North Shore, Sydney

Bathhouse on the Pacific Highway in Chatswood with a hot mineral pool, a sauna, a 44°C steam room and cold plunges, plus the Placebo Bar for non-alcoholic drinks, coffee and snacks. Sessions run 60, 90 or 120 minutes, with cheaper early-bird hours from 7 to 9am. Closed Mondays. Walk-ins are taken when space allows, and a weekly membership covers three sessions.

Nimbus Co in Grosvenor Lane, Neutral Bay, with private infrared sauna rooms, private contrast suites pairing an infrared sauna with a cold plunge bath, and a communal contrast room with a Finnish sauna and two ice baths. Rooms have their own shower, and towels and filtered water are provided. Sessions run 30 to 50 minutes.

Tsavo Wellness is a private-room studio on Spit Road in Mosman, on Sydney's Lower North Shore. It has full spectrum infrared saunas with in-room showers (50 minute room bookings, towels supplied), a whole body cryotherapy chamber, a red light bed, mild hyperbaric chambers and a lymphatic compression suit. Sessions are booked online. Weekly memberships carry a 12 week minimum, and a separate day spa offers massage and facials.

City Cave on Albany Street in Crows Nest, with private float rooms, private infrared saunas, massage and compression boots, open every day. A float runs 60 minutes and an infrared sauna 45 minutes, couples pay a little extra, and there is a sauna-and-float combination. Weekly or monthly CaveClub memberships carry a three-month minimum. Red light is available as an add-on.

Recovery studio on Falcon Street in Crows Nest with infrared sauna, red light, compression and massage rooms, and a full lymphatic drainage menu. Lymphatic sessions run from 45 to 90 minutes, including full body, pregnancy and dry brushing sessions, a facial add-on, and a massage paired with 30 minutes of infrared sauna. Wednesday and Thursday hours are split between morning and evening.

Members-only wellness club from the GURNER Group across six floors on Walker Street, the group's first Sydney club. Application-based membership with a cap per club, no day passes and no guest rates. Bathhouse, saunas and cold facilities sit alongside gym, dining and social spaces. Bondi and Mosman clubs announced to follow.