The initial facilities were opened in 1980 by 8 times world squash champion Geoff Hunt and employed 10 staff including the Harvey family. The facilities included 8 squash courts, a gymnasium, crèche, function room and sauna / spa facilities.

While other fitness centers were forced into closure during the mid 80’s Ian recognized the evolution that the fitness industry was undertaking and modified his facilities accordingly. As a result, the Lilydale Fitness Centre went from strength to strength while others struggled.

Some of the new facilities included at the center were firstly a swimming pool, and a little later, the circuit room which replaced 2 of the squash courts.

In 1991 further expansions saw the introduction of new aerobic facilities and a large upstairs mixed gymnasium. The new gymnasium allowed the existing down stairs gymnasium to be converted to a ladies only gym equipped to cater for the special needs of female fitness.

1999 saw the introduction of our ‘state of the art’ Cardio Room and the Precision Cycle room.

Over the last 10 years, the center has ensured that it stayed abreast of the latest trends within the industry by introducing newer classes and fitness techniques popular around the world. These have included Tai Box, our most popular class, Pilates, Yoga, Power Bar and other great classes catering for different types of fitness and individual needs!

The center has a reputation of being quite social and therefore fun to visit. Ian equates the sustained success of the center to it’s ability to deliver facilities and classes suitable for the needs of members of any age. It is truly a well rounded ‘family facility’ probably stemming from the full involvement of the Harvey family through it’s history including Ian and his wife, his children, and even Ian’s father.