Have your own Tonya Harding moment (without the sabotage) at these top permanent and pop-up rinks around town.
Practice lacing your skates, because a cold breeze is brewing and Elsa is calling. There's icy fun in Sydney for the whole family to practice their ice-skating twirls, double axels and graceful tumbles. Here's our guide to permanent ice-skating as well as temporary pop-up ice skating rinks in Sydney and nearby.
This man-made frozen lake has been delighting ice skaters in Sydney for more than 30 years. Plans to demolish the beloved rink to make way for a billion-dollar shopping centre refurb were scrapped, so hopefully we’ll be getting another few decades of Friday night ice discos. There are special kids’ activities in the school holidays and a rink-side café to watch the gliding hordes.
Whether you can do an axel jump in your sleep or stick with clinging to the barrier, you can wear your skates year-round at Ice Zoo in Alexandria. With skating starting at $22 for adults (plus $4 skate hire), they offer group skating classes that'll help thaw out icy beginners and special sessions for toddlers. When you’re not shredding the ice, sip warming brews – and the boozy kind – at the licenced café.
When the rink isn’t taken up by figure skating classes, ice hockey training or special skate training, keen skaters can take to the ice inside the LCC Sports Complex. There are freestyle sessions every day, plus ice skating training courses for all ages. Commiserate over your bruises and the best ice tumbles at the bistro, café or steakhouse, which are all located at the centre.
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