The ski hire shop owner called the winter "absolutely rubbish" after lifts shut down five weeks early.
Local business
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“When it's four or five weeks shorter than expected, it's absolutely devastating financially.”
Victoria is expected to have below average rainfall for winter and spring.
Weather
“If it's drier then you don't get snow, you get nothing.”
Environment
“Cows are big fermentation tanks. They handle the cold a lot better than the hot.”
Farming
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Fire Rescue Victoria has warned that there is an increased risk this spring so the Monitor asked Leongatha locals what they're doing to prepare.
South Gippsland Shire
With water catchments under strain and crop planting months behind schedule, anomalies in weather are shifting opinion in the agricultural community.
Grab your camera and thermos, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a three-day aurora alert.
The sea level is forecast to reach 1.1 metres above average at Lakes Entrance.
