Hot Pools... Massage... A Spa Retreat.

This is Janice. As I booked into the Miranda Holiday Park
I noticed an advertisement for massage... So I promptly
made a booking for that night. That's how I met Janice...
The most wonderful masseuse.

Janice... Like most people I meet have a story to tell.
Having spent all her working life in administration, health and
workplace circumstances forced a change... So she stepped
out... Took a risk... And pursued a lifetime interest in
massage, well-being and spirituality. Five years ago she
trained with the New Zealand College of Massage... And was
ready to start her own business... At home in Kaiaua.
Seven  months ago she moved into this lovely little building...
That also has a story and now works at Miranda Holiday Park.

Janice found this cabin round the Kaiaua coast. It was loaded
onto this truck and moved to her home... And renovated.

Then moved again to Miranda Holiday Park...

And settled on this piece of land... Not far from where I was
parked. It's been transformed again since then.

 
Janice gave her business a name...

 
So... this is where I went at 7.30pm for the three nights
I was at Miranda. Having soaked in the hot pool for
hours of the day, I then had a massage and soaked again
before I went to bed... To sleep soundly for hours.


Janice has created a lovely therapeutic room...
Full of colour, like her. I can't recommend her
highly enough... Some of the best massages I
have had... I can't wait to go again.

My three days at Miranda turned into a three day spa retreat...
Divine...

 

Three Days At... Miranda Holiday Park

I had been at the beach for a while, the weather was cool and
windy and although I generally don't like or use holiday parks...
Miranda Holiday Park has a hot mineral pool which was very
appealing. I also had a lot of dirty laundry... And there was
 a mid-week special... Pay for two nights, the third
night free. So that seemed a very good deal to me.
Use of the pool and hot showers are included in the
nightly price. Washing machines and dryers only $2 each.


So here I am... Parked in the sun beside some grass
with my own outdoor table. The whole park was spotlessly
clean and very well cared for.

This is the communal lounge... Two big TV's where I
watched the Melbourne Cup.

The gleaming kitchen...

The wonderful laundry... Even a free iron!

Clothes lines in the sun. I dried all my laundry here.

Some of the chalets...

And motor home parking...

Tennis court and trampoline...

But the biggest attraction for me was the pool...

Open from 6.30am till 10pm... Closed 9.30am till 12 noon
for cleaning. There are adult only hours 6.30-7.30am and
8-10pm. It is a constant 36 degrees... Wonderfully clean...
And blissfully relaxing.

6.30am and the steam rising... I soaked for many hours a day
on my three day spa retreat.
Did my chores when it was closed then I was back again...
But... Another treat was waiting...