BlocHaus Bouldering Fyshwick | Canberra

Fantastic experience: Great bouldering place. Very friendly. Loads of routes at all levels.

Negative experience: Use to be a member here but got racially profiled by the manager at Fyshwick, alot of people have gotten banned here for no real reason so be careful not to speak here because you are not valued. Aside from the terrible management of an international brand, who don't care about their hot headed management team in Canberra, even after receiving numerous complaints at their head office, the other climbers are really friendly as you would expect from all climbing gyms, I just hope they don't get too scared to actually enjoy their time there incase they get banned. If you want to visit just do a day pass. Please note, I haven't been treated unfairly in any other blochause, just Canberra.

Fantastic experience: Great fun for the kid's and adults alike. Good healthy activity to get out and have fun. Great environment, very helpful staff and great atmosphere.

Fantastic experience: i love thjs place

Fantastic experience: Had an absolute blast! Definitely recommend, even as a beginner. There's a good variety, and its surprisingly easy to learn! Looking forward to going back soon!

Positive experience: Good bouldering session, with good problems in an open area. Varied settings with mix of old and new school problems. + : extensive climbing area (don’t miss the walls hidden on the left). Easy problems (red, purple) have good settings - : lack of intermediate/hard problems (yellow/white). Having an harder range would be great to entertain v8+ climbers.

Negative experience: not the best in my view too many trades

Negative experience: If you like sets that teach you technical skills in an approachable manner, with logical grading, be prepared to be highly disappointed. Sets have little thought put into how to use technique, the holds are very worn with very little grip especially on the volumes. For such a marketed gym with a hip presence I was so disappointed in the quality of the climbing here.

Positive experience: Friendly helpful staff. Our kids had a great time. Plenty of variety in the route setting.

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facilities. Lovely staff. Excellent coffee!

Fantastic experience: Nice place for a first bouldering experience! But also if you are an experienced person. The staff is super nice. Access for a day with shoe rental is 31 AUD. There is also a slack line. There are showers in the place with shower gel and shampoo available. Definitely a nice place to come to in Canberra!

Fantastic experience: Truly an iconic Canberra establishment. A visit to Canberra is not complete without a visit to blochaus! You go for a climb, you laugh with your friends, you balance on the slack line, you grab a bite and a beer at Capitol next door- It’s a canon event & the perfect weekend vibe.

Fantastic experience: Great place to climb, very friendly and laid back. All the patrons are very respectful of each other.

Fantastic experience: Great experience at Bloc Haus. Awesome upstairs training area. I liked that they had an all ages section of the gym as well as a 12 and above section. They also have showers upstairs which was particularly handy as it was pretty humid on the day I visited. Thanks Bloc Haus!

Fantastic experience: Place is great with awesome climbs. Similar to Blcohaus sydney. inclusive and great event nights to meet new friends and community

Fantastic experience: What a gym! Blochaus fosters an incredible sense of community which has been invaluable since moving to Canberra. I come for the climbing and end up staying for the coffee :)

Fantastic experience: A fantastic facility. The friendliest staff and everyone is incredibly welcoming. Love the workout space and explorative feel of the walls.

Fantastic experience: Great space and great coffee! Such an explorative climbing experience with the different rooms of climbing walls available.

Fantastic experience: What is there not to love about BlocHaus Canberra. Really unique climbing on offer and a great place for the public servants of Canberra to come together! No idea how they continue to keep the gym so clean!

Fantastic experience: This is a fantastic boulder gym and a great company. The team at Blochaus have been positive change makers since day one. ♥️

Fantastic experience: Only had a pleasure of a few climbs here while travelling through but always had a great time in the gym. and the coffee! too good.

Fantastic experience: such a great gym, as a beginner-mid level climber, i find the climbs in my grade to be challenging and exciting. i love when gyms don’t just set for the advanced ppl! it’s also got such a lovely and welcoming vibe (and i low key want that poster wall at home). bonus points for the ice latte cups and friendly staff! pictured: me attempting (and failing) my first black climb

Fantastic experience: I'm at the start of my climbing journey and the climbs here are by far the most approachable and motivating I've encountered. The staff are all incredible and it's such a diverse and inclusive space! I came here with a group of friends and we had so much fun trying out some of the harder level climbs and playing around the family haus! Very well maintained and the friendliest environment... will be back !!!

Negative experience: Pretty average.

