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Dine & Bathe ‘A night to remember!’ - For a night out with a real difference, gather some friends and book the dine & bathe package Friday & Saturday from 6pm for just $45 pp (bookings essential). Click here for more information. Neal Hoptman Health Hints Neal Hoptman, author of “Help Yourself to Health” has put together a series of health hints during a recent visit to Peninsula Hot Springs. While laying in and relaxing by the thermal pools at Peninsula Hot Springs Neal provides some interesting insights into leading a healthy life. Click on any of the topics below to view the related video. Planning your spa experience Taking the waters for health Spa Life – Building stress hardine Happy Hens The following feedback was received March 2, 2007, from a group of very happy hens: “In response to our experience last weekend, we were all blown away to tell you the truth! I have raved all week to people about it all. The group tent is a place we will never forget and will definitely return to. It was just so beautiful. the pools were nice to relax in and the treatments were heavenly. Sue (the hen) loved all of it. Now as for the food, my goodness! How interesting and diversified the platters were. It was beautiful and I would love that baked fig recipe. Never had a fig in my life and now I am hooked! Thank you very much for honouring the price as quoted. It was excellent value and we will definitely be back. I can say that on behalf of all of us.” - Lisa Douglass Click here for information on specially tailored Peninsula Hot Springs group bookings. Bathing Specials Energised earlybirds! If you’re in the public pools anytime after 9am and out by 11am, you’ll get $10 back. Start your day with a Peninsula Hot Springs smile! After your soak, try a healthy breakfast from our café OR, for the perfect morning, combine bathing with brekkie and a massage. Sunset savings Less people. Beautiful skies. Sunset into twilight is quiet time at Peninsula Hot Springs. Arrive after 6pm and our public bathing is just: $15 (Tuesday to Thursday) $20 (Friday to Monday) Twilight Bathing reserved for guests 16 years & over News Archives January 2007 - From Maori wisdom springs forth a 'new' healingerene names and beautiful, ancient healing ways - the Mornington Peninsula is now home to the sole living descendant of a great line of wise and gentle healers. Makoha is a massage dance from the heart. It is a celebration of life and rejuvenation of the spirit, which gives one a light floating sensation of free physical weight. It incorporates basic massage concepts with flowing therapeutic massage movements, and a journey, a story. Receiving it is like the cleansing of gentle ocean waves splashing on coastal rocks. To best understand the energy and intent involved with a Makoha dance treatment the story needs to be understood. Please click here to download the Story of Makoha.. (300k PDF) Already offering massages such as 'kodo', based on Australian Aboriginal techniques, the inclusion of Maori massage technique is part of a wider Peninsula Hot Springs' vision for bringing a range of international healing wisdom to the springs: Arabic, Indian and Japanese included. September 2006 We are creating a whole new pool area for young families which is part of the stage 2 development set to open mid 2008! $5.5 million expansion– works set to start We’ve fast-tracked Stage Two works to cope with demand Peninsula Hot Springs recently handed its brief for Stage Two construction works to award winning architect Gregory Burgess, fast-tracking expansion of the operation. After just a year in business, Stage One facilities at Peninsula Hot Springs are running at capacity during peak periods (weekends, public holidays and school holidays. ie. 170 days a year). It’s truly hot property, with all initial business plans and projections having been revised in the past two months. “During those peak times both the massage rooms and the public bathing are booked out and customers are being referred to other spas on the Mornington Peninsula,” said Marketing Manager and Director Charles Davidson. Massages on weekends are regularly booked out more than three weeks in advance. New public bathing area – three times larger “In Stage 2 we want to create a new public bathing area complete with separate pools and change rooms. With 185 square metres of new pools, the Stage Two designs are three times larger than the current public bathing area,” Mr Davidson said. New pool for young families The new works will include a pool specifically for families with children. Another pool, suited to hydrotherapy sessions, will be built indoors. The current Spa Dreaming Centre and public bathing area will become dedicated to an exclusively private adult bathing and treatments space. “In our initial business plan, we had envisaged stage two works to commence two years after opening. However, we’ve been overwhelmed by public response. “Our feedback of the past few months indicates guests love the facility, but at peak times it feels a little small,” Mr Davidson said. Boom for employment Importantly for the local economy, more than 80 people now draw an income from the hot springs, about double the initial projections for one year in. Stage Two work is expected to start by year’s end, with construction complete by Christmas next year. Accommodation to come Stage Three developments will include accommodation, and are anticipated to start in about 18 months.

Saturday June 18th 2005
Peninsula Hot Springs opens with a great day had by all. For the entire first month of opening a host of activities will be conducted to celebrate the occasion.

Peninsula Hot Springs WEB site updated June 11th, 2005
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National Nine News video footage.
When the natural thermal waters were first discovered National nine News was there on the Mornington Peninsula to tell the story. Since this footage was shot in 2002 the site has turned from rolling pastures to the bathing paradise it is today.

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Construction Note
Hot Springs Architect Wins Australia’s highest architectural award. Gregory Burgess, the architect for the Hot Springs project since 1998, was awarded the 2004/5 Royal Australian Architects Association Gold Medal. This is an architect peer award and the highest accolade possible in Australia in the field of architecture. All architects in the country are requested to select the architect they feel is the most outstanding and inspirational in our time. Gregory is an environmental architect of great reputation and this award verifies his years of hard work putting the environment at the forefront of good functional design. Gregory Burgess WEB site

These pictures are of Gregory Burgess during a research trip to Hot Springs in Japan in 1998 and of a model of the building at the Hot Springs in Rye on the Mornington Peninsula.