QUEENSLAND may have had to wait for it, but snow has finally fallen.
Residents of the Granite Belt and Darling Downs have woken to a winter wonderland, with widespread snowfalls blanketing areas around Stanthorpe and Eukey overnight.
And it's not been just a dusting, according to Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Sam Campbell.
As much as eight centimetres of the white stuff has fallen in some spots, the heaviest falls in more than a decade.
The last time Queensland saw snowfalls of this magnitude was in 2007, when five centimetres was recorded in some parts of the Granite Belt.
Snow falls in Stanthorpe, in the state's south-west. - Picture: Jeffrey Hoogkamer, Higgins Storm Chasing.
Mr Campbell said it began to fall about midnight and continued throughout much of the night, as temperatures plummeted below zero.
Applethorpe on the Granite Belt recorded a low of minus 2.5 degrees.
However, no more is expected, with the next few days expected to remain cold but dry.
Temperatures plummeted to wintry lows right across Queensland's south east, Mr Campbell said.
