Magnesium pools in Brisbane

Evergreen Spa is a Korean-style bathhouse on the lower ground of 12 Annerley Road in Woolloongabba. The bathing area is women only, with magnesium-infused hot and cold spa pools, a dry sauna, vitamin C showers and a relaxation room; bathers are optional. A separate massage section welcomes all genders, and private hire of the pools and party room is available.

Lan Bathhouse Fortitude Valley is an adults-only bathhouse, 18 and over, on McLachlan Street. It has three magnesium-infused pools, a cold plunge, two saunas, a steam room, an infrared room and an infrared jade room lined with Himalayan salt, plus bucket showers and eight self-serve organic body scrubs. Standard sessions run 90 minutes, with 60-minute early bird entry before 9:30am.

Soak Bathhouse West End is a rooftop bathhouse above West Village on Boundary Street. Five open-air magnesium hot spas sit at 38°C beside a 34°C mineral pool and a 12.5°C cold plunge, with a dry cedar sauna, essential oil steam room and private infrared saunas. Standard sessions run 90 minutes, with 60-minute morning sessions from 6:30am to 9:30am.

Vikasati Red Hill is a fully outdoor bathhouse down a driveway off Musgrave Road, with a traditional Finnish rock sauna, 5° ice baths, a 14° cold magnesium pool and 37° hot magnesium pools. Casual sessions run 90 minutes with towel and locker included. A private infrared sauna, cafe, open gym, yoga and small group training share the site, and swimwear is required.

Contrast bathhouse in central Byron Bay with a Finnish sauna at 80 to 90°C, a 52°C steam room and a 38°C magnesium pool, plus two cold options: a plunge at 8 to 10°C and an ice plunge at 0 to 2°C. A casual two-hour session covers every hot and cold space, with towels included. Massage is available. Open seven days.