Its not quite what it sounds like. I’ve just had an implant in one of my front teeth and it’s amazing how groggy and dozy you can feel for days afterwards from all the rocket fuel that’s loaded into your veins. All for a good cause of course 🙂
To keep things simple and because it was wet and rainy, we thought we’d try the Parakai Hot Springs park near Helensville. As it was reasonably close and we thought a nice blob out spot with the pools.
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The lady at the counter was great fun and after telling me that Fiona was a senior, and we had a good giggle at that, she gave us all the info we needed and we headed off to our parking spot.
Because it has been so wet, they only had 7 concreted parking spots for motor homes but there are a lot more for when it’s dry.
It’s well set up with a big toilet and kitchen block in the middle and some permanent caravans down at the other end. Every second parking spot has a rubbish bin and tap. The bin was emptied every morning. There is also a security man parked in the corner.
After parking, we set off to have a swim. Two big pools, one outdoor which is cooler and a nice hot one indoors. There were lots of people there swimming and also enjoying food from the on site cafe.
On getting back to Rafe, we met our neighbours Eric and Lyn from Orewa with their C class Hymer and their friends from Warkworth. You don’t see many of these Hymers around. Their one came from the UK originally. Nice little van. I joined them in between rain showers on one of the barbeque tables for a cold one.
On the second night we met neighbours on the other side in their near new Dethleffs XLI. Ian and Lynne have sold their house, bought the van and are fulltiming! Way to go! They came over to Rafe and we solved the worlds problems for an hour or two, as you do.
I have to say it’s definitely a nice close option for my favourite hot pool park at Miranda.
It’s not quite as flash as Miranda but its clean, tidy and perfectly functional. We didn’t see it at its best as there was rain, thunder and high winds but a very pleasant place to stay. At $28 a night, I think its pretty good value and power is free for NZMCA members.(included in the $28)
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Upload: 9.65 Mbps
Ping: 49 ms
Server: Auckland
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