Water Fun During The Hot Weather

It's been a bit warm in Perth of late. Perfect weather for enjoying some fun in the water. Just before New Years we visited some friends who have a pool. With The Boy's water blasters that he received for Christmas we had a great time.

Stealth mode "ON" Identity hidden.

Comin' to get ya.

Givin' it to 'em

Airborne attack.

Bombie Boy.

Last weekend we went to Kalamunda Wet 'N' Wild with some other friends. Bought a family ticket which gave a significant saving. The girl looked at us a bit funny. He and his son were dark-skinned Indians and me and my son were white-skinned Aussies. Well, the family ticket said two adults and two kids. Nothing about being an actual family. Lucky me - we saved $18 on the entry fee. The temperature hit 42.9C but didn't feel like any more than 25 whilst we were wet. The following day was 42.7C and the day after reached 41.1C.

The slides were great fun. There's two major slides, a fast slide and a four way side-by-side where everyone can race. The pool is quite good also with a one metre diving board and a three meter diving board. I dove off the smaller board but couldn't risk it off the larger one. Several people were doing huge bombies and were very entertaining. Once we were all dry though the heat was absolutely baking. And I nearly left behind my wallet when they emptied the locker contents and it dropped out before being given to me. Gotta be careful.

Water slides at Wet 'n' Wild.

Wading pool at Wet 'n' Wild.

View from car park at Wet 'n' Wild.

Look out below at Wet 'n' Wild.

Kalamunda Wet 'N" Wild Waterslides

Yesterday was the last day of the school holidays. I'd been meaning to take the boy somewhere for a day out and Kalamunda Wet 'N" Wild with their waterslides seemed the ideal place. Actually, there are three water parks around Perth, the others being Adventure World and The Great Escape. The boy had been to Wet 'N' Wild during the school holidays with his child care but I was up for a day of sliding. Gee, I must have been about eight years old the last time I did it.

The slides were pretty cool with the Yellow Devil Zig Zag Tube and the Red Monster Corkscrew Tube open all the time. The Awesome Foursome and the Screaming Demon opened alternatively for 30 minutes to allow the pool at the bottom to open. It takes some 9-11 seconds to complete the Screaming Demon and the boy wanted to have a go. The lifeguard said that as he was under ten years of age I had to go to the front office to sign a form allowing him to go on it. Ok, he said that he rode it when at child care. So we went all the way back to the front office, received a stamp as a pass and just as we got back at the slide it was closed. Bugger.

Half an hour later it reopened and we were one of the first on it. Excellent. The second time I went down I closed my eyes the whole way to see what the feeling was like. I survived.

We spent five hours, minus half an hour for lunch that Miky prepared for us, riding the slides. My left quadriceps are killing me. Not sure if I hurt it on one of the slides or by climbing the steps and ramp so many times. Worth the effort though as it was a great way to spend a hot day. The temperature did hit 36.9 degrees C.