The Weather Gods Cometh...
The Danseys Pass Coach Inn is a few kilometres from Naseby, in the Kyeburn Diggings. Built in 1862, it's one of the few old coach inns that remain.
Danseys Pass is the border between North and Central Otago. It's a scenic drive through tussock-covered hills...but the road is unsealed, narrow with lots of twists and turns, so not recommended for inexperienced drivers or passengers who get car sick.
And because it's in Central Otago and at 2,000ft., the weather can change at any time...as we found out!
Later estimated to have blasted across the Maniototo at over 100kmph., this storm turned an overcast but pleasant day into a snow storm within 5mins!
The Weather Gods Cometh...
The Danseys Pass Coach Inn is a few kilometres from Naseby, in the Kyeburn Diggings. Built in 1862, it's one of the few old coach inns that remain.
Danseys Pass is the border between North and Central Otago. It's a scenic drive through tussock-covered hills...but the road is unsealed, narrow with lots of twists and turns, so not recommended for inexperienced drivers or passengers who get car sick.
And because it's in Central Otago and at 2,000ft., the weather can change at any time...as we found out!
Later estimated to have blasted across the Maniototo at over 100kmph., this storm turned an overcast but pleasant day into a snow storm within 5mins!