Beechworth was pelted with hail on Saturday afternoon, with most residents delighted by the fall despite one minor traffic incident being reported.
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Beechworth police Sergeant Mal Clarke said a car had skidded off Buckland Gap Road into a power pole in the slippery conditions. "No one was hurt in the crash but the road was closed for a couple of hours," he said.
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Beechworth resident Chris Kinnaird said he had heard of some older houses being slightly damaged.
"It was the quantity, not the size," Mr Kinnaird said. "Our house is 130-years-old and we have box gutters and it falls off into the centre of the roof and the pea-sized hail was half a metre deep."
The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted a 95 per cent chance of showers for Beechworth today, with snow above 1100 metres.
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