The Ultimate Relaxation

This Spa day was originally intended for my birthday...but seeing as we couldnt get a spot on the first of May, the next available was the nineth of June...I can see why its so popular

Located inside the Oberservatory Hotel in Sydney, this stylish pad has an english feel to it. Very old school luxury. But the Spa treatment level has a slightly different feel. Basically like a modern day spa retreat/resort.

We were informed of where the sauna/steam room/showers/spa/pool was and got given fluffy towels and robes. We were instructed to be in the waiting lounge 5 minutes before our treatment appointments...which meant we had some time to kill as our appointments were at 12.30 and we arrived at 11am.

Without wasting any more time, we quickly got changed....

and was greeted with......

The indoor pool is heated with a little spa on the right hand side.

Ayurvdedic Shirodhara was the name of my body treatment. Its a traditional Indian treatment which starts off with a body massage (absolutely incredible) from feet up to shoulders and neck. Then a treatment with a steady stream of warm black sesame seed oil trickles on the forehead. Was a foreign feeling at first, as i've never had such treatment on the forehead but was so relaxing. This technique is meant to open the third eye and expand the consciousness... Don't know about being more conscious afterwards, but i definately fell asleep during it. For some reason, a day at the spa always seem to make you go really hungry, even though you'd do nothing but soak and soak and soak. Maybe its the running in and out of the spas...and now come to think of it, it could be from lounging in the steam and sauna room. We had a Japanese feast at the Tomodachi restaurant in Broadway to fix that problem - and it was fixed in no time. :)

Soft Shell Crab Sushi

Result: safe to say that we were pretty satisfied