Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre (GESAC) (Bentleigh East)
The Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre (GESAC) is one of Australia's premier sports and aquatic centres. The facility has been developed to provide leisure, recreation and wellbeing opportunities for all segments of the community - people aged six months to 75 plus.
The facilities include:
- 50 metre outdoor pool with eight lap lanes;
- 25 metre indoor pool with eight lap lanes;
- Leisure pool with interactive water features and play equipment;
- Two fun filled water slides;
- Dedicated aquatic programs pool;
- Aquatic wellness area (wellness program pool, spa, sauna and steam room);
- Huge gymnasium with state-of-the art equipment;
- Personal training;
- Three group exercise studios offering an extensive range of classes;
- Accessibility programs for all ages and abilities;
- Occasional child care;
- Retail shop;
- Cafe;
- Indoor stadium (three multi-purpose courts);
- Landscaped gardens and barbeque facilities; and
- Consulting suites offering a range of rehabilitation and wellness services.
"Ship Wreck" - A fun and electrifying raft slide that can be ridden by two people at once!
"Pirates Plunge" - A traditional body slide that will leave you both exhilarated and soaked!
Both the young and young-at-heart will love the Pirate's Cove Leisure Pool. Hours can be spent exploring the many interactive features of the water playground.
Birthday parties
Not currently hosting birthday parties.
Swimming Lessons
We believe that learning to swim and water safety is a vital life skill. It gives you access to a lifetime of water activities. Through our Swimming lessons at the Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre we aim to pass on our love of swimming to all members of our program.
Available for all age groups, our swimming lessons takes on a stepping-stone approach: small graded classes and recognition of an individual's achievements. This ensures students learn with others at a similar level and progress as strokes and skills are completed.
Glen Eira Leisure Swim School is run as a membership which includes a weekly lesson and unlimited access to the pool facilities for the student and supervision adult.
There are swimming programs for infants, children (3 years plus), adults and deaf-friendly swimming lessons.
Opening Hours:
Opening Hours
Cost:
Casual Price List
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Review:
The main features for kids are two water slides and Pirate's Cove Water Park. The Water Park has a nice spiral slide, two shallow gradient straight slides, smallish barrel which fills up with water and then the water runs over the roof and spreads over the excited kids below plus a range of other small tipping buckets and water sprays.
Two water slides are included in the entrance price - which is good or bad depending on your proposed use of the slides. The Ship Wreck slide is for two people on a raft and is dark but not too twisty or scary. The Pirate's Plunge ride is for one person and you go down on your back. This slide is fast and dark most of the way and could be scary for younger kids going down by themselves. Both slides can be ridden provided you are 110 cm tall - an attendant checks kid's height with a stick which happens to be 110 cm high. After 1pm in the afternoon parties get priority half the time - the moral of that is to come as soon as the slides open in the morning.
The temperature of the water for the rides and water park play area plus the indoor 25m pool was nice and warm. Apart from the Water Park area which is too shallow and busy to swim in, there is a 25m indoor pool which has a two lane wide Aqua Play area. The rest of the pool has lanes for swimming lessons and laps.
There is an outdoor 50m pool with two shade sails, limited grassy area and some tables and chairs plus lounge seats. Overall the Centre has very good facilities but it left us a bit flat and parties and swimming lessons seemed to have a much higher emphasis than casual attendees.
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Location
200 East Boundary Road, Bentleigh East 3165 Map
✆ (03) 9570 9200
Email Enquiry
Web Links
→ www.geleisure.com.au
→ Glen Eira Leisure on Facebook
