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23 SEPTEMBER 2025 ISSUE 484
A SPA BUSINESS PUBLICATION
'Floating' spa opens in Australia
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Sol Elements, a bathhouse with a design that makes the building appear to float on a lake, has opened in the 330-acre Tamborine Mountain Glades in Queensland, Australia. Owned and conceived by husband and wife partnership Russell and Shae Raven, the plot in subtropical rainforest. Russell told Spa Business, “We want to provide a space for everyone who needs a breath of fresh air, a
PHOTO: SOL ELEMENTS
bathhouse occupies a two-acre
■ The design was inspired by the four elements: earth, air, fire and water
moment to themselves or with a loved one and a place to quiet the
views of the lake, with another
The communal bathing area
mind or meet like-minded folk.”
due to open in the near future.
has a capacity of 30 guests at a
The project took four years
Six bespoke rituals and treatments
time, with two Float Caves, three
to complete in-house, with
have been developed by Shae
outdoor magnesium thermal pools
the assistance of designers
Raven in partnership with skincare
and two cold plunges. There's also
from Design Artisan Co.
provider Synthesis Organics.
a Himalayan salt sauna, botanical
The spa has two treatment
There are also two secluded
steamroom and stone sauna.
rooms, both of which have direct
private mineral bathing suites.
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