1. Spas & WellnessHepburn Springs A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa . Patrons visit spas to take the waters for their purported health benefits. The word spa is derived from the name of Spa, a town in Belgium. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. He became interested in the curative properties of the hot mineral waters there and in 1676 wrote A discourse of Bathe, and the hot waters there. Also, Some Enquiries into the Nature of the water. This brought the purported health-giving properties of the waters to the attention of the aristocracy, who started to partake in them soon after.The term spa is used for towns or resorts offering hydrotherapy, which can include cold water or mineral water treatments and geothermal baths. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Walk in Werribee Gorge State Park, Victoria, Australia
Walk in Werribee Gorge State Park, Victoria, Australia on 22nd April, 2012.
Steam Trains : Bendigo Line Anniversary Special. Sun 21/10/12
Some views of Steamrails special to Bendigo to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Bendigo line, and to also return R711 back to service. The R used to be on display outside of the Bendigo railway station after being place in the park in 1981 after being swapped for R766 for Steam Age Australia. The tour ran on Sun 21/10/12 and is seen at various locations along the Bendigo line on the down and up journey. The R was built by the North British Locomotive company in the early 1950's, only just predating the first of the EMD diesels that entered service with the VR. It has since been modified to an oil burner from it's days with West Coast Railway.