As someone who has been with them for roughly 15 years, stay away!…read moreA vile company that will manipulate you and have hidden fees and find ways to take more of your money than you ever thought.

If you're thinking about signing up to Goodlife Health Clubs Australia don't…read more Currently trying to contact their regional manager that I had to go out my way to find her details. My partner and I signed up around may-June. With nothing but hassle. The person that signed us up, named Riley (who has since been fired for fraud) told us nothing about signing up to a lock in contract. We only were told once the late payments happened. I went in to settle the account and also gave this Riley boy my details over the counter to then still get charged late fees and my details had gone into thin air. After expressing my frustration they told us there isn't much they can do, the fee is around $300 to get out of the contract and we can freeze our accounts but it's a $5 fee each week for both of us. Mind you we have then got an email saying that from 8/7/25-1/09 we won't be charged anything and payments start again on the 4/09/25. Keep in mind we've been over charged for late fees that wouldn't of been charged if my bank details were taken and done nothing with them, also in the "free of charge period" I was charged $60 in different transactions. I've gone in today with no help. I'm getting asked to repeat parts of the story that don't matter like that I told them I never really wanted to join but got roped in by this Riley person. Irrelevant to the whole situation? I've also somehow since the payments starting again on the 4th of september weve been charged $151.43 which im not sure how any of this adds up. What would you do, I have tried to get in contact with the regional manager whom i had to seek out her details if correct as they refuse to give me the details to pass on the matter.

Awesome little beach volleyball venue in the smack bang middle of the CBD…read more They hold competitions most nights of the week for all grades. They also cater for group bookings and birthday parties etc. Current music is always playing and the bar is always open serving snacks and some alcoholic drinks. I watch my boyfriend play there on Wednesday nights and it is a great atmosphere to watch. Some of the teams are really good and skillful, while others are quite comedic. It is close by to Rundle Street, so I usually pop down there to get a hot chocolate in winter. And remember to bring a jacket, it always seems to get cold and windy! Parking is a breeze, with an abundance of on street parking and the square nearby, especially at night.

I like a bit of beach volleyball, and have filled in on a friend's team a few times. I love the…read moreconcept of City Beach, and think it's location is fantastic to allow easy access to city workers. My only issue with these courts is that there is the opportunity for shade, and they haven't used it! With a massive wall to one side and a fence to the other, some shade cloth would really improve this experience during summer. Sand gets HOT and so do you, especially when you're throwing yourself around like a fool. Maybe it's a ploy to make us buy more cold drinks, of which there are plenty. There is some shade for those sitting watching, but not for the players. You can hire out the entire court for parties, be they personal or business, which I think is a great idea, though it's a bit pricey. Still, a great idea for a 21st...

There are a lot of McDojos out there. These are places that will teach you something for a few…read moremonths then charge you a fortune to get a belt. This is not a McDojo!! I've studied at a few different martial arts schools in the 21 years I've been training, and never have I experienced the techniques learned at this place. The instructor Dante has been doing martial arts for over 50 years all over the world. He has studied many different styles of martial arts including weapons and is a wealth of knowledge. If you bring a technique to Dante he will explore it for a whole class, showing variations and counters, then counters to the counters. It's refreshing not being in a class that believes that their style is the be all and end all of martial arts. Dante is also very open to new styles and ways of doing things. The class is primarily judo and ju jitsu and this is what the syllabus is based on. Rarely does the class stick to the syllabus though. I'm always fascinated with how the class always ends up going on different tangents. If you love martial arts you won't find another club like it!

There are two things about Rymill Park that I particularly love. Firstly there's the kiosk where…read moreyou can get the best fruit toast anywhere in Adelaide and if you're lucky, Arnie the long time kiosk owner will make it for you. Secondly there's the statue of Alice in Wonderland designed by the amazing John Dowie. The statue may seem out of place to some in this inner city parkland but there is something a little magical about Rymill Park. As you get close to the lake and take in the bridge and the landing and the wonderfully relaxing surrounding. In so many ways I think a statue of Alice is entirely appropriate. If you have kids, taking them to Rymill Park to feed the ducks is always a great thing to do. Even if you don't have kids, grab your stale bread and head on down. Hire yourself a row boat and do your feeding from the middle of the lake. As many have eluded to there are problems with the water in the lake but I like to think of this as just another part of the changing face of a city park. Sometimes the lake looks stunning and other other times it looks like hell. The good news is the Adelaide City Council has just completed a refurbishment of the lake and the leaking problems have been fixed - they say things should be good for about the next 15 years so I'm not going to worry about it this week at least.

