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April Public Holidays – Opening Hours

Wishing you and your family a happy and safe Easter break from everyone at PARC. Thank you for your support over the summer period, and we look forward to seeing you in Centre again soon!   

April is a busy month with School Holidays, Easter and the ANZAC Day Public Holiday, so we wanted to provide you with an update on opening hours and operations.   

PARC Centre opening hours: 

  PARC Hours  Green Waterslide Hours 
Monday 11 April – Thursday 14 April 

PARC school holiday program 

5AM – 9PM 

 

Normal operations 

10AM – 7PM 
Friday 15 April 

Good Friday 

Closed  NA 
Saturday 16 April 

Easter Saturday Public Holiday  

7AM – 7PM  10AM – 6PM 
Sunday 17 April 

Easter Sunday 

7AM – 7PM  10AM – 6PM 
Monday 18 April 

Easter Monday Public Holiday 

7AM – 7PM  10AM – 6PM 
Tuesday 19 April – Friday 22 April 

PARC school holiday program 

5AM – 9PM 

 

Normal operations 

10AM – 7PM 
Monday 25 April 

ANZAC Day Public Holiday 

1PM – 7PM  1PM-6PM 

PARC Swim:
Term 1 2022 lessons end on Thursday 14 April 2022.
Term 2 2022 lessons start on Tuesday 26 April 2022. 

Café:
Will be operating as normal. See hours here. We will also have a school holidays special meal deals for the little ones, check out the menu in Centre! 

Creche: 
Will be operating as normal during the School Holidays but closed on the Public Holidays. Note – children up to and including 9 years of age can attend during the school Holiday period. 2022 enrolment forms available HERE. 

Group Exercise:
We will have a limited instructor led timetable available over the Easter long weekend, and no classes on ANZAC Day. We will also be putting on loads more Virtuals to keep you moving over the break. See the timetable HERE. 

WHAT’S ON AT PARC THESE APRIL SCHOOL HOLIDAYS?
Come on down to PARC these school holidays. We have your fun family day sorted with our Aquatic Playground and green Constrictor waterslide. We will also have other exciting activities including face painting, balloon twisting and there may even be a visit from the Easter Bunny (shhhh, it’s a surprise)!  

Unfortunately, our famous Splashtown obstacle course is having a rest these school holidays, as we make repairs on some of the elements. We will be back with our full Splashy obstacle course for our Winter School Holiday program, in June.  

Our holiday program will run from Monday 11 April – Friday 22 April, excluding Public Holidays.  

See you in Centre for a splash! 

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