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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

Read On Flagstone Water Play Park

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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