Snow fell overnight in elevated parts of Tasmania and the alpine areas of Victoria as a cold front whipped through.

This was the Friday morning scene at Mt Baw Baw – the closest mainland downhill ski resort to either Sydney or Melbourne at less than three hours from the Melbourne CBD.

Image: If you look closely at the webcam, you can see a few flakes still falling at 10 am. Source: ski.com.au.

Temps fell below –3°C at several Victorian alpine weather stations, while the lowest temp recorded in Tasmania was –3.8°C at kunanyi/Mt Wellington, where snow also fell.

Image: Source: Mt Mawson ski field about 90 minutes northwest of Hobart on Friday, Oct 25. Source: Mt Mawson.

And here's a look at kunanyi/Mt Wellington from the beautiful stone wall of the World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory in Hobart – which tells the story of the displacement, mistreatment and forced migration of convict women and girls, and their contribution to colonisation throughout the history of colonial Australia to the present day.

Source: Katy Morgan on Instagram (@katypotaty77).

The cold front that brought the snow and chilly weather has already moved well out into the Tasman Sea, with cool, brisk winds extending to Sydney and further up the NSW coast.

Image: Most of Australia will be dry this Friday with that large high pressure system dominating the chart.

Those cool winds won't make it further north than the NSW coast for much of Friday, with Brisbane expecting a top of 30°C today.

But max temps will drop by about five degrees on Saturday as cooler southeasterlies extend across southeast Queensland. Whether the winds of political change blow in the Queensland election remains to be seen.