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Workers from energy provider Aurora had to reconnect about 500 homes after power lines were brought down by high wind.
Ice and snow created hazardous conditions. The worse hit areas were Spring Hill, Woodbury and St Peters Pass on the Midland Highway, the Murchison Highway at Tullah and Olivers Tourist Road near Mole Creek.
At Cape Bruny wind gusts reached 60 kilometres per hour.