FICE Recovery is an outdoor ice bath yard off a laneway on West Street, under five minutes' walk from Burleigh Beach. One-hour social sessions move between wood-burning barrel saunas and several ice baths held at different temperatures, from about 3 to 8 degrees. It was set up by a professional athlete, with cheaper Thursday sessions and occasional evening Sip and Sauna slots.
P3 Recovery Burleigh on Kortum Drive is the brand's first centre, minutes from the beach. Wet therapy sessions combine an ice bath with hot and cold magnesium contrast pools, alongside full spectrum infrared saunas, a traditional sauna, a compression lounge, hyperbaric chamber and red light. Casual sessions, weekly memberships and a 14-day intro pass are sold.
Saltt is a small appointment-only wellness studio on Kortum Drive in Burleigh Heads. Its private infrared sauna room is booked by the session, and a friend can join for a small extra charge per additional person. Staff walk first-timers through how to use the sauna. The studio opens Tuesday to Sunday by appointment only and also sells gift cards.
Recovery and Massage Centre in Miami runs four mineral pools set at 10, 24, 34 and 40 degrees for contrast sessions, plus what it describes as one of the largest full spectrum infrared saunas in the southern hemisphere, a traditional sauna, Normatec compression and remedial massage. Casual entry, packs and weekly memberships are offered. Child pricing applies for ages 8 to 15.
