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Flagstone Water Play Park

Flagstone Water Play Park is a stunning state-of-the-art community water park in the new up and coming suburb of Flagstone

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Flagstone Water Play Park is a stunning state-of-the-art community water park in the new up and coming suburb of Flagstone

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Looking for the best water parks for kids in Brisbane and beyond? Here’s our guide to a range of great aquativity playgrounds and water parks for all ages from Brisbane to the Gold Coast, Ipswich and Logan, with many of them free or accessible for a small admission charge. So no need to spend up big at the major theme parks to keep cool in summer, when the kids can make a splash and keep cool at any of these great pools, parks and playgrounds.

Children playing at Wynnum Water park
Wynnum
Wynnum Water Park
This seafront water park features whale-themed aquativity, a 1930's tidal pool, sandy beach and more
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Logan Gardens Water Park
Logan Central
Logan Gardens Water Park
Cool down at Logan Gardens' water park featuring totem poles, a pop jet plaza, and dumping bucket
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Flagstone Water Play Park
Flagstone
Flagstone Water Play Park
Flagstone Water Play Park is a stunning state-of-the-art community water park
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Aquativity South Bank
South Bank
Aquativity
Aquativity is the fun interactive kids water park located at South Bank next to the playground and lagoon
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In and around Brisbane

Best Free Aquativity & Water Parks

Kids can cool off for free and have a load of fun too at one of these 11 great aquativity and water parks
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Ferny Grove Aqua Park
Ferny Grove Aqua Park
Ferny Grove Aqua Park is an interactive water playground which is the perfect spot for families to cool off on a hot day
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Splash'n'Play Water Park South Ripley
South Ripley
Splash'n'play Water Park
Splash’n’Play is a state of the art water park and adventure playground overlooked by the family-friendly foodie eatery Forty West
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Orion Lagoon Springfield
Springfield
Orion Lagoon
Orion Lagoon is the sparkling blue jewel in the crown of Robelle Domain, Springfield city’s green heart and one of Ipswich’s showcase parklands
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Darlington Parklands Yarrabilba - children playing with water jets
Yarrabilba
Darlington Parklands
Located in Logan in the modern master-planned community of Yarrabilba is one of South East Queensland’s best super parks
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Lap pool and aquativity slides inside Chermside Pool
Chermside
Chermside Aquatic Centre Pool
This swimming complex is one of those rare commodities encompassing swimming pools and a small water park under the one open roof.
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Playground equipmement and children playing in aquativity area of River Heart Parklands Ipswich
Ipswich
River Heart Parklands
Along the banks of the Bremer river is a stunning river walkway leading to River Heart Parklands, the best children's aquativity park in the west.
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Playground equipment in Robelle Domain Park
Springfield Lakes
Robelle Domain
Putting new meaning to the word green space, master-planned Robelle Domain is a sprawling 24ha expanse that is the jewel in the crown of Springfield Central Parklands.
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