Places8 October 2026
Why the Modern Day Spa Is Having a Moment
A spa used to be a birthday treat. Increasingly it is a regular hour in the week, booked the way a training session is booked.
Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa
Day Spas & Bathhouses • Hepburn Springs, Victoria
A heritage mineral bathhouse in the Daylesford and Hepburn region, drawing on springs that have been used for more than a century.
Mineral bathing with a long history behind it, set in the spa country north-west of Melbourne. The bathing hall is the draw: warm mineral water, filtered light, and none of the noise of a resort pool.
Treatments run from massage to facials, and the salt and lavender pool is the one readers ask about most. Worth pairing with a walk in the surrounding bush before you go in.
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