Fantastic experience: I've been four times now and am going back today! Super good exercise and helps me get over my fear of heights

Fantastic experience: Appreciate the lack of children.

Fantastic experience: Love Blochaus! Great vibes, staff very helpful

Fantastic experience: Literally the best!

Negative experience: They keep changing the rules so now my daughter can't go for another 4 years. She loved this place when she was 4, had her 5th birthday here, then they changed the rules to 6+ so we waited another year but now changed again to 10+ unless it's during normal work hours (before 5pm weekdays only). Ridiculous considering they have a massive kids only area. We won't be back.

Fantastic experience: Love this place. Inclusive and friendly. Great place to climb, get fit, learn things and chill.

Fantastic experience: A very large and well set bouldering space. A good range of mid grade climbs. Standard pricing.

Fantastic experience: I thoroughly enjoy the time that I spend at Blochaus. Whilst I live at least 20mins away, the drive is well worth it to be welcomed into and encouraged in such a safe and exciting place. Blochaus makes bouldering easy and accessible, lowering barriers to climbing for all climbers whilst being fair and considerate of everyones experiences. The staff have always been very friendly to me, often asking about my favourite problems or how my day has been. They also make very good coffee, redbrick beans are 10/10 and they don't charge extra for plant-based milks, woohoo! I particularly like the community nights which run monthly and are available to everyone, welcoming groups of climbers who might traditionally find it scary or daunting to climb by themselves. SheBoulders hosted nights are not one to be missed at BlocHaus!

Negative experience: Come on team! No kids after 5pm or on the weekend without an exemption? No managers ever around to give out an exemption. I've been here 3 times during the week/end and never a manager about. I look at some of the "adults" at this gym and not only could my sons out climb them, indoor or outdoors, but they are also better versed in climbing gym etiquette. OMG, why even bother to have a family section in this gym? When did the Canberra gym climbing scene become so discriminating of kids, even when supervised by parents? Gym climbing holds need a bit of a clean and the newbs need to stop sitting on the mats. I almost fell over one climber coming off a yellow. This place is more about the policy than the climbing.

Negative experience: My son started climbing at 2 and a half and loved Blockhaus. We're back in Canberra visiting family and coming for a climb was high on the to do list. But the new rules mean he can only watch, very disappointing. We won't be coming back even once he is deemed eligible to climb. Glad we now live interstate

Fantastic experience: Something for every level, and always something new! I’ve been coming here each week for about a year. I can honestly say this is the only indoor physical activity thing that has kept my attention for that long. The staff are always lovely, and people climbing are friendly and supportive. I always feel good here, regardless of the day I’ve had. They re-set routes 3 times a week, so there’s pretty much always something new to try. I started out as a total beginner, so if that’s you then rest assured there’s plenty to keep you entertained while you build up strength. I’ve improved slowly and the mix of routes is great for that gradual progression. I’ve been to other climbing gyms and learned you can’t take this for granted! I notice there are a lot of really negative reviews lately about changes to the rules around kids in the centre. I’ve been at this place 2 or 3 times a week every week for the past 12 months. On the basis of what I’ve seen, I’m really glad they’ve tightened up the kids’ rules. I’ve seen some really scary near-misses involving loosely supervised kids, and had to stop some kids myself from doing random dangerous stuff (for their own and others’ safety). The owners and staff will be seeing the same stuff and they can’t just ignore that. I’ve also seen some younger kids doing great things (safely) in the adults area, so they’re obviously flexible if you can show your kid can operate safely. Parents, your particular kid might not be the problem, but trust me when I say those new rules are there for rational reasons. I have seen things I can’t unsee!

Negative experience: Upon eagerly arriving at Blochaus with my nine and a half-year-old, our excitement quickly turned to sheer dismay when we were met with the devastating news that he wasn’t allowed to climb as he was to young,(having to be 10 and over)The heartbreak we experienced was akin to discovering a treasure chest only to have it vanish before our eyes! It’s absolutely imperative that Blochaus takes immediate action to enhance the clarity of their landing page regarding age restrictions. The disappointment we endured could have been likened to a cosmic collision of disappointment galaxies, creating a black hole of shattered hopes!

Fantastic experience: Awesome venue. Staff are awesome and it's so relaxed and comfortable environment. Great for different skills and ages!!

