Lovely cold morning to wake up to ! At Parnassus and off on our way to Hanmer Springs, scenery on the way was exceptional with hills and rolling countryside along a windy country road until popping out at a little oasis called Waiau complete with village green.
Waiau Valley
Enough time for a milkshake while we waited for the rest of our group. On across a long one way bridge with a car coming the other way. I was on the bridge before seeing him which caused me to back up a little, that was interesting!.
Waiau River Bridge
We drove on through to the NZMCA POP at Hanmer Springs. Located approx 7km from Hanmer this POP has plenty of room although there are no facilities. It was so hot and sunny the solar panel was working overtime.
Into Hanmer Village for a wander and then we decided to buy a two entry pass for a swim at the hot pools after dinner and for tomorrow morning.
We wandered through the grounds of the now defunct Hanmer Hospital which was used for servicemen suffering from shell shock and as a drug and alcohol rehab centre.
After dinner we returned for a relaxing soak in the hot pools. Robin, Jenny & myself tried all the pools we could from thermal sulphur pools and various temperature ones including the fresh water "river pool" which was hilarious and obviously not designed for our body styles !! The youngsters in the pool coped and floated much better !
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