WetSide Water Park records biggest week of visitors ever

More than 10,000 people visited Hervey Bay’s WetSide Water Park from Boxing Day to New Year’s Eve 2022 – the largest number of visitors in a week since the park opened 13 years ago.

Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour said it was fantastic to see the facility going from strength to strength, with WetSide proving popular with both local residents and visitors to the region.

“WetSide is a great place to keep cool and have fun with something for everyone, including waterslides, a water play arena, TotSide for under-fives play as well as a new Aqua Ninja course that is the first of its kind in Australia,” he said.

“Council undertook an extensive maintenance program in 2022, including resurfacing all the softfall in the main area, so it is terrific to see almost 50,000 people have made the most of the refreshed facility since it reopened in October.

“Having more than 10,000 people visit WetSide in the last six days of 2022 shows just how much the water park is enjoyed by the community and how important it is as a tourist attraction.”

Cr Seymour said more than 1,000 people had challenged themselves on the Aqua Ninja adventure course since it opened on 5 November 2022.

“The waterslides also continue to be a hit with more than 5,000 slide passes sold between October and December 2022,” he said.

Cr Seymour said WetSide regularly received excellent reviews on tourism websites and magazines.

“WetSide has gained global attention in recent years and is currently ranked one of the best water parks in Australia,” he said.

Cr Seymour said the WetSide Water Park was an important part of the Fraser Coast Regional Council’s plan to build better communities together, maintain our unique lifestyle and grow our local economy.

WetSide is open seven days from 10am to 5pm during school holidays with more information available at www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/wetside-water-park.