The Giant Slip 'N' Slide Is Returning to Melbourne

Remember the colossal slide that made everyone lose their minds last year? Well it’s back and more powerful than you could ever imagine. Slide Melbourne are bringing back the 400-metre super slide to Lawnsdowne Street in East Melbourne, to once again grace us with slippery, high speed sliding but for two Sundays only (December 6 and February 7). So get in quick because we know from past experience there’s nothing Melburnians like more than giant slippery slides (inside we’re all just whimsical children, aren’t we).

Tickets are selling fast for the December/February sliding dates and while the thought of being outside, wet and holding onto a tube for dear life might seem crazy right now in winter, with the fires of global warming being fanned by our illustrious leader Tone, we’re in for a hot one. A $41 ticket will buy two hours of unfettered access to the glorious slide (well, unfettered apart from your co-sliders) and an estimated three to six slides.

Slide Melbourne have all the logistics covered for a session of maxtreme sliding, including lockers, changing rooms and yes, you’ll have to sign a waiver (just in case there’s a pile-up part way down – you know, #giantslideproblems).

But remember: a leisurely slide down in a tube means a 400-metre slog back to the top carrying said tube. So let this be sufficient motivation to crawl out from under your Pringle-covered doona and start getting strong and healthy to maximise the amount of slides you can cram into your session.

Slide Melbourne will careen down Lawnsdowne Street, East Melbourne. Running on Sunday, December 6 from 10am to 8.15pm and Sunday, February 7 from 10am to 8.15pm. Tickets $41, book here.