Bright Splash Park
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Paul
Melbourne, Australia34 contributions
Jan 2021
Our kids (seven and five) and myself had a great time playing in the splash park. We were in Bright for four days and we were at the park and in the river every day for hours. The Splash Park has a range of water-based play including spray guns, hoops to run through, fountains and an enormous water dumper.
There are lawn areas for a picnic and loads of shady trees.
Next to the park there is a diving board into the deeper part of the river along with two water slides - the steel slide is free and the green water slide is a $1 donation to the Rotary Club for each use. There are life savers on duty during summer between 1pm and 6pm.
There are lawn areas for a picnic and loads of shady trees.
Next to the park there is a diving board into the deeper part of the river along with two water slides - the steel slide is free and the green water slide is a $1 donation to the Rotary Club for each use. There are life savers on duty during summer between 1pm and 6pm.
Written January 18, 2021
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666Victoria666
Mildura, Australia158 contributions
Oct 2020
While I imagine this area could become quite packed in summer, our visit was fine on a warm weekday. The splash area and accompanying “get wet” areas are great for kids of all ages. Great how the area embraces the natural river. Nice to see children run and play on the river bed, playing with the rocks and exploring. Very good toilets near by. An area ruled not by signs but by commonsense
Written October 9, 2020
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Louicacba
Melbourne, Australia138 contributions
Apr 2019 • Family
We travelled with another family and all 5 kids exhausted themselves using the slide, swimming across the river and generally just mucking around. They even went back the next morning when the water was very cold, just to get some more fun in before we left. A handy shaded beer garden just up the bank from which you can supervise too!
Written January 25, 2020
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C...
Victoria, Australia58,182 contributions
Oct 2020
What an incredible idea! This park will enchant children and adults alike... this playground is designed for the warmer months. It is filled full of watery delights such as guns that shoot water, unexpected fountains and it's all at the edge of the creek.
Nearby there is a diving board and a slide that sends you right into the Ovens River. It's a delightful idea and you can imagine the squeals from children as they are hit with unexpected bursts of water.
Nearby there is a diving board and a slide that sends you right into the Ovens River. It's a delightful idea and you can imagine the squeals from children as they are hit with unexpected bursts of water.
Written October 23, 2020
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John G
Echuca, Australia168 contributions
Nov 2020
This is a wonderful facility for all the family to enjoy. Plenty of cool, clean water, a variety of action sites for the children, delightfully maintained and so clean. Everything was well-maintained and staff were obviously devoted to maintaining a high class facility. This is credit to the town.
Written November 28, 2020
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Wendy12045
Melbourne, Australia98 contributions
Jan 2021 • Family
Took a 3 and 6 year old and they had a ball here. So much to do with lots of huge trees to sit under. Would recommend this as a family activity. Playground nearby as well and restaurant a short walk as well.
Written January 27, 2021
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JordsRP
Geelong, Australia89 contributions
Dec 2020 • Family
Located in the city centre. If you have kids, they will enjoy this park. Good place to take a dip during warm/hot weather. Lifeguards are on duty. Quite a few fun things for kids and adults to enjoy. Fon’t forget to have a go at the slides.
Written January 9, 2021
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Peter S
Rome, Italy3,904 contributions
Nov 2020
Review covers Splash Park in Centenary Park on Delany Avenue in Bright
State government had relaxed lockdown constraints and, from Monday 09Nov20, the entire state was available to us. We had already planned ahead and were up and out early that morning leading the exodus from the city for the emptiness of the Victorian Highlands to the north. The Great Alpine Road and the sparkling novelty of Bright beckoned – it was our first visit there -- time to explore the township and surroundings in times of Covid-19.
We had close on a week in Bright at a gorgeous Airbnb place on Delany Road east of the township, with a 10 minutes-walk into town most days that took us over the Morses Creek Bridge, which is how we came to find Splash Park. Lean over the parapet and watch the kids (and sometimes the mums and dads with them) chancing their luck with the different activities in the Splash Park playground and in the adjacent open water.
It was an immediate attraction for our two kids, and we eventually spent three afternoons that week in the shallow water of the creek building dams, swimming in the deeper more challenging flow of the Ovens River (just the oldies in the group) and exploring the showers, races, water guns and bucket dump of the well-organized Splash Park.
The place was literally a kids’ heaven and easily became the highlight of our week in Bright that mid-November; sunny spring weather for much of the time and with the water really cold, but not sufficient to reduce the enthusiasm of everyone for time well-spent in Centenary Park. And the name of the park? To one side of the green sward there’s a small rock cairn (with what looks like a dredging bucket on top) with a plaque that dates from 1962. It celebrates the original pioneers to the district 100 years ago.
