When winter settles in and daylight hours shorten, staying active can feel harder than ever.

Boroondara’s Leisure and Aquatic Facilities have welcoming indoor spaces where you can keep moving, stay warm and connect with others all season long.

All 3 facilities have pools for lap swimming and classes, well-equipped gyms with friendly trainers, as well as group fitness and personal training sessions.

Here’s some of what’s on offer this winter.

• Get social with gentle sports like pickleball, table tennis or walking basketball at Boroondara Sports Complex.
• Work on recovery and balance with winter pop-up mind–body masterclasses at Hawthorn Aquatic and Leisure Centre.
• Hit the stadium for basketball, netball, badminton, volleyball, pickleball and futsal at Ashburton Pool and Recreation Centre.
• Try dance, stationary bike and high-intensity fitness classes at any of our 3 centres.
• Find all-abilities classes and programs at all our centres, including walking sports, aqua sensory swim sessions and accessible gymnastics.
• Get built-in motivation at Hawthorn’s weekly swim squads and run clubs.
• For a low-impact pool workout sign up for aqua aerobics classes at any of our 3 pools.
• Relax and recover in our winter-warm spa and sauna at Ashburton Pool and Recreation Centre.
• You’ll find Quiet Hour gym sessions for people with sensory conditions at all our facilities, and Quiet Hour swim sessions at Hawthorn and Boroondara Sports Complex.

Outside the centres, our Activating Boroondara Initiative runs outreach programs to help more people get active. These include free Sunday fitness sessions in August, Men’s and Women’s Health Week activities and all-abilities events.

Follow Boroondara Leisure on social media or go to the Boroondara Leisure website.

Did you know…

So far this financial year Boroondara’s leisure and aquatic centres have had more than 2.6 million visits. Council owns the centres and they’re managed by YMCA Victoria.