The Oak Park Swimming Pool is the ultimate place for outdoor fun in the sun in this beautiful…read moresuburb! On any day in summer above 27 degrees, you'll see girls, boys and families walking for a couple of kilometres down Pascoe Vale Road and surrounding streets, all heading to the pool for a day of refreshing enjoyment! My husband and I love taking our two young children down to the pool for the afternoon. We're lucky enough to live within walking distance so by the time we get there, we're all ready to jump in and splash around. And the outdoor complex has something there for each of us to enjoy. My one year old and five year old love splashing around together in the toddler play pool; the great pink elephant is a big hit with my daughter, particularly when it starts spurting water! And the pool is shallow enough in some areas that I'm confident to sit there with my baby son and enjoy my time without fear of him drowning. My biggest baby (aka my husband!) just loves the giant water slide, and the learner pool for youngsters is perfect for my daughter who is just getting up the confidence to swim on her own. And you really can enjoy it for the day with the large lawn and shaded areas; I love packing a picnic and spending the entire afternoon there remembering just how fun the warm summer days are. Makes me excited about November 1!

Don't honour their swim passes, don't listen to customers, dismissive of enquiries. Overpriced and…read moreunderdeliver.

The 50m pool is excellent. The temperature is perfect at 26, the end turn walls are non slip, the…read morechange rooms are clean and the water clear.

Clean pool , great facilities and friendly staff. I am in a wheelchair so I particularly notice…read more disability accessibility.

How lucky we are to have access to such a pool so close to the city. This is a 50 metre outdoor…read morepool that provides for the littlies as well with separate a kiddie pool. There are spacious surroundings with a lot of lounging area, although there is a distinct lack of grass. The pool is mostly clean and chlorine levels are well maintained. The spa is large enough for eight and it can get busy in the sauna and steam room. Lap swimmers mostly use the pool year round (thanks to the solar heating, this is easily possible in winter too), but in the warmer months hoards of people flock the pool, especially on weekends. On Sunday afternoons in summer, live bands play and the party atmosphere is contagious. Open since 1908, there are numerous photos and plaques to provide some history. Also there are huge cautions in Italian, to remind you of the history of Fitzroy.

Things I like: Great location…read moreBeautiful building Friendly, helpful staff Very clean locker rooms Things I don't like: Pool is often crowded (but, people are generally good about sharing lanes) If you merely want a day pass for the pool, it's not so bad. However, if you want to visit the whirlpool and sauna, tack on about $4 dollars extra, a locker rental $2.50 more and towel rental is $5.50 (!) Be prepared to spend a lot of money for a day pass, but know that an Aquatic membership is actually pretty reasonable. Additionally: Not-so-confident swimmers, beware- the pool has a deep end which you will encounter at some point I've never been to the fitness equipment area, so I can't speak to that. In sum: Great place to go if you've got a membership, but if you only want to go swimming here once or twice, I'd skip it.

I hate gyms. Either the people suck or the facilities suck or the building is made up to attract…read moretry-hard, new age, up-yourself, know-it-all pricks. Ok, they're not all like that, but most of them are missing a soul. Which often means the people who go there are missing one too. The thing I like about the City Baths is it's retro, old school charm. It reminds me of an old timer who after 80 years still works out the old fashioned way by running after chickens, or something, instead of hopping on a treadmill. It may not to decked out with the newest technology, or in the most pristine condition, but it has personality. Which is a rare find in a gym.