Aspley 10 Pin Bowl

Bowling sits squarely amongst the sports I do very poorly at, which is all of them. What’s worse with bowling is that I seem to get worse the more I try. The upside is that most of the patrons at Aspley Ten Pin Bowl are doing almost as badly as I am.
This is probably because on most visits I’ve been surrounded by five-​year olds and absent-​minded parents taking the family out for the night. When the lights go out and the disco balls start up, however, the families are replaced generally by teens on dates. Seriously: teenagers still go bowling on dates. I know. And they can’t bowl, but that’s probably not the point.
I visited this place almost a decade ago and several times recently. Not much has changed. No matter which counter you go to — customer service, shoe hire, food & drink — no one will be there. You thereafter have the option of waiting around or tracking staff down. The latter is easy to do, since on most nights you can glance around from any spot and see every single person in the alley.
I’d attribute the relative quietness of Aspley Ten Pin Bowl to a general diminishing public interest in the activity. And even though I suck — and couldn’t fluke one strike on the last visit — I’d still advise going here. It’s a social game where you’re allowed to suck. And afterwards you can play air hockey, video games or those money-​sucking crane games at the back of the room. Bowling blues can always be countered with a Daytona win.
In other words, get out and go bowling. Stand up, get in the car, turn the key and drive to Aspley Ten Pin Bowl. Even if you only play one game, you can say you left the house for half an hour.
Oh, and don’t think this bowling alley is the right environment for some Big Lebowski quotes. It’s too family-​oriented and you’ll just come off sounding feeble.