Parts of central west NSW have disappeared under a blanket of snow, with the "crazy" weather forcing the closure of a major highway.
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The Bureau of Meteorology had reports of about 2cm of snow falling in Orange and Oberon, with some falls also in the Blue Mountains, including Mount Victoria.
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Just after 3pm, the temperature in Oberon dropped to 0.2 degrees, with 0.6 in Orange and 0.1 in Mount Boyce, one of the highest points in the Blue Mountains.
Kimmy Yee, who was at work in a bakery in Oberon, described the snowfall as "crazy".
"The cars are all white, everything is all white here.
"It's actually snowing sideways."
Charlie Ginty could see snow settling on the hills about five kilometres outside of Orange.
"The flakes were really big, it was quite heavy."
The Roads and Traffic Authority said heavy snow fall had closed the Great Western Highway between Bathurst and Lithgow and urged drivers the Bathurst, Orange, Blayney and Cowra areas to use caution on the snowy roads.
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