As you can probably tell from the last photo, it snowed and settled to lake level on Wednesday morning this week. We woke up at about 6:30am to see the rain turn to snow and within half an hour it was building up on the roads. By 8am they had closed the schools for the day and were telling everyone to keep off the roads unless necessary. The rain had frozen under the snow creating a layer of sheet ice underneath the snow, making driving conditions dangerous. So we did as we were told and stayed home.
Terrible!
Here are a few photos of the snow.
Our Christmas Card house:
Not such a great day to hang the washing out!
Greg on the "Beach" across the road from home
Andrea on the path through to the beach
Unfortunately, at about 10am, the sun came out and just as quickly as it had built up, the snow on the roads turned to slush and it was safe to drive again so we had to go to work.
There's still snow on our backyard tonight (Friday night) and over much of Queenstown - just not on the roads thank goodness.
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