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Life Saving Victoria has announced that Adventure Park Geelong has become the first ever waterpark to become accredited with the Watch Around Water child supervision program.

Adventure Park Geelong is Victoria’s biggest water theme park with 24 epic rides and attractions including the Tornado, the Aqua Racer and the Gold Rush Rapids. The facility includes a wide range of wet and dry facilities and attracts huge visitor numbers from Victoria, Interstate and Overseas each year.

As a part of their registration Adventure Park have been supplied with a range of new resources to assist with the implementation of the program and staff training which will be conducted prior to the park opening in October.

The program aims to encourage parents and guardians to take on the responsibility of active supervision, whilst also providing aquatic facility operators with strategies to support this important safety initiative.

If successfully implemented the program aims to ultimately reduce the number of fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents in the under 10-year age group.

Life Saving Victoria Pool Safety Coordinator Amy Cross explains “LSV is delighted that Adventure Park have made this vital commitment to guest safety and we’re excited to support the venue team as they initiate the program this summer.”

Adventure Park will join 167 Victorian aquatic facilities on the program, which aims to increase awareness of the importance of active supervision of young children at aquatic facilities.

For more information about the WAW program and the full list of accredited facilities go to lsv.com.au/pool-safety-services/watch-around-water

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