If you’re anything like me, the last time you went on a Slip ‘N’ Slide (or, if you are even more like me, a hosed-down length of plastic sheeting your mum dug out of the garden shed) was a long time ago.
Archival footage of the author as a child.
It was a simpler time back then: the ravages of puberty had yet to leave their scars on your psyche, S Club still had seven members, and the words “Donald Trump is President of the United States” would have been nothing more than the hastily-dismissed treatment for a binned episode of The Twilight Zone.
We can’t convince the original lineup of S Club to get back together and we can’t ungrow all this pubic hair, but we CAN live out a deeply satisfying slice of nostalgia, because there is a giant Slip ‘N’ Slide coming to Brisbane and we all get to go on it.
Slideapalooza is a Hunter Valley-based waterslide festival that boasts the largest collection of inflatable slides on the planet. They’ve partnered with charity Tour de Cure, and will be touring their giant waterslides around the country and donating all ticket proceeds to cancer research. First confirmed stop after the Hunter Valley: Brisbane, November 18 and 19.
And it is no ordinary Slip ‘N’ Slide! We’re talking 400 metres of high-speed, detergent-lubed, take-your-pool-toys water-based fun.
Expressions of interest for Brissie tickets are open now, and there’ll be more details once the organisers have found a suitable hill. If you’re keen to volunteer, get involved here, or you’ll be able to buy tix for around $60. Prepare your sturdiest sliding outfits and round up a crew who you can rely on to document any and all humiliating incidents – you’ve got nine months to prep for the slide of your life.
Source: Courier Mail.
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