Rain or shine, the bathing here happens outdoors, which in Hobart takes a certain commitment to the idea. Nova calls itself the city's only boutique all-weather outdoor contrast experience, and on Goulburn Street it delivers exactly that. An infrared sauna, a magnesium spa and an ice bath, cycled hot to cold under open Tasmanian sky. There is more to the place than the water. Naturopathy, skin therapies, holistic counselling, even a tarot reading if the mood takes you. But the bathhouse is the heart of it. Book it private, or share it. Cold air, hot water, the whole point of winter reversed.