr drive up a mountain from my home. We can have 4 seasons in one day there anytime of the year and have even had a few 'white' Christmas Days where it has snowed.
I actually live on the north west coast, 5 minutes from the ocean and I can remember it snowing once here many, many years ago. For the most part, our weather here is mild all year round. And you are right, the azaleas are so pretty now, well mine are anyway.