AquaFonte lists 15 verified thermal springs in Australia, each with its own page: temperature, minerals, treatments, and directions.
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Alba Thermal Springs & Spa
Victoria, Mornington Peninsula · 43.6°C
A geothermal bathing complex on the Mornington Peninsula, drawing sodium chloride-bicarbonate water at 43.6°C from a 550-metre bore into botanical pools ranging 37-43°C.
Blackall Aquatic Centre
Queensland, Central West · 58°C
A council-run pool complex in outback central Queensland built around one of the first artesian bores sunk by a Queensland town, still delivering 58°C mineral water from the Great Artesian Basin.
Channel Country Tourist Park and Spas
Queensland, Channel Country · 36°C
A caravan park in the opal-mining town of Quilpie offering guests three artesian spa baths, drawing 30-41°C Great Artesian Basin water straight into jetted pools.
Dalhousie Springs
South Australia, Simpson Desert · 38°C
Remote artesian springs in the South Australian desert — sacred to the Arabana people and fed by the vast Great Artesian Basin.
Lightning Ridge Bore Baths
New South Wales, North West (Walgett Shire) · 41.5°C
A free, 24-hour open-air artesian soak on the edge of the opal-mining town of Lightning Ridge, heritage-listed on the Register of the National Estate, with Great Artesian Basin water running 40-50°C.
Mataranka Thermal Pools & Bitter Spring
Elsey National Park, Northern Territory · 34°C
A crystal-clear thermal pool fed by artesian waters at a constant 34°C, surrounded by tropical paperback palms and pandanus in the Northern Territory — one of Australia's most distinctive natural bathing sites.
Mungindi Hot Pool
New South Wales, North West (Mungindi) · 38°C
A small artesian pool at Mungindi, on the NSW-Queensland border, fed by a 1,037-metre-deep Great Artesian Basin bore drilled in 1996 into continuously flowing 38°C water.
Peninsula Hot Springs
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria · 41°C
Australia's first geothermal hot spring complex open to the public — 50+ mineral bathing pools on the Mornington Peninsula, one hour from Melbourne, fed by an artesian aquifer from 637 metres below ground.
Pilliga Artesian Bore Baths
New South Wales, North West (Narrabri Shire) · 37°C
A 1902-built artesian bath in the tiny village of Pilliga, on the edge of NSW's largest inland forest, holding a steady 37°C from the Great Artesian Basin.
St George Aquatic Centre artesian baths
Queensland, South West (Balonne Shire) · 36°C
A council pool complex beside the Balonne River whose dedicated Thermal Pool, opened in 2019, draws mineral-rich artesian water at 34-38°C from the Great Artesian Basin.
Talaroo Hot Springs
Queensland, Gulf Savannah · 62°C
Australia's most extensive travertine hot spring system, where 62°C water discharges across colourful mineral terraces on Ewamian Aboriginal-owned land in Queensland's Gulf Savannah.
Walgett Artesian Bore Baths
New South Wales, North West (Walgett Shire) · 40°C
A free artesian bath in the Kamilaroi town of Walgett, drawing sulphur-, calcium- and magnesium-rich Great Artesian Basin water at around 38-41°C, with bathing here dating back to the 1930s.
Yarrangobilly Caves Thermal Pool
New South Wales, Kosciuszko National Park · 27°C
A rare warm-water karst spring in the alpine landscape of Kosciuszko National Park, holding a steady 27°C year-round, including through snow season.
Yowah Artesian Pools
Queensland, South West (Paroo Shire) · 41°C
Two community-built artesian pools in the tiny opal town of Yowah, ranging 39-43°C, drawing on the same Great Artesian Basin bore that supplies the town's only drinking water.
Zebedee Springs
Western Australia, East Kimberley · 30°C
A series of warm, spring-fed pools shaded by ancient Livistona palms in the Kimberley's El Questro Wilderness Park, open to visitors only during a strict morning window to protect the fragile gorge ecosystem.