The studio
Reformer, yoga, strength and mobility, capped small enough that someone corrects your shoulder. First class of the day is a quarter to six.
One building, three jobs
A studio at the front, treatment rooms down the hall, and a kitchen that stays open after the six-fifteen class.
Mara Ellison opened Riverhaus in 2023 after a decade teaching reformer in Adelaide. She wanted a slower studio: small classes, good instruction, and somewhere to eat afterwards without getting back in the car.
The building sits on Rivergum Wharf, ten minutes from the bridge. Locals train here, get looked at here, and meet here. Membership covers all of it; the kitchen is open to anyone who walks in.
We are not a chain and we are not a resort. Eight reformers, five treatment rooms, and a short menu written by our nutritionist. That is the whole offer, on purpose.
How the building works
The rooms
Remedial and relaxation massage, recovery sessions and private consults at the quiet end of the hall. Same building, different pace.
The kitchen
Bowls, toast and coffee from half past six. Eat in after class, or take it down to the water. Written by Sophie, not a franchise menu.
What we hold to
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Small on purpose
Reformers stay at eight. Strength stays at ten. If a class is full, it is full — we do not add a row of mats at the back.
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The week in one place
Train on Tuesday, get the shoulder looked at on Thursday, eat properly in between. Membership is built for that, not for selling extras.
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Local first
Murray Bridge is the point, not a satellite of Adelaide. Parking is free off Rivergum Lane. Walk-ins are welcome for the kitchen.
Founder
Mara Ellison
“I was tired of studios that felt like a product. Riverhaus is a building you can use all week — the class, the room, the pass. If that sounds slower than what you are used to, that is the idea.”
Diploma of Pilates Method · ten years teaching in Adelaide before the move.
Meet the rest of the teamCome and see the place
Your first class is free if you have not been in before. Come and walk through the studio, meet whoever is on, and stay for breakfast afterwards.
Find us
12 Rivergum WharfMurray Bridge SA 5253Free parking off Rivergum Lane, ten minutes from the bridge.
Open
- Mon - Fri
- 5:45am - 8:00pm
- Sat
- 6:30am - 4:00pm
- Sun
- 7:30am - 2:00pm
Kitchen daily from 6:30am, last orders half an hour before close.