We all love a beach, of course! But with the cossie livs being what it is, and our busy schedules sometimes making it hard for us to travel far, sometimes you need an affordable solution closer to home. That’s where these amazing swimming pools come in: fitness classes, onsite cafés and even waterslides, check out these Council pools for the perfect family day out!
Centenary Aquatic Centre & Health Club
One of Brisbane’s largest aquatic centres, Centenary Pool is home to a 50-metre outdoor swimming pool, a heated indoor pool and a 25-metre heated outdoor pool. As its name indicates, there is also an on-site health club so you can get your sweat on before going for a dip!
With a wading pool and diving boards for the little ones and a pool deck café, there is something to keep everyone happy this summer!
📍400 Gregory Ter, Spring Hill
Emily Seebohm Aquatic Centre
This charming centre is perfect for a family-friendly outing! It has a large grassy area where you can set up a picnic — there are barbecues available for use or a café if you don’t feel like cooking — as you watch the younger ones splash about in the heated pool, or you can join an aerobics class yourself!
📍523 Telegraph Rd, Fitzgibbon
Hibiscus Sports Complex
It’s never too cool for a swim at Hibiscus Sports Complex because in addition to their outdoor 50-metre pool, the centre offers not one, but two indoor heated pools: a smaller one for beginners and a 25-metre one.
There’s also a health and fitness club, so you can go through your entire fitness routine in one place. And, in the summer, there’s a special treat for the kids: a water play area and a 20-metre tall waterslide!
📍90 Klumpp Rd, Upper Mount Gravatt
Ithaca Pool
Ithaca Pool’s unbeatable location in shady Paddington, with plenty of cafés and bars just a pleasant stroll away, and opposite Suncorp Stadium already make it stand out among the rest.
Add to that its heated outdoor saltwater pool with six lanes, a variety of classes and activities, and an onsite café, and you’ve got the perfect place to relax this summer!
📍14 Caroline St, Paddington
Jindalee Pool
Although currently closed due to storm damage, Jindalee Pool will soon reopen and go back to offering a heated, 18-metre indoor pool for lap swimming, and outdoor 50-metre pool and, best of all for those of us who like to do as much lounging as we do swimming, shaded leisure areas and a café, where you can keep an eye on the kids as they splash in the water play area.
📍11 Yallambee Rd, Jindalee
Manly Pool
A kiosk, an onsite gym, swim lessons, triathlon training and, of course, a 25-metre outdoor pool, are just some of the things that Manly Pool has to offer. Summer is the best time to go, as the kids can take advantage of the fenced splash pool, wading pool and waterslide!
📍1 Fairlead Cres, Manly
Musgrave Park Swimming Centre
With a myriad of classes to fit any schedule, Musgrave Park Swimming Centre has something for everyone and, with nine lanes in its 50-metre outdoor pool, you’ll feel like you have the place to yourself! If you really love an active day they also have tennis courts available for hire.
📍100 Edmondstone St, South Brisbane
Newmarket Olympic Pool
Nothing beats a day at the pool with the whole family, and Newmarket Pool is one of the best places for a wholesome outing. Aside from 2 heated outdoor pools, a heated indoor pool and a fitness centre, the venue boasts slides, a splash pad with tipping bucket and water cannons, a toddlers wading pool and the crown jewel: a giant 30-metre, double-loop waterslide for young daredevils!
📍71 Alderson St, Newmarket
Parkinson Aquatic Centre
With one of the most varied group fitness offerings at its health club, including yoga pilates, aqua, HIIT, boxing, spin, and zumba among many others, Parkinson Aquatic Centre has plenty to keep swimmers and non-swimmers alike occupied! Refuel with a snack or drink at their onsite café for the perfect end to an aquatic day.
📍751 Algester Rd, Parkinson
Spring Hill Baths
Built in 1886, Spring Hill Baths was Brisbane’s first in-ground pool and the oldest surviving swimming pool in the southern hemisphere! And even after so many years, it remains a top-notch place for a dip, or even to learn how to swim.
With heated waters, aqua aerobics, and its gorgeous changing rooms and grandstand seating, this pool brings the beauty of the past and the comforts of the present together seamlessly.
📍14 Torrington St, Spring Hill
Valley Pool
With its stunning heritage brick façade, Valley Pool is a popular site for school swimming carnival, but also boasts facilities and activities for the whole community. Use the 50-metre heated outdoor pool to do some laps or learn to swim, enjoy some water polo or diving and swimming competitions!
📍432 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley
Wynnum Aqua Park
Part of the historic Wynnum Wading Pool, which offers a tranquil escape from the city with its stunning ocean views and salty breeze, Wynnum Aqua Park is truly the place to be for kids in the summer. With water jets, water-spouting whales, a splash tower, tipping bucket and a toddler play area, time will fly by as the little ones splash the day away.
📍137 Wynnum Esplanade, Wynnum
Entry for all Council pools is usually $6.90 per adult and $5.15 per child, although other types of ticket may vary in price.