Water play and swimming for kids in Darwin

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9 places to cool off across the region: water parks, pools, beaches, lakes and swimming spots, nearest first from Darwin. Choose your suburb at the top to sort from where you are staying.

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Waterfalls, lakes and swimming

Darwin Waterfront Wave Lagoon
Water park
Darwin Waterfront Wave Lagoon
Darwin City
under 5 min
Photo: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0
Darwin Waterfront Recreation Lagoon
Swimming spot
Darwin Waterfront Recreation Lagoon
Free saltwater lagoon with a sandy beach, patrolled by lifeguards; a seawall keeps crocodiles out.
under 5 min
Photo: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Pool
Parap Swimming Pool
Parap
about 5 min
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Pool
Nightcliff Pool
Nightcliff
about 15 min
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Pool
Casuarina Aquatic & Leisure Centre
Casuarina
about 15 min
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Water park
Leanyer Recreation Park
Holmes
about 15 min
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Water park
Palmerston Water Park
Palmerston City
about 20 min
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Swimming spot
Howard Springs Rock Pools
Howard Springs Nature Park
Shallow man-made rock pools, a toddler pool and a nature playground; no swimming in the spring-fed waterhole. Open 7.30am-7pm.
about 30 min

Big playgrounds

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Big playground
Bicentennial Park playground
Darwin City
City Centre Master Plan play space in Bicentennial Park on the Esplanade, opposite the DoubleTree Hilton (our record shows water play).
under 5 min
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Region boundary: ABS Tourism Regions 2021 (Tourism Research Australia), CC BY 4.0. Outings from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and venues' own listings; nature spots from OpenStreetMap and park services.