Moree Hot Artesian Baths

Moree, New South Wales, Australia

Location: Moree, New South Wales, Australia
Water type: bicarbonate
Temperature: 42 °C
pH: 8

Water profile

Thermicity

Sedative

42 °C

LowHigh

Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.

Mineralisation

Restorative

LowHigh

Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).

Buoyancy

Standard buoyancy

LowHigh

Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.

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Located in Moree, a town set amid the flat agricultural plains of northern New South Wales, the Moree Hot Artesian Baths draw their water from the Great Artesian Basin — one of the largest and deepest freshwater reservoirs on Earth. The bathhouse has been a gathering point for the local community and a destination for visitors from across Australia for well over a century, combining a distinctly relaxed country-town atmosphere with a genuinely impressive natural resource.

The artesian water rises at a steady 42 °C and carries a soft bicarbonate composition with an alkaline pH of 8.0, giving it a particularly smooth, almost silky feel against the skin. Bathing in the warm, slightly mineral-tinged water in the open air under wide Australian skies is a pleasingly unhurried ritual. The pools — including both indoor and outdoor options — invite long, contemplative soaks that have made Moree a beloved stopover on journeys through the New South Wales interior.

Insider tip — Moree Artesian Baths draw water from the vast Great Artesian Basin, one of the world's largest underground freshwater reserves, where rainwater percolated into porous sandstone over 2 million years ago and is now naturally heated to 42 degrees by geothermal gradient before artesian pressure pushes it to the surface. The bicarbonate water has an almost silky texture and the outdoor Olympic-size pool has operated continuously since 1895. Moree is in the heart of New South Wales cotton country, so autumn visits when the cotton fields are white and the air clear are particularly atmospheric. The pools are genuinely accessible with full disability infrastructure.

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