Eureka Aquatic Center

Great place to briefly cool- off, and have a poolside bbq/ picnic .... however the smaller 1m pool nearest to the often closed kiosk needs some TLC. The filter doesn't appear to be working properly lately, you can catch strands of other people's hair between your fingers while wading in the shallow water, along with debris, used bandaids, leaves and clumps of dirt/ cement etc. The splash park is often out of order for the little ones too. 😞 The concrete surface around the pool closest to the entry appears to be breaking up and washing away and has sunk around the outlet filters entry pipes posing a real safety risk to staff and patrons. Several children kept tripping over this filter outlet ( see in attached photo) , my daughter included ( scraped knees) which I suspect is the reason for all those floating bandaids in the pool? Please Ballarat Council, can we do better than this? I really want to give this pool a university city worthy review now, and well into the future. How about a couple of waterslides, every other regional city, including Geelong and Bendigo has a decent aquatic centre with waterslides.

Great place to briefly cool- off, and have a poolside bbq/ picnic .... however the smaller 1m pool nearest to the often closed kiosk needs some TLC. The filter doesn't appear to be working properly lately, you can catch strands of other people's hair between your fingers while wading in the shallow water, along with debris, used bandaids, leaves and clumps of dirt/ cement etc. The splash park is often out of order for the little ones too. 😞 The concrete surface around the pool closest to the entry appears to be breaking up and washing away and has sunk around the outlet filters entry pipes posing a real safety risk to staff and patrons. Several children kept tripping over this filter outlet ( see in attached photo) , my daughter included ( scraped knees) which I suspect is the reason for all those floating bandaids in the pool? Please Ballarat Council, can we do better than this? I really want to give this pool a university city worthy review now, and well into the future. How about a couple of waterslides, every other regional city, including Geelong and Bendigo has a decent aquatic centre with waterslides.

Lazily mismanaged. Literally one lane available for swimming laps in to share with about 10 other swimmers. The rest booked out for classes in peak hour and one full of water walking people who don’t need a lane. Wasn’t told on purchase, and availability isn’t communicated online either. Don’t bother unless you’re a toddler.