Winter here in Maryborough and the tourist gurus won't like it when I say it does get bloody cold here at times. I moved into the city from Aldershot only 4 months ago and last winter was terrible. Heres some pics  of the ice and frost. I lost over 300 plants many for the simple reason they were touching the plastic of the hot house. Our banana trees froze and died, but oh boy the roses then came back with a vengeance.

 Scraped frost off the hot house

 

 Black from frost and it did eventually completely die off and then came back ok.

 Put a glass bottle of water out and it froze solid.

 Frost and ice on the hot house roof

 Some frost on the grass