Splash Park is to one side of the Morses Creek where it joins the Ovens River. There’s a foot/bike bridge over the creek at this point that neatly links both sides of Centenary Park (otherwise you’d have to ford the creek – water up to your mid-calves – or walk back to the Delany/main road bridge. So, the foot/bike bridge is a good place to watch the kids (of all ages) in Splash Park, the little ones in the creek and the big ones in the Ovens River.
There’s also a couple of big kid/adult activities – slides each side of the river and a running/jumping pier/deck that enables you to reach mid-river with a reasonable sprint - the realm of the adventurous/big kids. You’d need to be confident in the water when in the Ovens River, however, for it’s well over your head at centre with fast-moving flow. There’s a second footbridge, this time across the Ovens River, a few metres from where the Morses Creek joins and, crucially, downstream of the bridge is a steep section of rapids. No one was swimming close to the wide-span bridge.
For all the reference to potential hazards and skill levels required this was a place of fun with a capital ‘F’, and a considerable asset to the community for locals and tourists alike. Our compliments to the township with the planning and investment made. No reference to admission fee – everything is available gratis (although this may not be the case with the larger of the two slides).
We tended to stay on the grass across from the concrete deck/pipes and formal play area of Splash Park next to the Morses Creek. Here we could capture the afternoon sun and easily follow our two little kids into the water – this thing about kids and water and the need to keep everyone in sight and within arms length.*
For much of our time we enjoyed the challenge of rebuilding an older and defunct DIY dam across the Morses Creek, raising the height of the water upstream of the dam by 100 mm or so and leaving a gap at centre of a metre or more that provided an exciting speed hike for our small inflatable plastic float/boat. So, lots of time drifting 50 m downstream, climbing out and walking back on the grass to repeat the cycle – with an adult always in tow/on board.
From where we were seated, we could watch the few courageous kids and adults collecting beneath the bucket dump – they looked cold huddled together – for the auto cycle of ‘fill and tip’ which cascades >50 litres of water from a height of >4 m. No, we did not venture to share that particular challenge. You’re also out of range of the water guns when across the creek.
The other advantage of sitting where we did was access to the public-toilets just 70 m up the slope on Mountbatten Ave. The larger slide was located on the river behind the toilets. It was locked up, out-of-use and seemed to be semi-abandoned; it also looked like a ‘slide-too-far’ for our kids – steep, curved, fast.
And the other attractive feature of Splash Park – location, location, location – it was just five minutes from the gelateria on Delany Ave. Without fail, once tiredness set in and when the afternoon was ending, we headed to the gelateria to enjoy the delights of the ice cream choices/flavours offered. Not the most attractive pavement on which to sit, but there were no complaints with taste and with the pleasure eating that followed.
Bright, for us, will always be memories of the delightful water park around the confluence of the creek and the river followed by some delicious gelati.
Peter Steele
15Jan21
*Don’t take any chances in the water given annual drowning statistics in the country. In the 12 months to June 2020 248 people drowned of which 82 were in inland waterways.
State government had relaxed lockdown constraints and, from Monday 09Nov20, the entire state was available to us. We had already planned ahead and were up and out early that morning leading the exodus from the city for the emptiness of the Victorian Highlands to the north. The Great Alpine Road and the sparkling novelty of Bright beckoned – it was our first visit there -- time to explore the township and surroundings in times of Covid-19.
We had close on a week in Bright at a gorgeous Airbnb place on Delany Road east of the township, with a 10 minutes-walk into town most days that took us over the Morses Creek Bridge, which is how we came to find Splash Park. Lean over the parapet and watch the kids (and sometimes the mums and dads with them) chancing their luck with the different activities in the Splash Park playground and in the adjacent open water.
It was an immediate attraction for our two kids, and we eventually spent three afternoons that week in the shallow water of the creek building dams, swimming in the deeper more challenging flow of the Ovens River (just the oldies in the group) and exploring the showers, races, water guns and bucket dump of the well-organized Splash Park.
The place was literally a kids’ heaven and easily became the highlight of our week in Bright that mid-November; sunny spring weather for much of the time and with the water really cold, but not sufficient to reduce the enthusiasm of everyone for time well-spent in Centenary Park. And the name of the park? To one side of the green sward there’s a small rock cairn (with what looks like a dredging bucket on top) with a plaque that dates from 1962. It celebrates the original pioneers to the district 100 years ago.
