Northside, Brisbane

“Magnesium pool, cold plunge, traditional rock sauna, communal rinse off showers” : Iremia Recovery

DIP Bathhouse is an adults-only bathhouse, 18 and over, in North Lakes. Self-paced Essential sessions of 60 or 90 minutes include hydrotherapy spas, a cedar and stone sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge and relaxation areas, with towel, herbal tea and filtered water supplied. Massage can be paired with a soak, and parking validation applies for stays over 90 minutes.

Float Oasis is a float centre and spa in The Evergreen Lifestyle Centre on Discovery Drive, North Lakes. Guests book 45 or 60 minute sessions in float pods, including a larger VMAX pod that two people can share, plus 20-minute LED red light sessions, massage and longer wellness packages that combine a float with massage or a facial.

Fountain of Youth & Float Centre is a small beauty and float studio on Banks Street in Alderley with three float tanks. A downstairs solo float room has its own European-style sauna, while an upstairs room holds two tanks so couples or friends can float side by side. Massage, facials and float, massage and sauna packages are also offered.

City Cave Aspley is a franchise float and wellness centre offering float tanks with body-temperature Epsom salt water, private infrared sauna rooms and remedial, sports, pregnancy and relaxation massage. It is inside Aspley Central Shopping Centre on Gympie Road, next door to Cold Rock, with free unlimited onsite parking and red light add-ons.

City Cave Everton Park is a franchise float and wellness centre offering float tanks with body-temperature Epsom salt water, private infrared sauna rooms and remedial, sports, pregnancy and relaxation massage. The South Pine Road centre serves Everton Park, Stafford, Mitchelton, Enoggera, Alderley and Kedron, and red light can be added to an infrared session.

City Cave North Lakes is a franchise float and wellness centre offering float tanks with body-temperature Epsom salt water, private infrared sauna rooms and remedial, sports, pregnancy and relaxation massage. It is on Burke Crescent in North Lakes and serves Moreton Bay suburbs including Mango Hill, Kallangur, Murrumba Downs and Deception Bay, with red light add-ons.

Flow Physique is a recovery and body studio upstairs at 621 Gympie Road, Chermside. It focuses on lymphatic body roller massage, a vacuum treadmill and bike, an LED bed and a fully private infrared sauna cabin with its own shower suite. Sauna sessions run 30 minutes, a second person can join for $10, and weekly memberships cover unlimited bookings.

Inside Out Active Recovery is a dedicated recovery centre in a Brendale industrial estate, in the Moreton Bay area north of Brisbane. Timed sessions include infrared sauna, a hot magnesium spa, cold plunge, compression boots, massage guns and a stretching area, with staff guiding first visits. Casual passes run 30, 60 or 90 minutes, and weekly unlimited memberships have a no lock-in option.

Recover Co. is a recovery studio on Morayfield Road in Moreton Bay that bills itself as Australia's first 24/7 recovery studio, with members able to visit around the clock. Facilities include an infrared sauna, warm and cold plunges for contrast, compression boots, red light, massage chairs, stretch and mobility areas, and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber.