Southside Aquatic Centre

Water polo is taking over Southside this Saturday! 🤽‍♀️🏐

Join Rockhampton Water Polo from 2:30PM to 4:30PM for an afternoon of games, followed by dinner at the Leichhardt from 5PM.

Pool entry is just $3, with a gold coin donation for the prize pool.

THIS SATURDAY

Register now:
https://forms.gle/FrZGiVMf1cWqXrxv6

Swim first, treat second… or treat first, we won’t judge 😍

Poppies’ September specials are here at Southside. Order online, jump the queue and get straight to the good stuff 🤎🩷

Less waiting, more sipping 😍

September is serving two very good reasons to treat yourself at Poppies:

🤎 Top Deck Iced Latte

🩷 Iced Chocolate with Pink Marshmallow Cold Foam

Order online, jump the queue and get straight to the good stuff 👇

https://redpoppycafe.square.site/

🚨 25M POOL CLOSED TODAY 🚨

The 25M pool will be closed from 5AM to 3PM today while necessary plant works are completed.

We appreciate your patience while these important works are carried out.

👀 THE SCHOOL HOURS JOB ACTUALLY EXISTS 👀

Looking for work that fits around school drop off, pick up and the kids?

We’re looking for some brilliant people to join the Splash team for Term 4 and Term 1, working:

🕘 9:00am to 2:00pm
📅 Monday to Friday
🎒 During school terms

And here’s the best part…

You don’t need to already be qualified. We’ll train you!

Splash will cover the cost of your:
✅ Nationally recognised qualification
✅ First Aid
✅ CPR

You just need to have a current Blue Card.

No awkward 5am starts.
No working until dinner time.
No trying to figure out who is doing school pick up.

Drop the kids off. Come to work. Finish in time to grab them again 🙌

If you’ve been thinking about returning to work now that the kids are at school, this could be your opportunity to get qualified, earn some extra money and join an industry you might never have considered before.

And if you’ve spent the last few years managing children, schedules, missing shoes, lunchboxes and approximately 47 things happening at once… we reckon you already have some pretty transferable skills. 😂

We’re looking for people who are friendly, reliable, confident around kids and genuinely enjoy working with people.

Interested? 👉 Email [email protected] to register your interest and we’ll walk you through the details and next steps.

Know a mum, dad, grandparent or school hours superstar who needs to see this? Tag them below 👇

🇦🇺 AMELIE SMITH MAKING HISTORY

A huge international result for local Splash Performance athlete Amelie Smith, who trains right here at Southside Aquatic Centre.

Amelie has won Gold in the 200m Breaststroke at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, breaking the championship record with a massive 2:24.71.

The result makes Amelie the 3rd fastest Australian junior in history, behind only Australian swimming greats Leisel Jones and Georgia Bohl.

Even more impressive, Amelie has taken more than four seconds off her 200m Breaststroke time during 2026.

An incredible achievement for Amelie and a pretty special one for our Southside community to watch unfold.

Read more about Amelie’s record breaking swim via SwimSwam 👇
https://swimswam.com/australian-amelie-smith-pops-224-in-the-200-breast-to-win-jr-pan-pacs-moves-to-3-aussie-junior-ever/

👶 WE NEED SOME LITTLE SWIMMERS! 👧

This Sunday, our Splash team is coming together at Stockland Swim School for a special professional development session focused on something that sits right at the heart of great swimming lessons… connection.

And we need some swimmers to help us!

We’re offering FREE Learn to Swim lessons this Sunday 16 August as part of the session. You can already swim with Splash or be completely new to us, everyone is welcome!

Where: Stockland Swim School
When: Sunday 16 August
Cost: Completely FREE

2:00PM – 2:30PM
8 x Babies 1 — 6–18 months (parent participation in the water required)
3 x Starfish — 2.5 to 4.5 years, not yet swimming independently
4 x Rainbow Fish - 3.5+ years, able to rocket independently
4 x Platypus - beginning freestyle and ready to add breathing
4 x Octopus - freestyle with side breathing

2:30PM - 3:00PM
4 x Rainbow Fish — 3.5+ years, able to rocket independently
4 x Platypus — beginning freestyle and ready to add breathing
4 x Octopus — freestyle with side breathing
4 x Stingray — freestyle, backstroke + introduction to butterfly kick
5 x Frog — full laps of freestyle and backstroke without putting their feet down, plus developing butterfly and breaststroke skills

A little more about this special session 👀

These lessons form part of a professional development session for our Learn to Swim team. A larger group of Splash teachers will be poolside observing the lessons before continuing their PD session once lessons finish.

The session will also be photographed and videoed for training and Splash content, so families participating will need to be comfortable with their child being photographed and filmed.

Our teachers will be focusing on connection, how we build trust with our swimmers, help them feel safe and confident, and create an environment where they’re ready to learn.

👇 Want to be involved? Comment below!

The booking link will go live later today and everyone who comments will be the first to know.

We’re so excited for this one! 💛

8 x FREE BABIES LESSON SPOTS TOMORROW!

We have eight free spots available in our Babies 1 class tomorrow, perfect for little swimmers aged 6–18 months.

And this one is pretty special, your teacher will be Cass K, the face behind our Splash Learn to Swim program, with more than 22 years of teaching experience.

📅 Tomorrow — Sunday 16 August 2PM-2:30PM
📍 Stockland Swim School (underneath Stockland Shopping Centre)
🏊 Babies 1 — 6 to 18 months
👨‍👩‍👧 Parent participation required
💛 Completely FREE

These lessons form part of our Learn to Swim teacher PD session and will be observed, photographed and filmed.

Book your little swimmer in here 👇
https://splashaboutswimschool.jonasleisure.com.au/Course/Enrol/14/11/32

Looking for a casual job that actually works around school?

Splash is recruiting Lifeguards in Rockhampton & Yeppoon, and there’s a Pool Lifeguard course running THIS WEEKEND to get you qualified and ready to work.

Two Day Pool Lifeguard Course
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 August
9:00am–4:00pm
Southside Aquatic Centre, Rockhampton
$375 — includes First Aid + CPR

Once qualified, you can apply to start working with Splash from next week.

Casual Lifeguard rates start from $19.23/hr for under 17s, increasing with age to $34.96/hr for adults, with higher penalty rates for eligible weekend and public holiday shifts.

With early mornings, daytime, afternoon/evening and weekend shifts available, it’s a great job to fit around school.

Step 1: Enrol in this weekend’s course here:
https://mytraininghub.com.au/sign-up/signup/doprocess?hash=t0Uc_199

Step 2: Email [email protected] to apply to join Splash.

Minimum age: 16
Places in this weekend’s course are limited. Get in quick!