By Matthew Cornell Chermside Aquatic Centre turned out to be…read morea handy, cost effective alternative to the big theme parks and all that goes with them ( ie cost, road trip, finding a park, finding food, finding shade.... Need I go on?). We had a lovely afternoon here today. My son is 16 and probably on the upper limit of fitting in to the queues for slides and wet activities, but for kids between 5 and 16 I'd say this place is a hit. There were tent loads of groups on the back lawn today and plenty of shade still for me to sit and doze. Staff were reasonably friendly but there was a high emphasis on safety. Plenty of attentive lifeguards and slide supervisors, only one person permitted on the slides at any time and the cafe stocked hot food and the usual assortment of cold and icy refreshments. A cost effective afternoon. Marked down for lack of parking. My score is 4 out of 5.

As well as boring old pool and swim school, the Chermside Aquatic Centre has the northside's own…read moremini water park that will provide endless weekends of fun for the whole family over the summer months. With four big water slides and four little ones with a splash pool for the smaller fish, it's sure to mean quiet nights for mums and dads when the kids are in bed early too! There are plenty of shaded areas to camp out on and a cafe inside to provide the caffeine hits necessary to listen to shrieking children. Entry is very reasonable considering how much entertainment can be had, at $9 for kids and $13 for adults. Great way to spend a sunny Sunday!

I can't believe the other review that I have just read…read more Quite the opposite, I love the Dolphins Aquatic Centre, and find it extremely clean. Some of the best lockers, clean change room, along with amazing showers, with private doors on the shower area. As far as the pool area, once again, extremely clean, with safe walk ways around the pool area. Yes, some of the classes attract many people, wanting to exercise with Aqua Aerobics, but the area is so large, no one is close to the other. It's a great venue to be part of, and the club has a standard to keep and excel, in my opinion, it meets these high standards. Bill Scurry.

This facility has issues with cleanliness and with allowing too many people in the pool at one time…read moreall throughout the COVID pandemic. They do not practice any type of distancing at all. I seldom go out of the house except for swimming, however in the last 2 months, I have gotten seriously ill twice with pneumonia after being there, and have caught athlete's foot more than once as well (never had that before in my life before going to Dolphins). I have made the decision to go elsewhere as I cannot afford to be sick continually. We also observed the bathrooms and change rooms extremely dirty and the floors very slippery and are a fall risk.