New Gold Coast water park features 317m of slides and giant tipping bucket

If there were ever a reason to staycation on the Gold Coast, it’s this epic new multimillion-dollar water park. Here’s when it opens.

IF there were ever a reason to staycation on the Gold Coast, it’s this — Helensvale’s Big4 Holiday Park is now home to an epic multimillion-dollar water park.

Officially opening to guests of the park on Friday, the water park is considered to be the tallest play structure in a holiday park in the southern hemisphere with a combined water slide length of 317m.

Channel 7 presenter Liz Cantor and her son Kit, three, were among the first to test the waters today, wasting no time getting wet and wild.

“I love it — it’s so much fun,” Ms Cantor said.

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Big 4 Holiday Park in Helensvale’s huge new water park – "the southern hemisphere’s biggest water park located inside a holiday park" with combined slide length of 317m. Picture: Jerad Williams

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“Anything on the Gold Coast that encourages locals and tourists to holiday at home with a bit of laughter and excitement is awesome.

“I love that you can bring a three-year-old along. Today we started on the beginner slides, and within no time at all, he’s wanting to go up and up and get braver and braver. It’s really good as a parent to see that confidence in the water.”

Helensvale Big4 Gold Coast Holiday Park owner Theo Whitmont said the new addition takes the accommodation’s entertainment offerings to the next level.

“We wanted to build it because our guests want to have a holiday that goes from sun up to sun down,” Mr Whitmont said.

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Liz Cantor and her son Kit, 3, checking out the water slides. Picture: Jerad Williams

“The competition is high, there are a lot of water parks out there, we wanted to be able to offer the biggest and the brightest and the best for our customers.

“When mum and dad come home and the kids are still going, this is going to be another opportunity for the kids to play until later.”

The water park is fed by two underground swimming pools and has had engineers from as far as Turkey help to bring it to fruition.

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Liz says the water park is great for building children’s confidence in the water. Picture: Jerad Williams

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“It’s been in planning for about two years and the build itself took about six months. It’s a huge investment,” Mr Whitmont said.

“Underground there’s two domestic swimming pools, which hold 90,000L of water.

“It’s very exciting, it’s one of those rare opportunities in your life to impact people for many years.”

The park features six tube and open slides, a giant tipping bucket and multiple water spouts and fountains, for exclusive use of guests of the park.