A world-class facility encompassing a wide range of facilities, including a 10-lane 25m indoor heated swimming pool, fully-equipped fitness centre, multipurpose courts, dance studio, classroom and café area. The Handbury Centre combines everyday medical facilities alongside proactive approaches to good health, such as online information for students about health and wellbeing issues, counselling, yoga and Pilates.
Boasting a premium indoor activity facilities, the Handbury Centre encourages our young people to engage in and enjoy physical activity. It provides students with the opportunity to take control and have a positive impact on their own wellbeing. It is also a special place where students can socialise, exercise, train and seek out information or expert advice. Students and staff are drawn to its friendly environment. Whether it’s swimming laps, talking to a counsellor, lifting weights, socialising with peers in the cafe, finding time to meditate, or getting online to look up information, the Handbury Centre for Wellbeing puts a range of comprehensive resources and trained staff, within easy reach of every student.
The Handbury Centre is an ideal facility for conducting intensive sports camps, retreats, conferences, professional development and training. With state-of-the-art facilities all housed at your fingertips, the Handbury Centre also offers the added convenience of on-campus accommodation and catering facilities, all in a private, picturesque setting. Qualified and experienced staff are also available to run specific activities such as aerobics, yoga, pilates, spin and circuit classes or to tailor an activity to suit your needs.
The Handbury Centre is home to a 10-lane 25m heated swimming pool. Maintained at approximately 29 degrees, our indoor swimming pool is accessible and an inviting place to be at any time of the year.
Features of the swimming complex include:
Our sports hall can be used for a wide range of sports and activities:
| Basketball | Two basketball courts with scoreboards *Optional curtain to separate the two courts |
| Netball | Two netball courts with scoreboards *Optional curtain to separate the two courts |
| Volleyball | Six volleyball courts available |
| Indoor Soccer | Two small goals and two large goals available |
| Badminton | 10 badminton courts available |
The space can also be used for general activity, for example warm-ups, stretching and beep tests.
The Handbury Centre features a fully equipped Fitness Centre, with qualified staff that are available to help you with your programming and technical knowledge to ensure you fully utilise the facilities available.
Various features include:
The John Court Café is an open plan multi use area which can be used as an open space (including the foyer if necessary) or a private area for meetings or an area for smaller groups (glass doors can be shut for privacy). Includes audio visual equipment to run presentations from a computer and also has access to TV and Foxtel. Our cafe offers a range of food and drink options including coffee, sports drinks and toasted sandwiches, which are all available for purchase.
Our dance studio can be used for numerous activities including Pilates, yoga, ballet, aerobics and small-group fitness classes. It features a full-length mirror, an inbuilt barre bar and a portable barre bar and a stereo for music.
The classroom is used throughout term time for a range of health and physical education classes and has also been used for workshops such as first aid courses and strength and conditioning courses. The space can be used in addition to other areas to enhance camps and courses by combining practice and theory.
For further information or to organise a tour of the Handbury Centre, please call the Handbury Centre on +61 3 5273 9893 or email hcw@ggs.vic.edu.au
To book the venue, please provide details for your requirements here.
You can also find out more about us on our Facebook Page: @handburylife
Please enter from Foreshore Road, there is no access via School Road.
