![]() $4 for a grilled chicken salad, for example. Despite high admission, the food is reasonable. After 3pm (closes at 6pm) it's $11.50, which is more reasonable and 3 hours should do it for you. If you go before 3pm, admission is $23/adult. Overall, this is a good water park, and I would recommend it if in the area. No rainchecks in case of rain, and no refunds if storms hit just after you go in. No outside food or drink is allowed in, but you can get your hand stamped for re-entry, and go out for a picnic lunch you bring, with outside tables available.Ĭheck the weather before you go. Locker rentals (highly suggested) were $5 for the day, and you get $1 back if you bring the key back before leaving. Overall, the park was clean, had good snack areas and gift shop, with clothes, shoes, and other supplies available. It's equipped with various kid-themed props. Since I have no small children, I didn't use the kiddie pool area, but it looked like they were all having fun over there. ![]() You just have to judge it based on yourself. One guy who tried it told me never again. The biggest fear-factor ride was a very tall water slide, where you lay down on your back, cross your arms, and go speeding down to a shallow landing. Tubes aren't needed to get in the pool here, as they are on the slides and lazy rivers. The wave pool was fun, but be ready for people to bump into you as the waves make controling intertubes nearly impossible. There is also a smaller kid version that moves quickly, and has a gig where they dump water from an old-looking water tower on you. You get wave action in the larger, more adult version. The park has two lazy rivers, and neither are too lazy. Here is where you will need the rubber water shoes, so you can wear them on the rides, and they do sell them in their well-stocked gift shop area. Lines to ride these slides moved quickly, but the areas to store you sandles in was at the bottom of the slides, and you had to walk to the top on concrete paths. These slides make up the bulk of the park's water activities. Some are completely enclosed and will twist you, while others are open and aren't so bad. The slides come in various forms, ranging from single and double raft sizes (you do use an inflatable raft on all of the mid-sized slides), to a larger four-seater slide that gave you some uncontrolable twists and turns as you raced toward the bottom. ![]() Our favorite things here included the wave pool, the big lazy river, and the water slides you ride down tubes on. But the concrete can get VERY hot, so wear some rubber water shoes to make the wait in lines bearable. Since 2002, Hartley’s has been the recipient of many awards and accolades for outstanding tourism achievements and ground breaking architecture.This fair-sized water park is a pretty good way to spend a hot day, with everything from high-up, daredevil slides to kiddie pools. Over the last 20 years, Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures has continued to grow offering visitors a suite of innovative, up close wildlife experiences, along with the regular introduction of new wildlife displays. Renovated in 1987 by the Freeman family, the zoo remained at its original site until 2002 when the brand new Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures opened 500m south of Hartley’s Creek, delivering authentic crocodile experiences in a new sustainable eco-attraction. ![]() Work on crocodile conservation at Hartley’s Creek Zoo attracted worldwide interest.ĭocumentaries produced at Hartley’s helped arouse public interest and sympathy for crocodile conservation, leading to the protection of wild crocodiles in 1974.īy now, the Zoo had established a venerable pedigree as one of north Queensland’s leading attractions. Hartley’s was also the first place in Australia to breed crocs in captivity.
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