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 Cow Stream Hot Spring, Hanmer Springs
Canterbury Region
North of Hanmer Forest Park, Hanmer Springs
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Description Last time that I traveled that way one year ago (early 2009), the concrete was slightly damaged and there was cow manure in the pool. The pools temp is a warm 38 to 40 degrees. Take a bucket and some plastic sheeting to clean the pool and seal the leaks. Happy soaking [Peter H, NZ]
From Hanmer, drive over Jacks Pass, turn left to St James Homestead, walk down Peters Valley and over Peters Pass to the Edwards River. Cow Stream is on the left, the hot pool is located at the foot of the hill. About 10km walk.From midyear (2010) there will be 4WD drive access right to the pool through the Edwards Pass Entrance. [Peter H, NZ]
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- Lot of faeces and rubbish there, Dead pig intestines thrown in the pool, Wouldnt risk my health to return there.
steve - new zealand
6th November 2011
- Cows still in the valley, darn it. We saw 3 to 4 in the head of the little stream just west of Charlies Saddle. They took off and hid smartly.
Honora Renwick - Christchurch, New Zealand
4th July 2011
- The grid references in NZMG are E2483155, N5864516. You can convert this to the 2000 format on the linz site.
I'm off to Google Earth to try and put the correct location on their site.
Honora - Christchurch, New Zealand
30th January 2011
- Hi Maree! Good to see you getting out and about. Love to Ray.
I'll put in a link to show the real location of the hot pool. The image above is very wrong!
Honora - Christchurch, New Zealand
30th January 2011
- Ditto your review Honora. Visited it on Monday 24th. Almost too hot to sit in. Sandflies were active though. Walked from the main 4WD track. Tandem paraglider sailed in thermals over the main river while we were in the pool. Later in evening while we were camping by the hut they walked up after landing at the Waiau. They were tourist paragliders and had taken off from St. Arnaud earlier in the day. Were travelling light and continued to walk out. We saw a few steer down by the Waiau over Charlie's Pass. Hope they stay down there and don't visit the pool again.
Maree Goldring - Castle Hill
27th January 2011
- any chance of some topo co-ords ?Can you now 4WD to the pool?
Lew Shaw - NZ
23rd January 2011
- Ha! Checked it out today and it is excellent. It fits about 6 people as there are hot spots but if you bring a closed cell foam pad, you'll be sweet and will get more people in there.
It was chest deep when sitting. Yes, the side has collapsed a bit, I guess due to a flood but some kind people have built up the wall with some of the mud and rocks.
It would be good to do a good concreting job again. The level used to be about a metre deep when the wall was built. Today, there were hardly any sandflies there!
The place has been destocked so cow manure will be a thing of the past.
Honora Renwick - Christchurch, New Zealand
Rating: 9/10 15th January 2011
- A mate says it is only ankle deep and fits 2 people. I'll have to check it out and report back!
Honora Renwick - Christchurch
15th November 2010
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