Hanmer Springs
Trip Start
Jan 16, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 28, 2008
Where I stayed
Pines Holiday Park
Hanmer Springs, South Island, New Zealand
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The heater was used to its full potential that night and we woke up to be frozen in. We eventually got out and off to the Alpine Hot Pools.
The Hanmer Springs Thermal Reserve offers hot pools of various temperatures bubbling away in the middle of the mountains. Surrounded by ice and snow, getting changed was not too pleasant. However, the pools ranged in temperature between 28 and 41 degrees so pretty soon I'd warmed up. Rob seemed compelled to do lengths in the coldest pools, so I left him to it and sat cooking away in the 41 degree one. They were quite lovely, though there was one slight downside - they are are sulphur based, so as a lovely 3 year old I made friends with resolutely told me, 'It's best not to get in, you'll smell like my Grandpa's gross egg sandwiches."
