Was it three years ago? Two years? Or how about Tuesday morning?

That was the case for Western Advocate staff as we arrived to work on Tuesday, only to be greeted by a small mound of snow on the front step.

There was no indication who have left it there (though we have our suspicions) but there were two signs stuck in the snow.

The first read, “Isolated snow falls in the Bathurst CBD overnight” and the second, “Or is it a deep frost? You decide!”

Obviously someone is trying to get our attention (it worked) and we’d love to find out for sure who it was.

We’d also like to hear if anyone else received some isolated snow overnight.

Please phone 6331 2611 or email mail.westernadvocate@fairfaxmedia.com.au if you can shed any light on the mystery.

DON’T forget to vote this week for Bathurst’s Grant Denyer to win the TV Week Gold Logie at Sunday night’s gala ceremony.

Voting opened on Monday and will continue until the end of the red carpet telecast.

To cast your vote visit the TV Week Logie Awards online.

Let’s bring the Gold Logie to Bathurst.

THE Central West’s pagans were out in force on the weekend, celebrating one of the most important days on their calendar.

The winter solstice – also known as midwinter – is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight for the year.

While this year that was Thursday, it didn’t stop hundreds of people descending on Newbridge, a small village to Blayney’s south, on Saturday for the Winter Solstice Festival.

Plenty of traditional activities and rituals were observed, including a performance by a troupe of Morris dancers, as well as the burning of a wicker man as the (short) day turned into (a long) night.