Fantastic experience: Good vibes

Fantastic experience: I basically live there

Negative experience: It's not worth the visit if you have little ones. Our 10 year old is an experienced climber and had to stay in the kids section, which he was bored with after 15min or so. So sat watching everyone else climb - Yes, we did read the info on the website for kids climbing. A lot of the holds also need a good clean as they were extremely slippery,shiny, and caked in chalk residue. We are members of a chain of bouldering gyms and expected similar rules at this gym, but it was the complete opposite.

Negative experience: Avoid if you have children and want a fun easy place to take them. This is not a place to take kids anymore unfortunately, as they have introduced a bunch of new dumb rules. 1:1 ratio and if your kid is under 6 they can just watch, if your kid is 6-9 you have to climb with the child. If you have 2 kids in the age group? You going to need two adults willing and able to climb. Also kids aren't allowed on the weekend? Familyhaus? Should be called Sadhaus

Negative experience: The managers who clearly don't want kids coming here any more have now decided to enforce a 1:1 ratio of parents to kids. That's right, if you have more than 1 child, or are a single parent, they will only allow 1 child to climb. Conveniently mentioned when you walk in the door and not on the phone. Wish I could zero star this thing, and unable to properly review due to google terms of conditions around acceptable language, so 1 star it is. Update: after speaking to others who have been to BlocHaus since December last year it looks like the enforcement of the ratio depends on what staff member you get on what day. Well done. Seriously, if you don't want kids coming just ban them up front, don't make up safety stories (because you need 1:1 parent:child so you can belay them obviously - safety first!). Looks like I'm joining the increasing list of parents who won't come here again because it shouldn't take two parents taking coordinated leave from work just to take two kids. Who I really feel for in this are single parent families who are now effectively banned from attending unless they can convince a random over 18 off the street to come with them.

Negative experience: Rang in advance to see if we need to book in on a sunday with 5 kids and was told it was fine - just show up. Only to show up and be told no kids under 12 on the weekends including school holiday weekends. So disappointing, we have taken our kids there so many times and its a great facility but this new rule means we can't go back.

Fantastic experience: The friendliest staff and great boulder problems

Fantastic experience: Great place for bouldering, tho need to pick your time you go as it is often after work very busy.

Fantastic experience: Blokhaus is so good. Staff are friendly and accommodating. The problems are interesting, and the family Haus section is a great inclusion. I witnessed a large child being unsupervised by his parent routinely climb under and over other children on the wall, and this same child then fell onto their toddler relative who was jumping on the mat. I get that little kids will behave like this, however I totally understand why many climbing gyms exclude young children.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, great experience and reasonable price ($23 adults and $7 shoe hire). Blochaus has climbing walls for all different levels, ages and sizes. Toilets, coffee and gym also available at location. Dogs welcome. Overall blochaus is a friendly fun place to exercise and challenge yourself. Only gripe is with the membership monthly free friend entry which is calculated every 30 days instead of one per calendar month.

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym! Very good for entry level and intermediate climbers and the highest grade will provide a great challenge for experienced climbers. The gym has a nice upstairs training area with a spray wall, moonboard and campus board. The atmosphere is great. The staff are supper friendly and welcoming. The gym is incredibly supportive of all people from all walks of life. They offer special groups such as the climbing qt's and the affinity initiative. Great for kids as well with the special section devoted to kid's climbing.

Fantastic experience: It was so fun thank you

Negative experience: Great facilities, great vibe, great staff, great coffee… but no longer family friendly. They built a special section called Family Haus, complete with a slide. But now it seems they have change their target customer base as kids are essentially no longer welcome. It’s not enough to claim safety as the sole reason because my 4 year old understands the safety rules. Unfortunately this has ruled me and my partner out of coming as he’s no longer allowed to visit. Disappointing.

Fantastic experience: I've only been bouldering for about 2 months but I have been to bouldering places in Australia and the US and this gym has always been at the top of my list for dynamic and enjoyable climbs, inclusivity, staff, and cleanliness. The decision to use coloured holds as the grading system instead of 'V-Grade' tags is a great decision as it doesn't let someone get hung up on the 'real' grades of the climbs (although you can estimate what they would be), and also makes the routes more readable from a distance. Great for beginners and pros, and everyone in between. The memberships can get pricey but it all depends on your perspective on what you want to get out of it. Would recommend to everyone!

