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No Gimmicks – Just Red Hot Australian Fun 🇦🇺
We’ve spent hundreds of hours researching the best adult entertainment options across the major cities in Australia and NZ.
Red Light Australia started as a tiny site covering just Sydney’s inner city brothels. Readers loved our simple no-bullshit venue listings, so we slowly expanded to other major cities in Australia… and eventually across the Tasman Sea….
Independent and Always Free
We have no affiliation to any of the venues or services published on this site (unless we specifically say so). Our guides are 100% free. We don’t accept sponsored placements.
This is important — since we’re regularly offered money to promote Venue X or Service Y as the ‘best’ in a certain region. We have no interest in ‘influencing’ your next punt, so the answer is always no.
Likewise, please don’t email us trying to place a booking for any of these services. We don’t work for the venues!
Unofficial Analysis (And Subject To Change!)
The most important caveat of using Red Light Australia: please understand that our listings are not updated in real-time, since they are written independently based on periodic reviews. Information can and does change.
A classic example: a disgruntled punter gets angry in Jane Doe Cathouse because he read on RLA that full service costs $160 but the prices actually went up to $180 several weeks ago.
We include our most recent estimates of pricing, but our reviews represent a moment captured in time. They are updated periodically every 8-9 months — not every day — and our smutty little field reports should NEVER be taken as gospel. We provide links to the websites of any venue or service we feature, so please refer to those for the most accurate pricing, opening hours, contact numbers, and so on.
Of course, if you spot any information that is out of date or needs correcting, we always appreciate the heads-up! 🙏
Get started with our city guides for a complete breakdown of the available entertainment near you, or browse by specific interests such as escorts, brothels, strip clubs and massage.
Key Updates
It’s not easy covering the adult industry of an entire country.
Especially when that country is home to Sydney and Melbourne, two of the densest populations of NSFW services anywhere on the planet. Hubba hubba…
Here’s what we’re working on at the moment:
October 2024
- All brothel and massage shop guides have now been updated. Sex work was recently decriminalised in Queensland, so we are busy updating our Brisbane and Gold Coast categories with the latest newly-legal(!) adult services. For example, many incall establishments are rolling out brand new outcall services now that escort agencies are permitted.
September 2024
- We’ve updated our brothel guides for Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide (👎) and Perth. More updates to come in the next week. We’re also compiling a huge list of new erotic massage parlours that will be going live soon.
AUSTRALIA CITY GUIDES 🇦🇺
Red Light Australia was created with one goal in mind: to showcase the finest & sexiest adult entertainment in the land of Oz.
Don’t be shy… If you want to see what good times are available near you, select a city below and start exploring!
ADELAIDE
SEX SCENE
3/10
South Australia has some of the strictest sex industry laws, but there’s still some adult attractions if you know where to look.
BRISBANE
SEX SCENE
7/10
Brisbane has a wide selection of legal brothels and massage shops. Sex work is now decriminalised throughout QLD.
CANBERRA
SEX SCENE
5/10
Most of the ACT’s adult industry is contained within the areas of Fyshwick and Mitchell. A mixed bag for punters.
DARWIN
SEX SCENE
5/10
The NT has a much quieter sex scene, even though sex work has been fully decriminalised. It has a lot of massage shops.
GOLD COAST
SEX SCENE
6/10
Goldie, like Brisbane, is just finding its feet now that Queensland has decriminalised sex work. Escort agencies are popping up fast.
MELBOURNE
SEX SCENE
9/10
Home to some of the most luxurious adult entertainment in all of Oz. Think high-end brothels and raucous swinger parties.
PERTH
SEX SCENE
4/10
Sex work is a grey area in WA. It’s largely tolerated, but never fully accepted. Perth is home to Australia’s oldest working brothel.
SYDNEY
SEX SCENE
10/10
Sydney has a huge selection of smutty thrills: brothels, massage shops, strip clubs, luxury escort services. You name it.
