| . . . Entering the bathing area is like
stepping into another world, a sanctuary where the body and mind are
calmed by the soothing aroma or steam, the sound of running water, the
casual banter of bathers sharing news and gossip. It’s a place where
time is forgotten and lingering is part of the code of harmony.
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Hot spring water flows at 47º from an underground
aquifer 637 metres below the surface rising to within 10 metres of
the surface under its own pressure. The thermal mineral water
temperature in the many pools varies from 38ºC to 43ºC.
The geothermal water contains a total of 3,200 PPM (parts per million)
of total dissolved minerals. The primary mineral groups include
bicarbonate, magnesium, potassium and sodium. Good levels of calcium,
boron, selenium as well as several key trace minerals are present in
the water.
A detailed analysis of the geothermal water was conducted by the
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences in New Zealand
(ref table) (pdf).
The analyses were sent to the Mineral Water Association in Moscow and
the Hot Spring Research Institute in Tokyo both of which confirmed
they are ideal for healthy bathing and relaxation.
The mineral water is so pure it has been officially classified,
under the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Guidelines as being
suitable as a “potable (drinking) water supply”. The minerals make the
water taste like a highly charged pure sports drink. When you visit
why not try the taste of the mineral water. After all in Europe they
have been drinking hot spring mineral water for good health and
wellbeing for hundreds of years.
The water, flowing from deep underground, originally fell as rain in
northern Australia, seeped deep into the ground and travelled slowly
South over the millennia. It is estimated to be at least 10,000
years old and possibly much older. As the water passed through the
various rock and sand layers it became heavily laden in minerals,
trace elements and negative ions. The official classification of the
water, as advised by the Japan Hot Spring Research Institute, is a
Sodium Chloride Bicarbonate Spring.
In the baths the water flows, untouched and without the addition of
any chemicals, direct from the source to the pools. It enters the
pool at one end and flow in a continual stream to the other end and
then on out to the ocean. There is no re-circulation as this would
result in a cooling of the water. A bath at the hot springs is more
akin to a float in an ancient river of mineral waters where you are
always at the source of the river and no one is above you. There could
not be a cleaner bathing experience. You will never have felt as fresh
in your life as you do once you step out of the thermal mineral waters
at Peninsula Hot Springs.
Learn More about the Peninsula Hot Springs
Water
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