Fantastic experience: Really good gym. You have friendly, helpful and kind staff. The way you run your social media is awesome, frequent reset sectors, it is all communicated and documented very well. Once when my friend fell and hurt herself, your team did a great job of looking after her. Thank you!

Negative experience: When blochaus first opened it was a very family friendly space with some rope climbs and a dedicated kids area. Then they expanded into a family section, leaving kids out of the majority of the gym. Kids cost almost the same as adults but can't even use most of the gym. Now they've restricted ages, made supervision ratios such that a parent can't even take more than one child over 6, and restricted times that kids are in the gyms. I have some keen climber kids who have been doing weekly lessons elsewhere since kindy. Unfortunately we won't be visiting blochaus again. Edit - I have read the response below and looked at the options for kids programs. They are close to double the price we pay for the kids do weekly lessons at a different gym. The other gym also lets them climb for free outside lesson times, making blochaus seem even more expensive. Unfortunately this response misses the mark for me, not being inclusive for average families looking for an active activity.

Fantastic experience: Awesome spot to spend a few hours!

Fantastic experience: Probably the best bouldering gym in Canberra

Fantastic experience: The inclusive and friendly vibe make this a special place to be, it's really well set up too.

Fantastic experience: I go twice a week its great fun and amazing for fitness 10/10

Fantastic experience: Lost a few pounds since last climb. This place might be easier when lighter but also fun and rewarding. Makes me want to stay fit. Good vibe when we all came. Will return once again

Fantastic experience: Fun bouldering experience. The liquid chalk dispensers are much appreciated

Fantastic experience: Fantastic for people of all ages!!!! Great coffee, music and lovely staff

Fantastic experience: I had one gripe before about there being no grading, but the staff member who replied pointed out they had a moon wall. Plus they just turned an entire wall into slab, 10/10 would send again. ... If you are ever out of ideas... Add more crack

Fantastic experience: Great place - my kids loved it!

Positive experience: Nice venue and staff but the setting is very average. Setters could learn something from the urban climb crew.

Fantastic experience: Visiting from out of town. This was a great gym. Friendly staff, great boulder setting, really good training area with weights, campus boards, moon board, spray wall. I had a good workout.

Positive experience: Cool place. Kids love it very much (they are 7 and 5 years old). Good place for the parents too, there's cafe, toilet, table bench to sit down.

Negative experience: The worst signage I've ever seen. Lovely staff. Great interior. The three missing stars are signage and design.

Negative experience: Not a great crew on the reception this morning. We (customers) get it, work isn't great and shame you have to work on the weekend - but you still need to keep it together and do your job professionally. Pretty rude little man behind the counter this morning and his negative energy was rubbing off on the others. As a customer you shouldn't have to grin and bear it while having an average interaction with some dude who doesn't want to be there, just to hand over your money and then get on with your training. Cheers PS noted the unusual response from the owners below, a bit disturbing and confirms the bad vibe experienced at Blochaus the other weekend. Sorry your staff were having such a bad day the other weekend, but equally I don't like dealing with rude people (staff) on a Saturday in a supposedly inclusive and welcoming place - note I was very polite and friendly, but you do get a review. If your staff are rude to customers, you will have to expect to get a negative review - reviews are the great part of the inclusive, open and diverse community :). The Blochaus the other weekend was not a welcoming place - so here's your review. Your best option is to take it on board and learn. I would suggest how about you teach your staff to treat the paying, friendly customers with respect as a start. Best of luck. Cheers :)

Negative experience: Today, I was keen to give few entrances to my friend from my account. I request this at the bar. The guy didn't want to spend few minutes to sort me out and he was so rude and arrogant to my friend and me and told us to come back another day. We definitely didn't like his behaviour at all. After this episode, I am going to have a membership at the Duncun's gym where the staff is more friendly and professional.

Positive experience: Still a fun place to go for a while, but since the changes to family Haus it's definitely lost a lot of appeal for us. Its still fun, but ages under ten now being so heavily restricted as to be practically unwelcome isn't great. It's a shame for us, as it's a fun sport, even if we do suck at it. If you don't have young kids the community seems friendly and the facility and sport are both good... So would definitely recommend it, if that's you.

Fantastic experience: Best climbing gym on the east coast I have been to so far! Can't wait to come back! So much space and well set up. The climbs are

Fantastic experience: Solid gym, really well set out and wicked climbs. Can't wait to visit again soon. Newphews, niece and sister loved their first time as well. Any chance of expanding west side???

