Prison Island (Fever and Make It Now), at The District Docklands shopping centre - 90 minutes

Do you enjoy being challenged mentally and physically?

Do you like playing games and solving puzzles?

Are you fit, clear of mind and appreciate the stimulation of a team environment?

Then this Australian first, Prison Island, is likely to be in your wheelhouse.

With 94 “prisons” and nearly 3,000 “cells” in 18 countries, the immersive, interactive action challenge, which originated in Scandinavia, has just opened Down Under.

After a quick briefing on the dos and don’ts, you are “locked up” and set a series of 34 cell challenges, involving tactics, technique and “grunt” or exertion.

You are asked to tackle skill-based games, brainteasers and athletic challenges involving quick reflexes, coordination, strategic thinking, memory and communication.

You score points for successfully navigating each, or at least elements of each.

In some, if your foot touches a padded floor, your team is immediately disqualified. So, you can either try again or move to the next cell.

There are laser beams, colour coded puzzles and cells involving basketball, soccer and copying musical sounds, even keeping upright in one that throws off your equilibrium.

You simply have to collectively figure out how to make the most of the few minutes you have in each before your time runs out.

I assure you that it is far from easy in some. For the first half hour the team of four I was in basically ran around like chooks without heads.

We fared badly, before getting into the groove. Even then, we were far from accomplished, but that was half the fun (the other half was frustration at our incompetence).

Prison Island at Docklands in Melbourne is suited to groups of two to five – friends, family, or work colleagues.

Wear comfortable shoes and clothing because there are tasks that involve climbing, crawling, hanging and jumping.

Each cell is opened via a fob that one of the group hangs around their neck and there is no order for you to tackle the challenges.

If one cell is occupied, you can simply move onto the next and go back when the one you had targeted frees up.

You are given 90 minutes to enter as many cells as you would like or can fit in to that timeframe.

It was certainly busy at Prison Island on the opening weekend, so you might care to try mid-week, if that fits in with your schedule.

To find out more and to book, go to https://feverup.com/en/melbourne and then click onto Prison Island Melbourne.