Thur 26th Feb: Today dawned (well, 8 o’clocked) cool and grey. From Murchison we drove south then east for 2 hours to Hanmer Springs. This is a tourist town that exists simply because of the hot water springs that the public come to bathe in. By the time we arrived it was warm and sunny and we enjoyed a couple of hours in the hot pools, which varied from 33 to 41 degrees. A year ago I guess we would have been wowed by the place, but in that year we have soaked in hot pools in far prettier surroundings with far fewer people to share them. It was very commercial, although nothing like how it would be developed and presented in the UK. The boys enjoyed playing in the kids’ pool and we enjoyed soaking in the warm ones.
Rather than the busy in-town campsites we stayed in one at the end of a dead-end road in the hills. It was peaceful and restful and had a great adventure playground.
We smoked Peter’s salmon for tea and baked a loaf of bread for tomorrow, then went off to bed early as the hot water had tired us.
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