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Jul 9, 2008 - Mount Maunganui to Athenree Hot Springs North Island 15 to18 June 2008

Jeff Last night we were rocked to sleep on the lowest part of Mount Maunganui. One was by the coast and the other was at Athenree on an inlet and had ‘hot thermal’ pools. ... Athenree Holiday Park, (camp site), turned out to be one of the nicest we have visited on our travels and the small pool was delightful; why bother swimming? The only draw back was that because the outside thermal pools are not quite as hot as the private pools, we had to laze in the water for about an hour before we were exhausted. ... Next morning we awoke to sweet music and discovered a plethora of bathing beauties enjoying water aerobics in our swimming pool; about 30 feet from our van.Jeff Last night we were rocked to sleep on the lowest part of Mount Maunganui. One was by the coast and the other was at Athenree on an inlet and had ‘hot thermal’ pools. ... Athenree Holiday Park, (camp site), turned out to be one of the nicest we have visited on our travels and the small pool was delightful; why bother swimming? The only draw back was that because the outside thermal pools are not quite as hot as the private pools, we had to laze in the water for about an hour before we were exhausted. ... Next morning we awoke to sweet music and discovered a plethora of bathing beauties enjoying water aerobics in our swimming pool; about 30 feet from our van....

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