I am a newly signed up Fernwood member, and so far I'm pretty pleased with their service! Although they don't offer the weird and diverse range of classes my old gym has, the classes on offer are really frequent and timed well for my schedule. The equipment is in really good nick and I love that the cardio equiptment all has individual screens that means you can watch your secret shame tv shows like home and away while going for a casual job on the treddy. The change rooms are a clean and well maintained and if you prefer privacy, instead of public nuding up, they will delight you. There is also an infrared sauna which I am sure has some great health benefits other than making you sweaty. Breakfast is provided in the mornings, and there are always pieces of fruit and orange segments available, as well as icy cold face washers in the fridge which are great for neutralising bright red exercise face after a hectic spin class. The gym is now open 24/7 which is a bonus for night owls. read more

I not sure if it is because I am so used to my gym (with its modern, graffiti, niteclub feel) or 'normal' gyms just bore me these days but Fernwood Chermside is in desperate need of a makeover! Firstly, I am coming here only for pregnancy exercise classes as I am no longer able to do my normal training under doctors orders :( I do have to say that the pregnancy exercise classes held here are very good and the instructors are lovely. That being said, I will talk about the gym itself - it is old, tired, on the small side and in desperate need of a makeover ... oh and the bathrooms could do with some cleaning and sprucing up! The equipment has seen better days, the TV's are the older style of TV's (not the nice flat screens you get everywhere else), the air conditioning does not work very well and the group fitness rooms are the tiniest I have ever seen - even the group fitness rooms in gyms in Stanthorpe are bigger! The bathrooms only have 4 showers and two toilets which, for a female only gym, I personally think is not good enough. They do have real hand towels to dry your hands with but these are often wet and I would prefer not to touch them. On the plus side - the gym is open 24 hours a day, they have a full working kitchen, fruit available all day, cool face washers available to cool down with after your workout and the staff seem quite pleasant. read more