Glenfield leisure Centre

I can not believe I had not been to the leisure centre sooner. Honestly its got alot going on in there.
There is a Les Mills Gym, a large swimming pool, a spa pool, some saunas, and even a dive pool with diving boards.
I had a visit during the week, before lunch time, so the toddlers pool was booked out with a swim group, so we were offered the fun section of the big pool we just had to share it with some swimmers, which was not a problem at all.
The water was a lot cooler than the toddlers pool would have been but my little guy is obsessed with water so that was not a problem.
There were a few lifeguards on duty, who were looking after us all, and although a large amount of little seven year old’s did show up for weekly sports class, we seemed to all just co exist in the space happily.
I am yet to enquire about the gym on site which I think would be so convenient for mums with little children as they have a crèche that is connected to the whole complex, talk about convenience.
Car park space outside is close to the leisure centre and is also all free to park in if you are using the facilities.
The changing rooms, are big enough to have a quick change and the showers were clean, although I think jandals should always be essential in public showers, just a tip.
I will be back for sure, as I love the fact that I get to relax and enjoy a swim with my child and we both benefit from it.

Went to use the pools today… Haven’t been to this place for about 10 years. I guess that’s why its $ 6.70 for a swim and no longer $ 2.50. Anyway, its exactly how I remember it. Nothing has changed much. There are slides, diving boards, steam rooms, saunas, pools with lanes and a kiddie pool. I love how you no longer have to pay to use the lockers… You just need to bring your own lock and key. They probably change this because things use to get stolen all the times. So make sure you bring a lock! Another thing that has changed is that It seems like this place has become the ultimate hang out for old asian people during the working week. I am quite shy with walking around naked in the change rooms, but the old asian ladies are not, just a warning!

Public pools can easily feel a tad grungy and Glenfield is no exception. There’s always that hot humid/​sweaty feeling inside like a whole lot of near-​naked bodies have been releasing body odours and breathing heavily. This said, Gfield was one of my favourite local pools as a kid and I’m sure the same goes for a lot of people. Because here, there are not only boring lap pools, there are slides and diving boards!
During my many visits I braved the huge diving platforms and, most of the time, became paralyzed with fear while standing on the edge. There are HUGE platforms here! I’m not good with measurements so I’ll just say they’re high enough to lose your stomach on the way down!
Recently, I went to Glenfield pools with a few friends and after doing some warm up swimming and diving, we decided to brave the slides. There are two slides here, which sit next to each other creating the perfect starting line for a dangerous race. My friend and I took our seats and, planting our wet bottoms into the gushing base of the slide, we counted down and took off. I started freaking out… I wasn’t as small or agile as I used to be. In a horrific and terribly embarrassing moment I hurled my body to the right for an upcoming corner… but it turned out the slide actually veered left and so my face met firmly with the hard sheet of plastic. I became disorrientated and sort of blurred out for the rest of the journey down. When I plopped out into the water I was in tears. A huge rhino horn had started growing from my forehead and to my horror, half of one of my teeth were missing! I scrambled up and looked around to find people starting at me. It was mortifying. A lifeguard hurried to me and got some ice.
The moral of this humiliating story was that after an accident, the lifeguards took really good care of me. The truth is though, I haven’t returned since.