Palmerston Water Park features

Palmerston is one of Australia’s fastest growing cities and locals can look forward to an exciting new attraction that will provide family-friendly recreational facilities with free entry.

Contact Details:

Phone: 8931 4685 or Email: pwp.dm1@ymca.org.au

Address: The Park is located on the Corner of Roystonea and University Avenue - Keep your eye out for the giant slide!

Opening Hours during School Holidays:

• Every Day, Grassed Area and BBQ's 8am to 8pm.
• Wet Play Area 10am to 6pm 
• Water Slide 11am to 6pm 

Opening Hours during School Terms:

• Grassed Area and BBQ's open from 8am to 8pm Seven Days a Week
• the Wet Play areas are open from 10am to 6pm 
• Week Days, the Water Slides open from 2pm to 6pm
• Weekends, the Water Slides open from 11am to 6pm

During School Terms, the Palmerston Water Park Wet Areas and Slides are closed for scheduled maintenance on Wednesday and Thursday.

Construction of Palmerston Water Park, situated near Palmerston City Centre and adjacent to Palmerston Skate Park, is now complete.  The Territory Government provided $18.16 million towards the Palmerston Water Park to give Territory families a fun, friendly and free water park to enjoy throughout the year.

The Palmerston Water Park plan was developed in consultation with the Palmerston community through a community forum held in November 2010 and the chosen design expertly blends the magnificent natural environment with state-of-the-art water fun.

Palmerston Water Park features

- One 14 metre high, 100 metre long, six-line racer water slide

- A wet play area for families and toddlers featuring sprays, water curtains and a shallow wading pool

- Another wet play area for teenagers featuring more active water cannons, buckets and high intensity interactive play

- A  café

- Offices for lifeguards

- Toilets and change rooms

- Carparks

- Open grassed play area with BBQs

- Shade areas

- Extension to existing skate park

Fun stuff

The centrepiece of the park is a six-lane racer water slide that Top End locals and visitors will be able to enjoy.  Local company Gratis Pty Ltd was awarded the tender in April 2011.  The super slide stands at 14 metres high and enables people to race each other to the bottom. The racer slide features a ‘ready, set, go’ system at the top and records your race place when you exit.

A spectator stand with solid shade is located at the end of the slide, providing shade for slide users as they queue to ride and provides excellent viewing for people to watch the racers in action.

There are also two wet play areas.  The family and toddlers‘ wet play area features sprays, water curtains and a shallow wading pool. The teenagers’ wet play area features more active water cannons, buckets and high intensity interactive play.