--- description: Photo of a kangaroo in a snowstorm at the Colmar Estate vineyard in Orange New South Wales Australia. title: Australian Snowstorms Can't Get Between This Kangaroo and Some Wine image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc35673417e5cffbb/69885b6b428a9e6f35cce38c/kangaroo-snowstorm-australia.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Australian Snowstorms Can't Get Between This Kangaroo and Some Wine  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 17, 2015 4:08 PM CUT  This July 16, 2015, photo provided by Bill Shrapnel and photographed through a window shows a Kangaroo on the Colmar Estate vineyard in Orange, New South Wales, Australia. This July 16, 2015, photo provided by Bill Shrapnel and photographed through a window shows a Kangaroo on the Colmar Estate vineyard in Orange, New South Wales, Australia.Colmar Estate, Bill Shrapnel—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 17, 2015 4:08 PM CUT An Australian vineyard owner took a photo of a kangaroo on his property during a snowstorm that is going viral. Bill Shrapnel, the 62-year-old owner of the Colmar Estate vineyard in Orange, New South Wales, Australia, snapped a photo of the marsupial braving the winter weather, and it started making the rounds on the Internet after Shrapnel’s daughter shared the picture on social media. The photo makes the kangaroo look like it is thinking really hard about something — maybe climate change, given the [near-record snow and cold snaps](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11745967/Australias-sunshine-state-covered-in-snow-during-record-cold-snap.html "undefined") just north in Queensland. ### Mini Horses and Toddler Friends May Be the Cutest Thing Ever Published in LIFE  3-year-old cover girl Cynthia West with Chauncey. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Ronnie getting sized up. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Ronnie stands uncomfortably with normal horse collar. He eats only four pounds of hay a day compared to 40 pounds for draft horse. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A young girl with Chauncey the miniature horse. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Chauncey and 2 larger horses. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cedric being held by a trainer. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cynthia riding Cedric. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cynthia with two miniature horses at the Lilliput Ranch in California. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cynthia showing some love for Cedric. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Ronnie and the Great Pyrenees are taken for a walk. 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