Photos

Once in a century snow event in Northern Tasmania

Neil Richardson
Updated August 7 2020 - 4:22pm, first published 4:21pm
Snowing at Trevallyn shopping centre . The footprints in the snow are mine .
Snowing at Trevallyn shopping centre . The footprints in the snow are mine .

When I started work at The Examiner in 1986 I asked if it ever snowed in Launceston, coming from Queensland I was not sure. The view was if it snowed it would not settle on the ground.

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Neil Richardson

Neil Richardson

News photographer

I've been taking photos of Tasmanians for 34 years, recording the everyday lives of people in the community, and major social and political events in Launceston and all of Northern Tasmania.

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