Just to get off Tablelands snow for a sec, could you southerners tell me how accessible Mt Ginini is?

Hmmm how often does it actually snow at Blayney? i know it's reputation for being freezing but what about Snow falls?

I'm also looking at the reasonable thicknesses on the BoM 3 day model for the Highlands (around 538) with showers on Thursday and wondering if Robertson might get some sleet?

Blayney does quite well for snow. Its elevation is 880m, just below the elevation of Lithgow (900) and Orange city (920), but it is much better exposed to snow-bearing wind between west and SSW than Orange which is sheltered by Mt Canobolas and its ridge system to the W and SW, or Lithgow which has the high country around Yetholme to the west and the OP to the SW. In the 11 years 1965-1975 Blayney averaged 3.6 snow days/year with the highest being 9 days in a year, which puts it in the league of Cooma, Bombala, Crookwell and Taralga.

The heaviest recorded snow event west of the BMs was on 5 July 1900, and my notes for then show that Blayney can hold its own with the best:

Heaviest recorded snow event in the area, with heavy snow also west onto the Plains and north to at least Glen Innes. Russells report (AWN): "Railway traffic became paralysed, passengers being shut up in carriages, unable to reach hotels; in places snow 8 feet deep on rails. Telegraph wires down everywhere... Bathurst had a unique experience, all business being suspended; roofs, verandahs, and lightly constructed buildings collapsed under the weight of the snow. The phenomenal fall of snow at Bathurst [27inches] was surpassed on the mountains, and at places between Locksley and Rydal, it fell to a depth of 4 feet. The passenger train which left Bathurst was unable to proceed beyond Locksley." Blayney experienced similar conditions to Bathurst with snow falling from 5am to 5pm for an average snow depth of 27 inches. Subsequent snow topped this up to 3 feet with drifts to 6 feet. Other notable snow depths in the area: O'Connell 24 inches, Millthorpe 20 inches (3 to 4 feet in drifts), Parkes 4 inches, Molong 15 inches, Cowra 5 inches, Mudgee 20 inches, Wellington 4 inches, Forbes 9 inches, Carcoar 3 feet, Wallerawang 2 feet, Canowindra 1 foot, Hill End 16 inches, Orange 18 inches. Doug Shepherd's reconstruction (see AWN) shows this to have been an extreme small upper cold pool that developed on a surface low. The system also brought flood rains from Goulburn and Sydney southwards at the same time as heavy snow was falling.

The references to "AWN" are in the Non-Alpine snow section [here].

Yes, I was wondering about that - the 500hPa trough moving up the coast has temps as low as -26. However, the 850 temps are barely on freezing with an 850 height of 1560m so I think snow anywhere is very unlikely unless something goes seriously awry.

Blayney does quite well for snow. Its elevation is 880m, just below the elevation of Lithgow (900) and Orange city (920), but it is much better exposed to snow-bearing wind between west and SSW than Orange which is sheltered by Mt Canobolas and its ridge system to the W and SW, or Lithgow which has the high country around Yetholme to the west and the OP to the SW. In the 11 years 1965-1975 Blayney averaged 3.6 snow days/year with the highest being 9 days in a year, which puts it in the league of Cooma, Bombala, Crookwell and Taralga.
The references to "AWN" are in the Non-Alpine snow section [here].

....Apart from as Andrew said today a weather station up in that area a nice hut with an open fire would be nice!!!!!