A brief respite

The "storm the size of Australia" that's currently spreading nasty weather over the country has brought snow to lake level and gale force winds for the past 24 hours. It cleared out briefly this morning, long enough for Greg to run out in his PJs and take a few photos! He's glad he did, as it's now just started snowing again.

Cecil Peak covered in snow, taken from the main guest bedroom upstairs. One of the benefits of living where we do is that the snow doesn't settle on the ground here very often due to living on the Peninsula and being surrounded on 3 sides by the lake. Because the lake is 8 degrees all year round it keeps the ground a bit warmer (the rest of Queenstown and Arrowtown has snow on the ground - and to be honest, scraping snow off the driveway gets boring pretty quickly!).


Ben Lomond and Bob's Peak up above the Gondola, taken from the deck outside the lounge.

Looking down towards Glenorchy - you can see the next front already charging up the lake towards us!

With snow forecast off and on for the next 5 days we're grateful for our woodburner. It's looking like a DVD weekend...