As devin said, today was the first day of classes. The 84th anniversary of the school at this location. No damage reported on campus. Many people captured the quake on surveillance camera. Brian hackney shows us two videos that stand out not only for what they show but what they can teach us. Reporter two sleeping dogs and one sleeping baby were about to give us a lesson in seismic waves. First we have the dogs who seemingly react before the shaking. The baby, however, is jolted by the moving of the house. So that first wave was this primary wave that moves very quickly. Its a higher frequency wave and its the initial jolt we feel. Then the quake is followed by a secondary wave that moves about half as fast. Thats a more rolling motion moving from side to side. Thats the quake that does the damage. Is it possible that the animals detect that primary wave better than we do . Maybe. In general, animals do have different sort of perceptions, censors than people do so they are oftentimes m
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The cold snap has seen unseasonable heavy snowfall.(Nine)
The heavy fall saw the Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort advise people against travelling to the popular ski spot.
Rainfall was heaviest in Melbourne s east, with Ferny Creek and Monbulk recording about 60mm.
The Yarra Valley, Dandenong Ranges and East Gippsland also received substantial downpours.
Falls Creek also saw a huge amount of early snowfall.
A cold front is moving over the south-east of the country, with Tasmania and South Australia also experiencing frosty temperatures.
Melbourne is expected to stay below 20C for the week, but will become finer at the weekend.