A black dog tries to make sense of snow falling in an Alexandra vineyard on Saturday morning. PHOTO: CAM SMITH
Heavy snow at Lake Ohau on Saturday morning. PHOTO: AARON JONES
Thick snow settles on the ground in Twizel on Saturday morning. PHOTO: EMMA BASS
Keeping out of the snow while manning the barbecue at the Alexandra, Clyde and Lauder Union Parish annual fair at St Enoch Church, Alexandra, are (from left) Peter Griffioen, Don Melville and James Armstrong. PHOTO: JULIE ASHER
Ellena Graves, 13, of Alexandra, attempts to build what she hopes will be a chair made out of snow at Centennial Park. PHOTO: JULIE ASHER
Poncho plays in the snow with owner Alyssa Serignes at Alexandra’s Centennial Park. PHOTO: JULIE ASHER
Authorities urged drivers to avoid non-essential travel on Saturday as surface flooding, snow and fallen trees made for treacherous conditions on South Island roads.
But that didn’t seem to bother these people, who stayed at home and made the most of the late snowfalls in Central Otago and the Mackenzie Country.
