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Entertainment Centre To Be Turned Into Ice Skating Rink

Wednesday, 27 June 2012 02:07

ice skate The Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre is to be turned into an ice skating rink in the new year.

For almost four weeks over January the main floor area of the Bridge Road centre will be covered with a thin layer of ice.

 

ice skate rink The transformation will be made possible with a portable rink which Shoalhaven Council is hiring from a private contractor.

Cr Andrew Guile says it will be a huge attraction for locals and visitors alike over the peak summer period.

 

Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre Entrance Cr Guile says the portable ice skating rink was used at Mackay in far north Queensland and was a huge success.

 

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