A treacherous day on North Island roads which had the potential to disrupt our plans to drive up to Taupo but the Desert Road which had been closed by snow last night, re-opened at 12.00. After the obligatory latte at the Brown Sugar Cafe in Taihape (which is expanding) we encountered snow on the road just out of Taihape. Very exciting. I don’t remember seeing it so white although probably did as a kid.
