If you grew up in the region, you would've spent countless swimming carnivals here - walking past…read morethe canteen area brings vivid flashbacks to me. Swimming carnivals of my youth aside, the Warringah Aquatic Centre is a swimming complex located at Frenchs Forest. It's impressive facilities include a 50m pool, a diving pool with several diving boards of different heights, a few outdoor pools that are constantly too cold to swim in, and of course, the canteen. There's always something happening at the Aquatic Centre - swimming lessons for little ones, squads and development training for the older kids, Aqua Aerobics for the realllly old ones, and a bunch of people who just want to swim. The centre has great - and free -parking available, although it's a bit of a walk to the car when you're dripping wet and it's freezing outside. A better option would be taking advantage of the free hot showers, and storing something warm for afterwards in a free (deposit required) locker. The Center has impressive, stadium-style seating for parents to cheer on their little ones in the race, and also has a range of swimming-related paraphernalia if you've forgotten the all-important goggles or floaties.

One of the only indoor pools on the beaches! Easy parking, get a lane to myself half the time,…read moreacceptable price. Hot showers afterwards should be free though, currently they're cold and too short for me!

Great gym now that's it's got the red upgrade. Looks very professional and sleek now. Got lots of…read moreracks for squatting and free weights. The classes are provided in a large size room so can fit loads of people . Staff are friendly and all positives about the gym except the closing time on Thursday night . Closes at 9pm which is so early considering that North Sydney is open till 10pm. Otherwise great gym

I like this gym as have a lap swimming pool . Not everyone…read morefitness first gym has a pool. Majority don't. So I was excited about it. And the water is actually nice and warm too. The room for the classes is actually very big so can fit a lot of people too. Good local gym.

This is a friendly place. It does suffer from the North Sydney FF Oliquin trainer equipment…read morefascism, but the large weights area makes it less of a pain than in the other North Sydney FF gym. Changing rooms seem to be cleaner than most FFs, although I was amazed that someone had tapped out the clippings from their electric razor onto a counter top. Classy!

Pretty slick, very well-equipt gym…read more It's had a complete refurb in late 2014, so it has lots of open space, a sled, squat racks, heavy kettlebells, lots of relevant classes, and the staff are nice. The only annoyances are it has the typical smelly, filthy FF toilets.. what is it with FF and its toilets? They're always gross. I also hate their treadmills. They're super high-tech with TV and radio (cool), but you need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to program intervals on the damn thing. TOO. MANY. REQUIRED. PARAMETERS. And yet too slow and clunky to be changing speed manually... (Break out your baby voilins for me...) Really, its a great gym though. Vely niace.

Came here for a seminar and WOW what an awesome gym facility. Top trainers, great atmosphere, super…read moreclean, friendly staff, convenient little cafe inside and right across the street from the north Sydney train station. Tons of powerlifting equipment and free weights/cables for a small gym. Wish I lived closer, I would love to train here!

We visited the centre on a Sunday afternoon about 4 pm. The centre is well sign posted and easy to…read morefind. On entering the car park I saw signs saying the car park was $5 per hour (more on that in a bit). I managed to park near the entrance and entered what looks like an underground bunker. No queues and admission for one adult and one child was $13. They took my parking ticket and validated it for 4 hours free parking - result! The centre is very impressive with a large Olympic pool to the left of you with the high diving boards. On the right is another pool and the kids area. Lockers are $2 per use, each time you open and close them will cost you $2. Changing rooms were a bit bizarre. There were 4 family rooms that you could lock but they were huge and very wet! There were other changing rooms open to anyone but the showers could have done with regular inspections. There was chewing gum and toilet paper on the floor. Shame! Onto the swimming and fun! There is a huge area just right for young kids to play around in the water with plenty of fountains and little slides to play on. Every 10 minutes or so the huge bucket would tip over and drench everyone underneath it. All the kids would make sure they were positioned ready to get soaked. To the right was a lazy river which went round in a huge circle. It was really strong and my daughter loved it. Up above it was a fairly fast slide which my daughter also loved. There is a height limit of 120cm for the slide. All in all, great afternoon of fun. Changing rooms could do with an attendant to keep them nice and clean.

Five stars for this Aquatic Centre. Here for the State Finals and they look after deaf swimmers…read morewith the light starter system ! Thank goodness for equality!

This is a community swimming pool inside the botanical gardens. We passed through in November, it…read morewas 70 degrees and too cool for swimming. The location along the harbor is perfect.

Generally, Sydney is a swimmer's paradise. I'm visiting from California and cannot believe the…read moreoptions for pool and open water swimming. ABC Pool hasn't disappointed. Awesome location and views, always plenty of lane/circling space and a solid post-swim cafe experience.

This is a must do on your visit!…read more It's $10 AUD ($7 USD) for access! It's a great value for this experience. The pools are saltwater. There's a dedicated lap pool for those that want to actually swim, and there's another pool for those that want to take a dip. The waves also crash over the edge, plus you have the beautiful Bondi Beach all around! You can't ask for anything else. The pool area was also very clean! Be sure to get to the pool early enough to secure your spot!

One of my favorite highlights and places in Australia!! Truly breathtaking. Even though the main…read moreiceberg big pool was closed due to high winds and tides, the sights and beauty of the water was truly mesmerizing. After making the walk from Coogee, seeing the icebergs was a breath of fresh air. I stared for quite awhile and took far too many pictures! Definitely the most beautiful body of water I have ever seen.

Ninth Wave is the best gym I have ever been to…read more Having been a member for a year now I can say that it has been a such a great experience going to an independent gym and working with Owner and trainer Matthew. All of my workouts are completely personalised to what my goals, strengths and weaknesses are. The gym has a community feel to it and is not an intimidating place for new people. I have made some great friends by participating in some of the great classes that the gym has to offer. The members that go here are from a diverse age bracket, fitness level, experience level and all have different goals. If you are looking to recover from injury, lose fat, get fit, or get strong, Ninth Wave Fitness is the place you should look to for quality personalised support.

They have great and varied equipment. Their service is excellent and the staff is very friendly. If…read moreyou love to lose weight or to gains some muscles this is the place to go.