Spas and Wellness

The Great Southern Touring Route threads through regions famous for spas and wellness. They’re thick with story-making potential, from exotic locales and ultra-niche therapies to inventive packages and passionate wellness gurus. It’s a heady mix of pamper, connect, stay and eat/drink opportunities. Get started with this round-up.

Lux Spa at Great Ocean Road Resort, Anglesea: Coastal rejuvenation, luxurious resort setting, ‘Waterfall Surrender’ package.

Lake House, Daylesford: Bucketlist spa country, iconic property, hospitality ‘old-hands’, on-site healing waters, geisha-style tubs in private treetop houses overlooking lake.

Lon Retreat, Point Lonsdale: On a 200-acre working farm on a hill by the ocean, small + exclusive, breathtaking views, natural mineral springs, enviable origin story.

Deep Blue Hotel & Hot Springs at Warrnambool: Spectacular foreshore location, romantic getaway, ultimate geothermal mineral bathing sanctuary.

Indie Spa at Sunnymead Hotel, Aireys Inlet: New kid on the block, retro vibe, fun, colourful, niche, quirky spa package names, cocktails encouraged.

Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel Hepburn, Hepburn Springs: Award-winning and renowned, housed in spa central Italian-style hotel, mineral water therapy zone, candle-lit night bathing.

Honu Honi Surf Camp at Torquay: Where the cool kids hang, totally unique offering, learn to surf, ocean-side yoga practice, ‘soul fam’ centric, wellbeing + mental health + environment.

Experiences that connect to place

‘We’re about genuine, small-scale experiences that connect to place. Lon Spa sits high on a hill, overlooking the ocean. Our guests come to slow down, to stop and to breathe. To deep-bathe in natural spring waters sourced in limestones caves that run beneath the family farm – hand-dug over 100 years ago. And after, to sit fireside and graze a same-day farm-sourced platter and sip a local wine or a herbal tea from a mug hand-crafted by a neighbourly potter. To gaze out over pasture to the lighthouse and ocean beyond, to big ships plying the rough and tumble waters of The Rip.’