Tuesday 14th Mar Hanmer Springs (20 degrees)

The morning started off very fresh but again we were blessed with clear skies! This meant that Rob was going to go and play golf at the Hanmer Springs Golf club and Pat and I would head to the Hanmer Springs thermal pools and spa that Pat had booked for us. Rob headed off to golf and Pat and I walked to the spa, where I was to have a 90min. massage, while Pat had a foot massage. We both enjoyed our treatments and then followed them up with a stroll, first to a magnificent old building with lots of history (the Queen Mary Hospital Historic Reserve), a few more shops (we may have purchased some NZ merino and possum knits) and of course coffee. While finishing our coffee, Rob arrived from his golf and joined us. He wandered for a little bit and later Pat and I returned to the Spa so we could use the many hot mineral springs and rock pools along with water-slides and rides. Pat and I spent a couple of hours relaxing in various pools all heated to temperatures between 36 and 40. We decided to be game and even went on one of the slides called the Superbowl. We had to take a raft up several flights of stairs and then we both jumped on it and it and we were off in a slide all the way down, around a large bowl shape and back into a slide, and finally we were spat out at the end. We both had fun and felt glad that we proved to ourselves that we could still do these things! Soon it was time for Pat to go back into the spa for her massage. I stayed out enjoying the pools and also having some down time reading my book. We had a lovely relaxing day and once again the weather was wonderful.

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