Snow photos from 6-7th June storm

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Snow photos from 6-7th June storm

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All the years of working as a blade shearer in high country never had i ever experienced such an extreme cold as the morning of the 7th when it was -13deg

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The flattened bamboo patch which does spring back to normal.

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Done a fair amount of damage to our 130 year old pine
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My poor old Loqaut tree Image

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Good photos _b How much snow did you get up there?
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A total of 23cm
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beautiful the first one! is it normal snow and -13° in june there?
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davide wrote:beautiful the first one! is it normal snow and -13° in june there?
Snow yes but that temp,even the old timers reckon thats the lowest they've seen for years.
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Richard wrote:
davide wrote:beautiful the first one! is it normal snow and -13° in june there?
Snow yes but that temp,even the old timers reckon thats the lowest they've seen for years.
so, great event indeed!
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davide wrote: so, great event indeed!
Not great for the amount of trees that got damaged,its now two weeks later that the full extent of how many did get knocked,even the Radiata pine are showing signs of damage

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More tree damage from my area,these Sydney Blue Gums must be over 100 years old,will be interesting to see if they come back

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That's a shame, hope the tree survives.
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The very top looks to have more life in it.
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