Day 109 - Mornington Peninsula, 14th October 2025

What a day we had today!! Headed down the Mornington Peninsula to start our day exploring. We thought we would start at the Peninsula Hot Springs and see where our day took us from there. We arrived at 8.30am and started out with  a relaxing foot bath.


We tried our first thermal pool which was at 36-38 degrees. 


We even jumped in the cold pool which is meant to have lots of health benefits.
We headed down to the amphitheatre and joined in with some morning yoga.


There were relaxation domes filled with beanbags and blankets.

The pools ranged from 28 degrees up to 42 degrees.


Next we went to the Food Bowl and relaxed for a bit on the beds in one of the glasshouses.



It was probably about this time we decided we could spend the whole day here lol. We relaxed in the hammocks for a bit…


…and then snoozed in the Sound and Light Done.


We went past the fire pit and clay ridge where you can get a clay mask…




…and then went up to the Hilltop Pool.




We walked down the Foot Reflexology pool which hurt my little princess feet.



Then we relaxed for a bit in the cave pool which was pretty cool.


We wandered around and explored the grounds and beautiful gardens.


We tried all the different pools …


…and got some hydrotherapy from the jets in the spa pool.


There was more relaxing in the pools and relaxation domes,





and then we went for a walk to check out the pop up saunas.




Back to the amphitheatre pools…


…and done chill time relaxing in the sun and reading my book.


We watched the sunset over the hills while relaxing on the sun beds. It was such a beautiful place.









After the sunset we headed to the cafe for dinner (and to buy Rach her dill pickle chips lol).


Then to the Ice Cave…



..which then meant back to the a Turkish steam bath and some more hot pools! Best day ever!!




 





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