Sydney Ice Skating Rinks For Children

Ice skating is not the first thought when we’re wondering what to do on a sunny Sydney weekend. It was my youngsters who made the demand, they’d been to Macquarie Ice Rink on a school trip and loved it.

In my (dim and distant) youth in Scotland, ice skating at the rink in Edinburgh was a teenage rite of passage, fraught with emotional longings as it was a hot spot for first dates. We also used to skate on huge frozen puddles in the fields. Sydney’s icy offerings are far superior!

Heres’ a list of the permanent ice rinks in Sydney, with some top tips from us afterwards.

Canterbury Ice Rink

Phillips Avenue, Canterbury

Phone: 9789 4044

Website: www.canterburyicerink.com.au

A not-for-profit rink, owned by The Ice Skating Club of NSW Co-Operative

The Ice Zoo

689 Gardeners Road, Alexandria

Phone: 9669 6445

Website: www.icezoo.com

Public skating sessions and skating lesson.

Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink

424-458 Hoxton Park Road, Prestons

Phone: 8784 4878

Website: www.liverpoolcatholic.com.au

Macquarie Ice Rink

Macquarie Shopping Centre, North Ryde

Phone: 9888 1100

Website: www.macquarieicerink.com.au

Recently refurblished and with a slew of great new facilities. Park on the Silver Level carpark, entrance is via Herring Road or alternatively the Blue Level, entrance via Talavera Road. The Ice Rink is on Level 1 Upper.

We didn’t and it took us ages to find the ice rink!

Penrith Ice Palace

7 Patty’s Place, Jamisontown

A 30×60 metres Olympic sized rink

Phone: 4733 2611

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/PenrithIcePalace/

Sydney Ice Arena

11 Solent Circuit, Baulkham Hills

Phone: 9659 5557

Website: www.sydneyicearena.com.au

An Olympic-size rink with stadium seating 1000 people.

What You Need To Know About Ice Skating In Sydney

You do need to plan ahead, chose your rink, check out the website and best of all, call ahead. We asked which sessions were the quietest and got the good advice to come first for the Sunday 9am – 11am session.
Rinks have public sessions, usually of 2 – 3 hours duration.
Most rinks also have group lessons and private lessons on offer.
Some also offer speed skating lessons and even ice hockey.

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