Unlike it's cousin across Rundle Street, this place is a great place to go at anytime of the year…read more(unless it's raining, then it probably isn't all that crash hot because, well, there isn't really any shelter, unless of course you count the trees, but I've never found trees to be all that wonderful in sheltering me from rain). During the Fringe a small section of the park (this one is actually pretty bit) is sectioned off for the overflow from the Garden of Unearthly Delights (and for those people who really can't be bothered waiting around for the crowds to disperse). However at other times it is a great picnic spot, and even has a little lake with rowboats and a kiosk. Oh, it you explore the place enough you will even find a statue of Alice from the Wonderland fame.

This is just paradise in the middle of the CBD. It's weird…read morewhen you walk past this little garden, you don't really get a true picture of what hides inside. Most of Adelaide just walks past. This garden is not big. But it is just so beautiful and peaceful. The way it is designed really blocks out the sound of the city as well. So, when you do enter it is really like a little secret garden. Japanese gardening is so precise. It's so fascinating. When you look at the trees, shrubs and even the garden pathway, everything is so neat and well planned. There is a pond in the middle with lilies and fish. When we last visited there were also a little group of ducks nestled on a rock near the pond. So cute! Up the back of the garden you will find a seated area with a Zen Garden. This is made from a sort of sand and rock formation. My understanding is that this is raked and shaped every day. A sort of mediation. It would be a lovely way to start your day. If you live in Adelaide, do visit and appreciate all the work that is put into this garden.

A brilliant (and free) garden near the city centre. It's not nearly as expansive as the Chinese…read moreGarden of Friendship in Sydney, but it's peaceful and can be found almost empty on weekday afternoons. If you sit around for a bit, you may even see a Koi or two in the pond, although they can be tough to spot with all those lily pads!

This place is a dream come true, beautiful but shame that the lake is so dirty for the last years…read more Wondering how can I rent this place?

Friendly efficient staff n food is great. Offerings from simple fruit n yoghurt tubs - freshly…read moreassembled on premises, orange juice freshly squeezed but all ready to go in cups. Offers only simple breakfast menu but what more do u want? From muffins to full breakfast. As long as they are fresh n presentable n attentive staff. Unfortunately no table service, you r called when your order is ready. Very popular with walkers n cyclist alike. Best when the weather is right.

Nice store and a good range but it ends there. I buy bikes every few years and every single time I…read morehave come into this store the staff are either not interested in serving, usually looking busy with shop maintenance or when you finally get their attention they're disinterested in selling. I walked in there the other week and asked for a good price on a bike and they told me it wasn't possible because the bike was too new. 15 minutes later I bought the same bike from Super Elliot's in Rundle street, with helpful staff and a good buy. I guess I have to thank them for their rude and condescending demeanour. I ended up with what I wanted and helping a small SA business.

Have visited this Cycle Shop on a number of occasions and have always found the service first rate…read moreand helpful. My last visit was to get my Shimnano shoe clips fixed. The service guy went more than the second mile fixing these, completed the job while I waited, furthermore there was no charge. Not only do these guys know what they are talking about, but extremely obliging. My next bike will be bought at Giant Cycle World.

I've been going to Your World Fitness since it opened its doors last year…read more It gets an A+++ for appearance. It has to be one of the most glamorous places in SA to go to the gym, complete with chandeliers and works of art adorning the walls. The place is massive and the facilities are state of the art - you never need to fight for a space to exercise. The class times are a bit awkward and don't really suit city workers, who I'd assume would be their biggest clients - so I'd recommend checking that out before you join. I'm hopeful that as they grow they will have more classes (especially yoga!) available. The biggest downfall is parking - unfortunately they have no designated parking and the car park across the road closes at 7pm which doesn't help those of us wanting to train after work. Street parking is the way to go but often difficult - unless you are doing a 6am class. Overall, a great gym and can't wait to see how it improves as time goes by!