Splash Park is to one side of the Morses Creek where it joins the Ovens River. There’s a foot/bike bridge over the creek at this point that neatly links both sides of Centenary Park (otherwise you’d have to ford the creek – water up to your mid-calves – or walk back to the Delany/main road bridge. So, the foot/bike bridge is a good place to watch the kids (of all ages) in Splash Park, the little ones in the creek and the big ones in the Ovens River.
There’s also a couple of big kid/adult activities – slides each side of the river and a running/jumping pier/deck that enables you to reach mid-river with a reasonable sprint - the realm of the adventurous/big kids. You’d need to be confident in the water when in the Ovens River, however, for it’s well over your head at centre with fast-moving flow. There’s a second footbridge, this time across the Ovens River, a few metres from where the Morses Creek joins and, crucially, downstream of the bridge is a steep section of rapids. No one was swimming close to the wide-span bridge.
For all the reference to potential hazards and skill levels required this was a place of fun with a capital ‘F’, and a considerable asset to the community for locals and tourists alike. Our compliments to the township with the planning and investment made. No reference to admission fee – everything is available gratis (although this may not be the case with the larger of the two slides).
We tended to stay on the grass across from the concrete deck/pipes and formal play area of Splash Park next to the Morses Creek. Here we could capture the afternoon sun and easily follow our two little kids into the water – this thing about kids and water and the need to keep everyone in sight and within arms length.*
For much of our time we enjoyed the challenge of rebuilding an older and defunct DIY dam across the Morses Creek, raising the height of the water upstream of the dam by 100 mm or so and leaving a gap at centre of a metre or more that provided an exciting speed hike for our small inflatable plastic float/boat. So, lots of time drifting 50 m downstream, climbing out and walking back on the grass to repeat the cycle – with an adult always in tow/on board.
From where we were seated, we could watch the few courageous kids and adults collecting beneath the bucket dump – they looked cold huddled together – for the auto cycle of ‘fill and tip’ which cascades >50 litres of water from a height of >4 m. No, we did not venture to share that particular challenge. You’re also out of range of the water guns when across the creek.
The other advantage of sitting where we did was access to the public-toilets just 70 m up the slope on Mountbatten Ave. The larger slide was located on the river behind the toilets. It was locked up, out-of-use and seemed to be semi-abandoned; it also looked like a ‘slide-too-far’ for our kids – steep, curved, fast.
And the other attractive feature of Splash Park – location, location, location – it was just five minutes from the gelateria on Delany Ave. Without fail, once tiredness set in and when the afternoon was ending, we headed to the gelateria to enjoy the delights of the ice cream choices/flavours offered. Not the most attractive pavement on which to sit, but there were no complaints with taste and with the pleasure eating that followed.
Bright, for us, will always be memories of the delightful water park around the confluence of the creek and the river followed by some delicious gelati.
Peter Steele
15Jan21
*Don’t take any chances in the water given annual drowning statistics in the country. In the 12 months to June 2020 248 people drowned of which 82 were in inland waterways.
Written January 17, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Dem11
Melbourne, Australia181 contributions
Dec 2017 • Family
Our family (2 adults and 2 children ages 7 and 5) loved this place! There’s lots to do; water park, diving board into the river, slide into the river, another slide into the river (cost $5 for 6 rides) and tubing on the river. Also nice to have a drink at the Bright Brewery which overlooks the splash park.
We also walked up the river and took our tubes down back to the main part of the river - great fun! Will definitely be back.
We also walked up the river and took our tubes down back to the main part of the river - great fun! Will definitely be back.
Written January 3, 2018
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Ritasaurus
Greensborough, Australia265 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
Lovely spot for kids to have some fun
Very busy though and the queues for the slides were quite long.
Very busy though and the queues for the slides were quite long.
Written December 29, 2019
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- Hotels near Bright Splash Park:
- (0.15 mi) BIG4 Tasman Holiday Parks - Bright
- (0.10 mi) Bright Motor Inn
- (0.08 mi) Centenary Peaks
- (0.10 mi) Coach House Inn
- (0.08 mi) Delany by the Park - House
- Restaurants near Bright Splash Park:
- (0.03 mi) Ginger Baker
- (0.07 mi) Tomahawks
- (0.10 mi) Dr Mauve Bar and Lounge
- (0.09 mi) The Riverdeck Kitchen
- (0.08 mi) Billy Button Cellar Door Bright
- Attractions near Bright Splash Park:
- (0.10 mi) Bright Electric Bikes
- (0.09 mi) Cloud9 Cinema
- (0.07 mi) Bright Brewery
- (0.09 mi) Alpine Visitors Information Centre Bright
- (0.15 mi) Howitt Park