00:00As Alice Springs clocks up record temperatures and swelters in the summer heat, there's an icy feeling inside the convention centre.
00:10In what can only be described as the coolest event of the summer, residents are invited to get their skates on, quite literally.
00:17People think it's hard, but for me it's quite easy, because I've been doing it for a while.
00:22I mean, it's nice and cool in here because it's like 40 degrees outside.
00:26It's like really fun, gets everyone together, like old friends and stuff.
00:31The icy experience in Alice Springs is part of a free school holiday programme in Central Australia, funded by the federal government, delivered in partnership with the town council.
00:42So it's making it free and accessible to youth and families of our town to come out, get active and have fun this summer.
00:47Some slide, others wobbles, some are seasoned professionals, and some are not. But everyone is having fun.
00:55I think it's wonderful. It's great. It's great to see everyone from the community coming through and just enjoying themselves.
01:01The six weeks programme offers a range of activities for young people in Central Australia, with three of them on ice.
01:08There's so much to do these school holidays. There's not something you can't do every day of the week.
01:13Chilling it might be, but the council is not skating on thin ice with this initiative.
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