Australian Traveller

Here are some more out- there treatments with a difference to detox your body and brain.

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VINOTHERAP­Y

Clinging to research that affirms red wine is connected to good health? Why not marinate in it? At Lost World Spa at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in the Gold Coast Hinterland, a three-hour vinotherap­y treatment awaits. You may feel like a side of beef as you soak in the warm tub with a bottle of shiraz poured in, but after a fullbody exfoliatio­n and red grape and clay body wrap to infuse those antioxidan­ts, you can expect to feel like a younger, tighter version of you. oreillys.com.au

A SHOWER OF SOUND

In the Byron Hinterland, chakra cleansing, crystal healing and monk-inspired spa therapies are as easy to come by as almond milk on menus. At Gaia Retreat & Spa, you can join a group Sound Meditation (or book a one-on-one) to harmonise your bodily frequencie­s. Sound weird? It feels a little out there, too, when you’re led through a guided meditation then immersed in a ‘shower’ of flutes, Tibetan bowls, and didgeridoo tones. This hypnotic experience is designed to release anxiety, charge the brain and give you razor-sharp clarity. gaiaretrea­t.com.au

SENSORY DEPRIVATIO­N

On the Sunshine Coast, The Float Space has three space-age pods loaded with 500 kilograms of Epsom salts in 25 centimetre­s of water, designed to erase the stresses of the outside world, so the body’s parasympat­hetic response can kick in. One hour in the pod is said to be equivalent to four-to-eight hours of deep sleep. thefloatsp­ace.com.au

CHAMPAGNE SCRUB

Perhaps not so much weird as mouth-watering, the Signature Vino Spa Ritual at Spicers Vineyards Estate in the Hunter Valley kicks off with a pink Champagne scrub followed with a cocoa butter body wrap, choc mousse and cacao nib face scrub, and a facial infusion that contains 1000 milligrams of freeze-dried shiraz. You’ll be dewier than morning frost on the vines. spicersret­reats.com

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