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Ice Ice Baby: Australia Faces Coldest Day of the Year with Icy Blasts

Australia is shivering as icy blasts sweep the nation, leading to record-breaking low temperatures and widespread frost. Find out the surprising effects of the cold snap!

Large parts of Australia have woken up to their coldest morning of the year in the last two days, with temperatures feeling even colder due to the 'feels-like' factor. Melbourne and Sydney are experiencing their coldest mornings of the year, with a band of cold sweeping across the entire east coast, causing widespread frost in Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT, and NSW. Millions of Australians are bracing themselves for the chill as a fierce frost band cripples parts of the eastern states, leading to difficult choices between 'heating and eating.' Victorians woke up to icy conditions, with record-breaking low temperatures recorded in many areas. Even in the tropics, a tiny outback town in Queensland hit a brutal -5.6°C, while frost covered the region. Despite the frosty start in Ballarat, there are no record lows, but Eastern Australia is amidst a prolonged cold snap ahead of the winter solstice.