On the morning of 29th September, Central Otago woke up in the grip of an Antarctic blast. Snow was seen in the middle of Alexandra for the first time for years. The orchard counter frost measures (very counter intuitive) of coating the blossom in ice helped make some cool photo ops.
![Ice Protected Cherry Blossom](https://i0.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7224.jpg?ssl=1)
![Orchard Spraying Water to Protect from Frosts](https://i1.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7247.jpg?ssl=1)
![Ice Protected Cherry Blossoms](https://i0.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7236.jpg?ssl=1)
![Ice Protected Cherry Blossoms](https://i0.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7231.jpg?ssl=1)
![Ice Protected Cherry Blossom](https://i2.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7216.jpg?ssl=1)
![Snow on White Blossom](https://i1.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7318.jpg?ssl=1)
![Blizzard hits Alexandra](https://i1.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7289.jpg?ssl=1)
![Butchers Dam in the snow](https://i0.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7276-Pano.jpg?ssl=1)
![Alexandra Old Bridge Piers in a flurry](https://i1.wp.com/andydavey.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCF7297.jpg?ssl=1)