Dogo Onsen, on the Japanese island of Shikoku, is believed to have been used for about 3000 years for communal cleansing. The Romans embraced the concept, and remnants of their ardour for the bath ...

A new kind of real estate war is breaking out on Australia’s famous shorelines, with a debate over the fairness of staking a ...

From Palm Beach to Bondi, Sydney is famous ... Founded by Henry Alexander Wylie, the baths honour his daughter Mina Wylie, who along with Fanny Durack became Australia's first Olympic female ...

In a clear sign of the changing face of Sydney, one man chose to jump into a prepared ice bath to mark the first ... by sprawling out on the grass at Bondi. Picture: NewsWire / Christian Gilles ...