This is a great gym, go and check it out for yourself. I want all my friends to go!…read more There are 5 levels to this gym, including at wet area (sauna, steam room and spa etc). The staff are friendly, always saying hello and goodbye when you leave the gym. The people who have set this gym up have a keen eye to detail, they are interested in providing an innovative gym experience. I have started with a Personal Trainer recently and it has been one of the best things that I have done. We have been incorporating a few crossfit exercises into my training and he has been able to make the training specific to my strenghth building needs that compliments my other activities. The gym boasts lots of great activities such as pilates, gravity yoga and pole conditioning. There is even a cafe on the ground floor with a wide selection of goodies for gym junkies. And if you have children, there are childcare facilities too. I haven't had a problem with carparking before or after hours either.

If you happen to be a native of Adelaide then you are going to be very familiar with this place…read more Basically it could be considered to be the heart of the Fringe Festival. However, I really don't like the place. Maybe it is because I have been coming here so often that it has basically lost its appeal. Well, also because on the weekends this place gets so absolutely packed that it is nothing short of impossible to even get inside, and when the crowds aren't there, well, you can be assured that there is nothing really on. Fortunately it is only set up for one month in twelve (and also there is a lot more to the Fringe than just this place).

I've been to the garden ever since it first started quite a few years ago. Whilst it is part of the…read morewhole Adelaide Fringe experience, it opens before the Fringe begins. Each year it gets bigger and bigger. What was once a dirt fenceless patch of Rundle Park with a bar area, is now a collection of amusements, performance tents, a series of bars (one in a double-decker bus) and eateries, freakshows, sideshows, buskers, spruikers and stalls. As someone said, it's basically an adult carnival. Amusements tend to change it up each year, but in previous years there's been a silent disco, water zorbing, merry-go-round, ferris wheel, dodgem cars and trampolining. There are a lot of performance spaces in the garden, a lot. Some of the more well known ones are the famous Spiegeltent, Umbrella Revolution, and the Bosco Theatre. Umbrella Revolution is the one that runs latest into the night, and it also always seems to run late. I've been queuing to see something at 11.30pm and walked into the tent at 1am on more than one occasion. During Fringe that is beyond annoying as there would've been a million other shows I could've gone and seen instead, I could've even gone and seen whole other shows in the time it took to wait. The other epicly annoying part of the garden is the queue to get in to it. There is only one entrance point for the whole of Adelaide and more often than not queues go all the way up along North Terrace to get in. If you're patient enough to wait, when you get in, more often than not there is acres of room inside. There is a back entrance but it is for artists/media only and very small, I think the place needs more entry/exit points, or more bouncers/bag checkers because there has been about the same amount for years whilst the garden has grown. If you've the courage or impatience to saunter through the "I am media/have a ticket to a show" line, give it a crack, I often do and have never been busted. It is just as easy (and less worrisome) to buy a ticket to a Fringe show in the garden from one of the spruikers or the box office located just outside the gates, in order to get in quicker. I think this may be one reason why the garden makes it so very inconvenient to get in, but that's silly because tickets to shows at peak times sell out anyway. Whatever show you plan to see, get in earlier because you will still have to queue up in order to get good seats to your show. Certain parts of the garden over time have been gated off, and where there was once room to spread out along the grass to watch the buskers there no longer is. This is partly where the International Buskers Festival is held and it's ridiculous that the spectating area of world class street performers has been diminished. There are many amazing things about the garden which I pretty much make my home during Fringe time, but the thing I hang out for all year round is the cone chips. The chips in a cone chip shop comes around but once a year, to the garden. They're awesome. But don't expect to pay for them with credit card (or anywhere else in the garden for that matter). Make sure you head to an ATM before you go into the park as there is definitely not one in there and those directly nearby run out of cash fast. Entrance to the garden is free, but there is no stamp-out type policy so if you leave you'll have to queue up all over again.

The 2-hour online bounce deal is my jam…read more As an avid believer of the need to air out children, this has been a great place to air out my own. Multiple trampolines, some ninja course thing, a basketball thing, dodgeball thing, and that big lovely pillow thing that has allowed my sweet little offspring to gain confidence to do front and back flips. The staff are beyond lovely and totally safety-focused, which is super comforting. An unexpected plus is the excellent free wifi and (not free but still delicious) hot tea. Great online deals, tons of parking, tons of play space, excellent people = win! Also, super cute socks.

Although they brought out flipout in munno para, there was a karen that wouldn't let me take care…read moreof my brothers in the kid's zone (although i'm 6'2). A bounce near where we live is just the best.