The Beach was Wonderland’s seasonal water park, which first opened in 1988. Unlike the rest of the park, which operated year-round, The Beach closed during the winter months (June–September). Family slides like the Aqua Tube, Mountain Cascade and the steep Free Fall and Speed Slide made it one of Sydney’s favourite summer destinations.
Rides and attractions
Aqua Tube
The Aqua Tube was a large tube ride that was located on the Beach Tower, about 3/4 of the way way. In order to ride guests need to have queued in the queue house at the exit to the slide. (On a busy day the queue was always well over an…
Free Fall
At 35m high, the Free Fall was easily the fastest ride at the Beach area. Once you made your way up the 20 flights of stairs, and as long as you were over the height restriction of 137cm (which was the highest in the park) you could hop on…
Mountain Cascade
Mountain Cascade was small ride tucked away in the corner at the Beach. It was quite simple. Guests would queue up next to the pool at the bottom where they would be handed a small tube. You would walk your tube up to the top of the slide,…
Speed Slide
Speed Slide was the little brother to the free fall. It was also 35 metres high, and shared the top podium of the Beach Tower with it. Owing to the nature of the slide, Speed Slide was a lot more popular with children (over 137cm) and…
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Wonderland’s very own water park was built in 1988 and opened on the 4th of December 1988.
Unlike the rest of the park, which remained open year-round, The Beach was a seasonal attraction which closed during the winter months (April–September).
The Beach had two pools, a large swimming pool and a smaller wading pool. As well as the pools The Beach had 4 different waterslides. Mountain Cascade Free Fall Speed Slide Aqua Tube