The two men were trapped by blizzard conditions in the Snowy Mountains and took shelter in Seamans Hut, located just off the popular Mt Kosciuszko summit walk.
The latest national accounts showed Australia's gross domestic product rose 0.8 per cent in the March quarter, compared with 3.6 per cent in the previous period.
Watch: Canberrans woke to snow-capped peaks on the first day of winter 2022, and many have taken to social media to share beautiful images of the wintry mountains.
Subscriber: Once construction is complete at the end of this year, Molonglo Falls will boast 129 apartments on the corner of Terry Connelly Crescent and John Gorton Drive in Coombs.
Subscriber | Watch: A notorious former gang boss slashed a fellow prisoner's face with an improvised weapon during what police have described as a "vicious" five-on-one bashing.
Subscriber: A stick-throwing intruder and a teenage co-offender have been jailed over what a judge has described as an "extremely frightening" invasion.