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Thank you to our members and patrons who completed a survey earlier this year about the food and drink options at Float Cafe. We understand you come to BALC to be active in a variety of ways, so [...]

BALC Christmas Trading Hours 2024 Tuesday 24 December 2024 – 6am to 6pm Wednesday 25 December 2024 – CLOSED Thursday 26 December 2024 – 8am to 4pm Friday 27 December 2024 [...]

It’s our Birthday! To celebrate 30 wonderful years of helping our community stay healthy and active, we’re opening up the doors for a FREE Community Open Day on Saturday, 14 December [...]

BALC will be open 8am – 4pm on Tuesday 5 November 2024 for the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday. The Children’s Centre will not be open on this day. Swimming and gymnastics lessons do not [...]

Ballarat Aquatic & Lifestyle Centre is going through a period of unprecedented growth. Visitations to BALC have increased 18% post COVID, our Aquatic Memberships have increased 38% in the [...]

Ballarat Seniors Festival is an annual event held over the month of October as part of the Victorian Seniors Festival running at the same time. Seniors Festival is a month-long series of events [...]

BALC will be open 8am – 4pm on Friday 27 September 2024 for the AFL Grand Final Public Holiday. The Children’s Centre will not be open on this day. Swimming and gymnastics lessons do [...]

Congratulations to all our members who took part in our Go For Gold Olympics Challenge! A special congratulations to our winners listed below who visited the centre 4 or more times during the [...]

Ballarat Aquatic & Lifestyle Centre (BALC) has been recognized for its commitment to excellence in safety and compliance and has been awarded a Gold endorsement from Life Saving Victoria [...]

GO FOR GOLD during the Olympics and WIN!  We’re getting into the Olympics spirit here at BALC and we want to share in the excitement with you! That’s why we’re giving members [...]