Indoor activity centre Supaworld Wodonga has enjoyed its busiest days since the outbreak of COVID-19.
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The centre has been operating at less than half its usual capacity during the Victorian school holidays, which will be extended by a week.
"[During March] we died down really quick, and were looking at reducing the days we were open to survive," centre manager Daniel Garner said.
"We're classified as sport and recreation, much like basketball centres, so we're fortunate, because some play centres still aren't open.
"The last few days have been exciting; it's a lot quieter than previous years, obviously, but it's still exciting we went from being closed to being able to start back up."
The centre was closed from March 22 to June 22, but operations have been building up again, with 10 staff on JobKeeper.
A hygiene host works each shift, and the entire centre is sprayed in sanitiser by a fog machine for cleaning.
Only online bookings are being accepted and people who are supervising or spectating have to book in, so the centre can keep track of numbers - which are limited to 20 per space in the 1800-square-metre centre.
"If it was just four square metres and no other restrictions, we would be running full-capacity, because our centre is big enough, but we've got limits," Mr Garner said.
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"Not being able to do birthday parties has been tough.
"If restrictions keep up, JobKeeper needs to keep going, but I also understand the government doesn't have an endless pit of money.
"It's just great to be open, working in any capacity.
"I know for myself, I have a four-year-old and a two-year-old, and those are prime ages where they need to get out - when parks were still closed in Victoria, getting them into somewhere like here where they could burn their energy was great."
Wodonga dad Jack Retallack brought his four-year-old Thomas to Supaworld for a day of fun on Sunday and agreed it was a great outlet.
"They've only just gone back to school and they've been really bottled up - the parks got a work-out when they reopened," he said.
"They've done a really good job here and they're following the guidelines."
