Part of the state shivered through the coldest morning of the year as a popular blast sent temperatures plummeting. There were high hopes of snow being spotted along the southern Queensland border.
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00:0013-year-old Ivy was hoping to catch a snowflake in the Sunshine State.
00:06I wanted to go build a snowman because the last time I saw snow was when I was five.
00:12It's been nine years since the last major snowfall on the Granite Belt, but residents
00:18and visitors are still waiting.
00:20It's been a little bit disappointing because we haven't seen what we had hoped to see.
00:25A cold blast has seen temperatures drop two to eight degrees below average.
00:30It's arctic.
00:32It's absolutely feral, the weather today.
00:36Tourism operators are preparing for snow chases.
00:38It means a lot to us.
00:40It's great.
00:41Great for business.
00:42Great for the Granite Belt.
00:43Brisbane shivered through its coldest morning of the year and the weather didn't deter surfers
00:47on the Gold Coast.
00:48Well, I make sure I've got like about three layers under here, so you need it.
00:53When our westerlies come in, it's so cold out there.
00:56It's colder than my shower in Sydney.
00:57Better than Sydney?
00:59Oh, heaps better.
01:00It's freezing here in Stanthorpe.
01:02The wind has an Antarctic chill to it and the mercury hasn't climbed above single digits
01:07all day.
01:08There's been sleet, then rain, then more sleet.
01:11That weather is set to continue, giving residents some slight hope of seeing snowfall in Queensland.
01:18It'll bring the whole town together again, because it did last time.
01:23For more information, visit www.fema.gov.au