Day 3067 - The Lovin Life Linky - The Fun Stuff Edition

Today let's just hang out by the pool for a while.

Floating down the "river" at Jamberoo Action Park

This week Canberra had its birthday which of course means a public holiday for the ACT.  It's a bit of a Canberra tradition that we ACTinians head to Jamberoo for a day of slides, tubes and water fun while the rest of NSW is conveniently stuck at school and work.  No crowds and minimal wait times!

What is Jamberoo?

Well first and foremost it's the name of a village in the hinterland of the Kiama region. Nestled at the bottom of Jamberoo Mountain Road it's a scenic spot that's well worth the drive from the Hume Highway, through Moss Vale, down through Robertson and through the Budderoo National Park.

Secondly it's the home of Jamberoo Action Park which is an ever-growing water theme park with water slides of all descriptions from the intense, to the kiddie and everything in between.

This photo borrowed from Visit NSW

 Both the Perfect Storm (new) and the Funnel Web are crazy funnel style slides that send you screaming through the dark, only to be spat out into a big funnel where you slide up and down each side frantically before being "flushed down the toilet", through the pipes and land safely in the pool below.

Sounds horrific? Not at all.  It's bloody good fun.

Then there are the slides that are built on the side of the hill for a winding trip to the bottom.  Plus the racing slides, the Taipan, the wave pool, the river rapids, the 5 metre cliff jump at "The Rock", the chairlifts to the Bobsled (the only dry rides) and Banjo's Billabong where you'll find the more sedate rides for the younger kids and those wanting a little less "action".

Banjo's Billabong

For the really small members of the family they've also got Billabong Beach which has shallow wading pools, animals to climb over, very small slides and a huge bucket of water that spills over you at intervals throughout the day.

The best part about Jamberoo is that it's not your standard concrete water park, You can get around without burning your feet off. The fact that it's at the bottom of a rain forest mountain means it's always green and there's lush grass and plenty of trees to add a bit of tranquility to the excitement. Of course, wherever the grass is green it means they get rain, so there are times when the park may be a bit drizzly. But hey, you're getting wet anyway right?

They also allow you to bring in your own food and have lots of picnic areas and huts set up where you can leave your esky.  For anyone with valuables there are plenty of lockers available for $10 a day plus there are food vendors, gifts shops and even a surf shop.

All in all it's heaps of fun and well worth the trip!

From Canberra it takes around 2.5 hours and from the outskirts of Sydney around an hour and fifteen minutes. It's only half an hour from Wollongong and about 10 minutes from Kiama. It's not exactly a cheap family outing at around $60 per adult and around $50 per child.  Comparable to most theme parks though. Children 3 and under are free.

If you are driving down from the Hume Highway, keep an eye out for the Jamberoo Lookout along the way which provides spectacular views over hills and paddocks to the Pacific Ocean.  Also keep an eye out for the signs to the Illawarra Fly Walk which is a high boardwalk through the treetops of the rain forest half way down the mountain.

So there you have it.  That's what I'm lovin' about life this week; the fact that we got to spend a family day with our granddaughter at Jamberoo.

Have you been to Jamberoo?

What water parks have you been to?

Anyone want to get flushed down the toilet?

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