Fantastic experience: Great place. Highly recommend for a boulder and burger later at capital brewing.

Fantastic experience: Awesome helpful and friendly staff a great layout with lots of challenges. Loved our visit.

Fantastic experience: Without Glen's help, I may well be lost wandering around the outskirts of Canberra to this day! He is Canberra's sweetest man and I will fight anyone who disagrees! Also! The route-setting was absolutely bangin'!

Positive experience: First timers, will be going again. Just would be nice to have a wider walkthrough between the mats as it's a squeeze to get past people standing around

Fantastic experience: Great place to wear out the kids.

Fantastic experience: Great climbing.

Fantastic experience: Thank you.

Negative experience: Really disappointed - as I have just moved to Canberra and with one of my passions being bouldering, I visited this specific bouldering gym on a recommendation. I was underwhelmed with the service received when I walked in the door to enquire about joining up for a 6 or 12 month membership. The facilities looked clean and extremely enjoyable. However due to the lack of customer service and disinterest from the staff member at the counter I’ll be looking for a different gym. It goes to show that you can have the best equipment but if you don’t have the customer service to compliment said equipment you could miss out on new customers.

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility, very nice and helpful staff, and well priced. Plus, it's got a great kids part suitable for about 3-4+. Excellent

Fantastic experience: Great afternoon

Positive experience: Great place to bring the kids for a day out rock climbing.

Fantastic experience: Good area for kids and grown ups

Fantastic experience: Absolutely fantastic experience! Couldn't be any better. The best gym I have been ever! I should give it 10 stars If I can. The only thing you guys can improve maybe is to open another gym in north Canberra, for example Mitchell, i know there is another rock climbing place in Mitchell, but you guys are absolutely doing much better bouldering than them!!!! btw, I have to give 12/10 for their service, lovely staff there, nice and patient. 2 More scores are given to their good coffee, and pet-friendly counter.

Positive experience: The gym itself is great, it does what it needs to do and I have no issues there The check-in is mind numbing. You sign in then line up to pay. Move in to the 21st century guys.

Positive experience: Great place, great staff but it is so stinking hot and sweaty. More fans or AC please

Fantastic experience: Awesome bouldering place in Canberra. Super friendly staff, good pricing, and very well set up, including a cafe. Very chilled place to enjoy a fun activity.

Fantastic experience: Only just heard of this place but wish I had sooner. Took my 2 children here and they had so much fun. I love the vibe of the place and that the space is so open and bright and the kids section is separated from the adults. The kids sections was very well designed having a slide at the top.

Fantastic experience: A great experience for my child. Large facility and a section for all levels and ages.

Fantastic experience: welcoming of all!! and queer friendly ️‍️‍⚧️

Fantastic experience: Amazing place, nice problems, huge areas with diferent levels to suit everyone, showers, classes to improve climbing, strenght, yoga!friendly helpful staff

Positive experience: Nice place to take children in wet cold weather.

Fantastic experience: Amazing place having just got my membership I've been going almost everyday and absolutely loving it.

Fantastic experience: After climbing at a few other places, I've noticed that the staff and management here take a lot of effort to cater for a large range of climbers and they have almost doubled in size. They climbs are colour coded to make it easy to pick something at your level. They change the climbs one-by-one every few weeks. This helps make sure the rocks don't get to smooth and keeps people coming back to try the new climbs. They get creative with some of them and it can be fun trying to figure some out. They have bottles of what must be hand sanitiser and chalk for people to use. The general upkeep is good with replacement and maintenance. It's a fun place to go with either kids or friends.

Fantastic experience: Blochaus is great, staff are friendly, other patrons are friendly, climbs are fun and unique and definitely worth the money. Even when the place is busy it's not hard to find a spot or squeeze in with others. Only criticism I have is that the blues seem a little bit too hard. If you've done any climbing at all they're no problem but when I took my absolute beginner friends they struggled a lot and were put off a bit by the high barrier to entry. I love the uniqueness and the effort that goes into making even the beginner climbs unique and fun but it wouldn't hurt to have a jug ladder or two in plain sight so beginners can get comfortable on the wall.

Fantastic experience: Clim

Fantastic experience: Good place to hang out

Fantastic experience: Awesome! A lot of fun.

Fantastic experience: Lots of fun. Bit busy. Definitely helps to be with someone who knows what they are doing but the staff are super helpful.