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It’s Slime Time at AQWA until 31st October. Get ready for a whole lot of slimey, gooey, sticky and of course educational fun! Discover how sea creatures use slime to survive in our oceans, how it’s made and what they use it for, from the surface to the deep seas. We went along and got our slime on!    Throughout AQWA there are interesting facts and figures on slime follow the trail and find out how it helps our sea creatures. There is a theatre presentation about slime surfers and all things gooey that live deep in our oceans. Plus  four daily slimey activities to try.  First off at 11am was Parrotfish bubble making challenge, the kids got to experiment with some super slimey bubbles just like parrotfish blow to sleep in!   Next up we visited the colouring station and got our slimey sea creature mask to decorate at the coral reef. We got a slime tattoo at 1pm in  Adventure Bay, which is a great space for the activities and has a toddlers play ground, covered seating area in the outdoor

Pirate Play area - Secret Harbour Shopping Centre

This weekend saw the opening of the new outdoor pirate play area at Secret Harbour Square right next to Jamaica Blue! We’ve been pretty excited about this opening with a baby and a toddler it’s a total win, win, coffee and an enclosed play area!    The play area not only looks amazing with a very cool ‘sail the seven seas’ mural along the back wall it has great play equipment offering a fantastic space for little ones to explore and play in after shopping or while you have coffee and something to eat at Jamaica Blue!    The play park is fenced and accessed by a secure gate in the alfresco area of Jamaica Blue, you can also see the play park from the rear seating area inside the cafe.  There is another secure gate on the street side of the play park so you can stay and play anytime.    There are three individual sections that make up the pirate ship, all with different features one that has lots of climbing ropes and cool port holes to look out of. The middle section is slightly lower f