Melbourne Cable Park (Bangholme)

Melbourne Cable Park is Melbourne's newest outdoor recreation facility located at Bangholme in south east Melbourne.

The park includes:

A cable wakeboarding park which has wakeboarding, kneeboarding and waterskiing throughput the year. Cable wakeboarding allows you to wakeboard, kneeboard or ski without a boat. The overhead cable system pulls riders around the lake. Riders grab a handle, take off from the start dock and complete laps of the lake. There are strategically placed obstacles around the lake.

There are two full-size cable systems. On the Main Lake, the cable runs clockwise. On the Front Lake it runs anti-clockwise. Both lakes have a selection of obstacles. There is also a two-tower system which runs back and forth which is ideal for beginners.

Melbourne Cable Park (Bangholme)

An Aqua Fun Park which has inflatable obstacles on the surface where you can bounce, slide and splash your way over the bridges, down the slides, onto the trampoline and through the hamster wheels.

Minimum age is 5 years. Kids under 12 must be accompanied on the water by an adult - Max of 6 kids per accompanying adult. All participants must have basic level of swimming and a reasonable level of fitness. A life jacket which must be worn at all times.

Climb Melbourne is Australia's newest high-rope adventure. Containing five levels of adventure, Climb Melbourne is the ultimate urban high-rope experience! There is no need for little climbers to miss out! The Kids' Climb is a lower-level ropes course for 5 to 10-year-olds.

Melbourne Cable Park (Bangholme)

There are two extra climbing activities which are purchased separately:

Free Fall - Step off the top of the tower and experience the thrill of the challenge whilst descending safely to the ground
Giant Swing - Just like the swing at the playground but this one is a lot bigger..

Conditions for Climbing are:
Urban High Ropes

Minimum height: 125cm
Kids measuring 125-140cm must be accompanied on the tower by a paying adult
Minimum height to use the tower unaccompanied: 140cm

Kid's Climb

Age: 5-10 years old
Height: 100-140cm
Kids' course is not suitable for adults. Adults can walk alongside the kids' course free of charge

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Summer Movies
Melbourne Cable Park (Bangholme)

Grab the family, your friends, some mates and get down to the Melbourne Cable Park to watch your favourite films at our permanent outdoor cinema. Live Music from a local artist is playing before nearly every movie.

We are running family movies everyday during the holidays and on weekends until end of March. Our Outdoor Cinema utilises the latest LED screen technology to allow us to screen our movies without needing to wait for Dark begin our screenings. This means we can run our movies at any time during daylight hours (no need to keep the kids awake until dark to watch a movie).

Movie Details & Costs

Review:

The area is huge and has a lake with an inflatable water fun park, two lakes for wake boarding or water skiing with obstacles and a huge climbing tower.

Our whole family had a brilliant time at the Aqua Fun Park. It's like you are in your own version of the TV show 'Wipeout'. The phrase 'It's harder than it looks' has never been truer. Some of the obstacles, especially the rolling hills, have been greased up to make them super challenging.

It is generally necessary to book a session time online in advance since sessions are often booked out. There is a limit to how many people can be on the course at one time. Session start on the hour and last for 50 minutes.

It is advised to come 30 minutes before your scheduled session so that you have time to check in and hear the safety briefing which is held ten minutes before the session starts. The entire cable park covers a large area and the check-in area for the Aqua Fun Park is in the middle near the main car park. After signing the waiver and checking in, you walk down to the inflatables area.

There are some restrictions for safety. These are:

Minimum age is 5 years old
All kids aged 5 to 9 years old inclusive (under 10s) must be accompanied on the inflatables by a paying adult
One adult can supervise up to 6 kids
All participants must be able to swim
A life jacket must be worn at all times

The inflatable obstacle course is set in a pond / lake. If you do fall off and end up in the water, don't expect to land in pristine blue swimming pool water, it's more like slightly murky dam water. Enjoy the experience and keep your mouth closed would be the best idea.

There are tables along the side of the water with umbrellas for shade.

The climbing tower is scary but has a lot of fun and quirky elements such as riding a pink galah, riding a wooden barrel, using a rowing boat to cross a section, climbing across a rainbow and riding a go kart. There is also a fast descent down to a soft mat below on a pulley system plus a swinging seat as optional extras.

It is possible for a non climber to sign a disclaimer form and go up a series of steps (which have walls) to viewing platforms at the top for great views across the park.

The staff were very friendly and helpful and it is easy to see why this place has become so popular.

Take the turn-off from Riverend Road to the National Water Sports Centre to get to the park.

Photos: Aqua Fun Park

Photos: Ropes Course

Photos: Wakeboarding

Photos: All Activities