NEW ZEALAND CITY GUIDES 🇳🇿
Not many countries can match Australia’s vibrant adult industry, but the Kiwis are having a bloody good crack at it.
We hopped over the Tasman to bring you some of our favourite New Zealand delicacies… 😉
AUCKLAND
SEX SCENE
9/10
Auckland has the most expansive adult industry in New Zealand, from high-end escort agencies to adult clubs, massage parlors, and legal brothels.
CHRISTCHURCH
SEX SCENE
6/10
More limited and conservative compared to Auckland and Wellington, CHCH’s adult industry was badly affected by the 2011 earthquake.
WELLINGTON
SEX SCENE
7/10
The capital city has a diverse nightlife with some sizzling high-end entertainment, although it’s seen a number of noticeable closures since Covid.
RED LIGHT HIGHLIGHTS
The Best of Australia’s Adult Industry
RLA is more than just a local directory for thrill-seekers.
We cover the bright lights of the adult industry in Australia, including regional porn studios, emerging Aussie stars, true blue cam models, OnlyFans stars and more.
Australia ranks high globally in porn consumption, but it’s widely known that many of the country’s hottest stars (and producers) end up moving overseas. Why is this?
It’s an issue we cover in our regular coverage of the Aussie porn scene.
We also keep a close eye on the porn viewing trends of our fellow Aussies, tracking the most-used adult websites, live streaming platforms and so on.
Want to stay on top of the action?
Follow our blog for the latest adult entertainment trends.
A Guide to Brothels In Every Major City
Australia and New Zealand are home to some of the most liberal sex work laws in the world. One of the consequences of this?
Legal brothels.
Yep, we have hundreds of them.
Cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland are home to world-famous ‘5 star’ bordellos more akin to luxury hotels than venues for buying sex.
(Although, of course, if you are on a tight budget, there are plenty of cheap options too!)
On Red Light Australia, we profile licensed brothels from all over Australia and NZ.
Visit our brothels guide and select a city for a complete breakdown of the available bordellos in the region.
We’ll walk you through price estimates, opening hours, services offered and feedback we’ve collected from the thousands of punter reviews around the web.
Swingers, Sex Clubs, Hookups & More
Aussies aren’t shy in the bedroom – or outside it…
Most major towns have a wide selection of sex services and adult gatherings, even if they are not widely advertised.
Our city guides put you in touch with your local adult communities so you can make these connections.
From specialist clubs and BDSM groups, to local swinger events, and sex shops, to peep shows, hookup bars and so much more.
Every year we carry out a full review of the most popular adult entertainment and services around the country.
We gather our information from a range of sources (including first-hand experience…).
The events and parties listed on Red Light Australia are NOT likely to be found on Facebook, X or any mainstream social network. IYKYK.
Get Listed – How to Suggest An Inclusion
Have We Missed Something Important?
Do you have (or know) an adult service based in Australia/NZ that deserves a mention on this site?
We want to hear about it!
In fact, we rely on people like you to keep our listings up-to-date and our information valuable to other readers.
Our goal is to provide the web’s most detailed adult industry guides for every major hub in Australia and New Zealand. While our team works hard to provide the latest accurate information, sometimes we miss services or venues that our readers would enjoy.
If you have a correction or a recommendation, use our Listings form to get in touch.
All listings are 100% free, however we can only feature legal services. Adult industry laws vary across Australian states, and we can only cover those services/venues that are legal and fully licensed (where applicable).
We provide no guarantee that submissions will be accepted. The review process typically takes up to 3 weeks, although we do have a fast 2 day review available.
Sex Work Regulations
Sex work laws in Australia differ significantly between states and territories, which affects the type of services we are able to spotlight here on RLA.
For example, sex work has been decriminalised in NSW for almost 30 years, while in South Australia, sex work is still technically illegal.
There are certain services that we can’t list in cities where the law is still prohibitive.
If you’re wondering why we have so much coverage in cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane… but only limited guides in Adelaide and Hobart, it’s not because the adult industry ceases to exist in these places. We just can’t talk about it!