New Splash Aqua Park and Leisure Centre opens in Melbourne’s north

After years of planning and construction, Hume City Council’s new $35.5 million aquatic and recreation centre at Craigieburn Anzac Park has opened to the public.

The Splash Aqua Park and Leisure Centre features a 50-metre pool, warm water pool for rehabilitation and exercise, a toddler pool, a learn to swim pool, an aqua play zone, spas, sauna, steam room, group fitness studio, gym and a mind, body and soul studio.

There are also two waterslides 14 metres off the ground - the turbo twist which carries up to two people in a raft over 130 metres, and the viper which is a single-person body slide reaching speeds of up to 50 km/h.

Hume Mayor Drew Jessop said the community had been eagerly waiting for Splash Aqua Park and Leisure Centre to open.

Mayor Jessop told local newspaper the Star Weekly “it is unique in terms of community expectations. I think it is the most eagerly anticipated facility the council has ever created.

“We went to all the major metro leisure centres and got the best ideas and layouts and combines that with a budget of nearly $40 million and started designing our centre.

“It has got everything you need in a leisure centre.”

Already, close to 2500 people have signed up as members – including more than 2,000 children for learn-to-swim lessons, while the facility has attracted more than 15,000 visits in its opening weeks of operations.

Centre Manager Savva Giannikos said he hopes that Splash will help bring about positive changes in people’s lives by encouraging them to exercise more and making it easier to socialise.

He added “this is the perfect spot to put a facility, not only community-wise but with the (Anzac) park. We will engage in those spaces with our members.”

Images courtesy of Splash Aqua Park and Leisure Centre/Facebook.

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