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It's winter in Australia right now, but snowfall is difficult to come by unless you're in one of the few mountainous regions in the country. 

So if you want to see snow, you'll have to travel — or get creative. 

As Roland Zopf from Bathurst, Australia, did when he built his very own snow gun, turning a patch of grass on the side of the road into a winter wonderland. Like many of the best Australian ideas, the concept was formed down at the local watering hole.

"It all started a number of years ago, when at the pub in the beer garden one night, a guy spilt his drink on the table and it froze. I said jokingly that it's cold enough to run a snow gun here," Zopf said via Messenger. Read more...

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