Five quirky activities to shake up the same-old
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Sick of the movies? Bored of bowling?
Fyshwick might not seem like the most obvious place to spend a weekend if you’re not renovating a house or shopping for vintage clothes. But we promise there’s more to this emerging suburb than meets the eye.
AXXE
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Want a group activity with an edge (pun intended)? Axxe offers a way to unlock your inner lumberjack, with ‘lanes’ where you can safely learn the art of axe throwing from their friendly staff.
Make sure to wear covered shoes—checked flannelette shirt and beard optional. 18 years and over.
4/1 Lyell Street, Fyshwick | axxe.com.au
BREAKR
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If Axxe is about unlocking your inner lumberjack, Breakr is about unlocking your hidden Incredible Hulk. Breakr is a ‘break room’— an enclosed room where participants don protective gear and smash, trash and crash items like teacups, old printers and glassware—for fun. Ever wanted to take a baseball bat to your office printer? This is for you.
4/1 Lyell Street, Fyshwick | | breakr.com.au
QUIZZIC ALLEY
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Boasting Australia’s largest range of licensed Harry Potter paraphernalia, Quizzic Alley (feature image) offers the ultimate wizarding experience with a store and staff so dedicated to detail that you’ll think you’ve travelled to Diagon Alley.
Must dos include a selfie in the Weasley’s flying Ford Anglia and a QBrew (hint: it’s their take on butterbeer).
5 Pirie Street, Fyshwick | quizzicalley.com
REVELATION PUZZLE ROOMS
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Puzzle rooms or escape rooms offer a challenge of the intellectual kind—and Revelation Puzzle Rooms has challenges in spades.
With three puzzle rooms (Doomsday, Toxic and Cold Case) groups of two-to-eight players work together to decipher the riddles and unlock the room—before it’s too late. The perfect rainy-day activity.
Unit 8/151-155 Gladstone Street, Fyshwick | revelationpuzzlerooms.com
VERTIKAL INDOOR SNOW SPORTS
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No snow? No worries! Sharpen your downhill technique or find your feet as a beginner at Canberra’s premier indoor ski slope.
Their wide slopes are made from soft nylon fibres that operate like a treadmill, meaning you can adjust the speed and pitch of your slope. Après ski, grab a drink or wood-fired pizza from Vertikal’s alpine-themed bar.
Unit 2, Building 3/1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick | vertikalsnowsports.com
BLOCHAUS
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Canberra’s original bouldering gym, Blochaus offers an exciting new experience for lovers of the outdoors—indoors. Climb, scramble and navigate over their unique climbing walls that are short enough to not need ropes or partners, giving greater freedom of movement.
BlocHaus is suitable for anyone over 12 years old and for younger climbers, there’s a separate ‘FamilyHaus’.
2, 2/1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick | blochaus.com.au
Want even more inspiration?
Check out VisitCanberra’s Neighbourhood Guide to Fyshwick, Majura and Pialligo here.
Feature image: Pew Pew Studio for HerCanberra
