Recovery culture

08/10/2026

Is it too late to change our position?

The ATO won’t absorb the card fees but small business should?

Since 1 October, Australian businesses can no longer pass card-processing costs on as a surcharge.

But merchant fees, terminal fees and transaction costs haven’t magically disappeared. They still come out of every sale.

Now the ATO is preparing to stop accepting credit-card payments after 30 November rather than absorb those costs itself.

So if a government agency says these fees are too expensive to carry, why is the local café, barber, gym or regional recovery studio expected to smile and wear them?

Consumers deserve transparent prices but small businesses also deserve a payment system that doesn’t leave them carrying the cost while the banks and payment providers still get paid.

Small-business owners: are you absorbing the fees, raising prices, or reconsidering card payments?

Satirical image. The financial pressure is real.

Final point. Are we becoming a communist country?

CostOfDoingBusiness

07/10/2026

Not every hard season is a mindset problem.

You can want the goal, know the plan and still struggle when work, training, family and life keep stacking up.

Your window of tolerance is the pressure you can work with while staying present and responding with intention.

Recovery is not about avoiding stress. It is about making room to come back from it.

Sometimes that looks like sleep, training, walking in the sun, a sauna with a mate, cold immersion or simply switching off before you hit empty.

Mindset sets the direction.

Capacity helps you stay the course.

Progress needs both.

Recovery Culture | Mount Isa

Book your reset when you need it.

30/09/2026

MOUNT ISA KNOWS HOW TO WORK HARD.

BUT WHERE DO WE GO TO SWITCH OFF?

A LOCAL RETREAT FROM DAILY LIFE.

27/09/2026

Out here, the conditions take a toll.

Hot days.
Long shifts.
Poor sleep.
Physical load.
Mental fatigue.

It all adds up faster than people realise.

Recovery isn’t about being soft.
It’s about giving your body and mind the chance to come back down, cool off, reset and back up again.

When the environment asks more of you, recovery matters more.

Built for Mount Isa conditions.
Sauna • Cold • Compression • Massage

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24/09/2026

Introducing Molly our newest member of the recovery team with 10 years experience in many settings, she offers a wide variety of treatments relaxation and aromatherapy massage.

Her speciality is remedial massage which is perfect for sore bodies needing recovery. She’s available primarily on weekends and offers some mid week appointments.

Send in a message and we can fit you in 😁

23/09/2026

ICEBERGS CLUB IS BACK 🧊

But we’re changing the way we approach it.

This isn’t about jumping into freezing water and seeing who can stay in the longest.

We’re using cold as a controlled stressor to practise something much more useful breathing, staying present and learning how to regulate yourself when your body starts telling you to panic.

Cold is the stimulus. Regulation is the practice.

Each Saturday I’ll take a small group of up to 6 people through simple breathwork, nervous-system regulation, what happens when the cold first hits, and then guide you through the immersion.

It’s designed especially for people who have wanted to try an ice bath but feel nervous, intimidated or simply don’t know where to start.

No ego. No competition. No pressure to stay in for a certain amount of time.

🧊 Saturdays 9–10AM
👥 Maximum 6 people
📍 Recovery Culture, Mount Isa
💙 Donation based experience it first, then contribute what you felt it was worth.

First session this Saturday.

Reserve your spot via here: https://events.humanitix.com/ice-berg-club

ICEBERGS CLUB 🧊 Cold immersion • Breathwork • Nervous system regulation Saturdays 9–10AM Maximum 6 people Recovery Culture, Mount Isa Donation based

21/09/2026

We live in a world that rarely lets us switch off.

Notifications. Noise. Deadlines. Long shifts. Training. Caffeine. Constant pressure to do more.

Hustle culture taught us to wear exhaustion like a badge and to treat slowing down like weakness.

So when we finally stop, we call it rest.

But lying on the couch while your mind keeps racing isn’t necessarily recovery.

Sometimes the body has stopped…
but the system is still switched on.

I learned that difference the hard way.

And it left me wondering:

What if we don’t need more time off
but a better way to come back down?

That question became Recovery Culture.

Swipe through to discover why I built it.

If you’ve been resting but never feel fully reset, DM RESET and let’s explore what your recovery could look like.

CHECK IN. SWITCH OFF. RESET.

19/09/2026

9’s Rugby league carnival with the Isa Warriors

They know how to organise a comp 🔥

17/09/2026

ICEBERGS CLUB IS BACK 🧊

But we’re changing the way we approach it.

This isn’t about jumping into freezing water and seeing who can stay in the longest.

We’re using cold as a controlled stressor to practise something much more useful breathing, staying present and learning how to regulate yourself when your body starts telling you to panic.

Cold is the stimulus. Regulation is the practice.

Each Saturday I’ll take a small group of up to 6 people through simple breathwork, nervous-system regulation, what happens when the cold first hits, and then guide you through the immersion.

It’s designed especially for people who have wanted to try an ice bath but feel nervous, intimidated or simply don’t know where to start.

No ego. No competition. No pressure to stay in for a certain amount of time.

🧊 Saturdays 9–10AM
👥 Maximum 6 people
📍 Recovery Culture, Mount Isa
💙 Donation based, experience it first, then contribute what you felt it was worth.

First session this Saturday.

Reserve your spot via the link in bio.

RecoveryCulture ColdPlunge

09/09/2026

NEW RECOVERY PROTOCOLS ARE LIVE.

Recovery doesn’t need to be complicated.

We’ve built a set of guided Recovery Culture protocols so you can choose your session based on how you want to feel, rather than trying to work out which therapy to book.

RELAX
Slow down. Switch off. Reset.

REVITALISE
Heat + cold when you want to feel fresh again.

RECHARGE
For heavy legs, hard training and big weeks.

REJUVENATE
The full Recovery Culture experience.

RELEASE
Heat first. Massage second. Leave lighter.

Whether you need to calm your system, recover from training, loosen up after work or just take some time for yourself, there’s now a protocol built around it.

Choose your goal. We’ll guide the session.

Your recovery. Your way.

Book through Fresha or message us if you’re not sure which protocol suits you.