Toboggan Hill Park - Nelson Bay, New South Wales

Gayathri S.

Toboggan hill ride was pretty preliminary in the complexity and number of rides that were available.
There was rock climbing and skating area and high as entertaining for the kids. I feel the place is more for kids under 10 rather than teens and adults. The toboggan ride itself was quite smooth and not scary at all. The other rides available was a small go kart for small kids and the remote control cars and the bungee trampoline for were all for smaller kids only.

Compared to big banana in Coffs Harbour I can rate this place for a 5/10. There was a toilet and lounge space on entry. Plenty of open space car parking was available. The single ride tickets were best in case you we first timer. I would recommend to visit the place before you buy the gold or silver tickets. I have posted the price board on the pictures for reference

There was also a maze for free entrich started after a 300m meter steep walk. The place looked pretty good for a quiet all up hill. The walk path is not good for pram or wheel chair.

Rita H.

The Toboggan Hill Parka and the Toboggan Slide are absolutely amazing! The experience is definitely worth the visit, especially for families. The slide offers thrilling fun that kids will absolutely love, making it a perfect spot for a day out. The atmosphere is lively, and the staff is friendly, adding to the overall enjoyment. The only thing that was not very good was the long wait, but if you're looking for a fun-filled day with the kids, this is still the place to be!

María P. G.

The toboggan is the main attraction and it’s quite fun, but even so, for an adult, it’s not very appealing to do more than once. Most of the other activities are geared toward young children, so in my opinion, it’s not worth spending so much money to repeat the slide or enjoy the other attractions, unless you have kids. For adults or families with older children, it might not be as entertaining.

David J.

An old fashioned adventure park in every sense of the word, and no, that's not meant as a compliment!

The rides reminded us of the 1990s, excluding the toboggan, which would have been fine, except the price of admission definitely reflected 2024 😱.

Unlike other adventure/theme parks, where the majority of rides are "free" - i.e. included in the price of admission - here, you "buy tickets" as part of your price of admission (you can go back and buy more later) for the number of rides you'd like to go on. Suffice to say, you need a ticket for "all the good stuff".

Toboggan: Definitely the highlight, and very well maintained. Arguably, this could be a standalone attraction - similar to the Corin Forest Alpine Slide in Canberra. A long and windy downhill slope - due to the incline, however, you don't go that fast. The queuing process, which in all fairness has been in place for many years, is quite different to what you might expect - once you're "on the ride", you can continue to go around as many time as you'd like (subject to having a sufficient number of tickets). Everywhere else I've visited, once you finish your turn, you go to the back of the line and queue up again. This sometimes results in a very long queue as, once the ride is "full", new riders can't get on, unless someone else gets off!

Bounce and Tumble: Nothing special here - you can find these at most decent sports ground fairs.

Putt putt: 19 holes, but each hole was rather short. Good for a child, but not something that can really keep adults entertained.

The Maze: FYI - It's a serious uphill "hike" to get here, follow the signs and keep walking, you won't miss it. Yes, it's a maze, but the quality of the maze is atrocious.

Activities within the indoor shed - Pricey, if you don't use pre-paid tickets
1) Jumping castle 🏰 : $10 for 10 mins
2) Bertie Beetle: $6 per ride
3) Rock climbing: $12 (1st climb), $3 (extra climbs) - ok value if you want to do it twice!

The staff were nice, happy, friendly and courteous - what you want at an adventure park.

If you've never been to an adventure park before, or if you're in the neighbourhood and want to stuff around for a few hours, go ahead - but unfortunately it's nothing to write home about.

Sharon G.

The 5-minute ride was amazing—such a fun experience! This place offers more than just rides; there's also mini golf, wall climbing, and jumping. But the ride was definitely my favorite. The staff are really friendly too.

annelise B.

This was such a little treasure trove of a place to find. We (4x adults) had an absolute blast doing 19 holes of mini golf, wandering through the bush, exploring the maze and sliding down the toboggan hill.

I highly recommend for kids and young at heart adults looking for a fun day out.

All the staff were also friendly and helpful. ☺️

R W.

not much attraction options but it was fun and affordable. parking is okay. staffs were friendly. the toboggan ride lasts for about ~3-5 minutes.

Eugene C.

Spend 4 minutes to read this and you'd learn most information you need about this park.

Tip: Start off with A DEFINITE GOOD TIP IF YOU WANT TO COME IS TO ABSOLUTELY ARRIVE BEFORE 10AM AND BETTER AT 9:30AM, SO THAT YOU CAN LEAVE WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND NOT 3+ HOURS. AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. AND DEFINITELY DON'T COME AFTER 10:15AM ON WEEKENDS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WASTE 3+ HOURS WAITING. The park opens at 10am and COME BEFORE THAT!

Edit: Thx for 11 likes this is a lot on Google Maps

My experience: Me and my family arrived at 10:35am (*that's where the mistake is) on a Sunday during school holidays and spent 3 hours waiting for the Toboggan ride, and still not get on the ride and have to leave before getting the ride because there is a more important schedule. Played putt putt with a ticket to waste some time out of the 3 hours.
The almost only good thing is that some friendly staff let us come back the next day and we finished the rides in 30 mins the next day (not a weekend) because we arrived at 10am, but wasted $30 because weekdays are cheaper.

All the other comments are true that people can go on rides on and on until they use up all the tickets, causing a very long queue and wait time especially on weekends and public holidays. There is a limit for 3 rides at most but really no staff cares. And the real reason that this company allows customers to go on rides multiple times is because they want to sell more rides and MAKE MORE MONEY, once you get on the toboggan you can go on a lot of rides, they make deals that make you feel more beneficial from the waiting. A smart marketing tactic, but not considerate on the fairness and feelings of the customers waiting. Therefore, a lot of the negative comments are on the wait time and the fairness.
Tickets: The tickets are sold as a per ride basis unlike most theme parks. Note that one more thing that is quite a scam is that $12 per ticket is just for normal days but on weekends and holidays for one ticket it's 50% more for $18. Most of the rides use the same tickets and prices, but most people come here only for the Toboggan. Therefore, most other activites don't really need to queue except the Toboggan.

Ride: The Toboggan ride itself is alright and fun, last for around 3 mins and there are 11 curves on the slide. But around $12 and 3 hours wait time for one ride is not quite worth it. Also if the company successfully baited you into buying tickets for 4, 5, 6 rides per person, you would get bored of the repetitive rides because it is a bit fun but not very exciting. And so if you buy 1 ticket you'd feel not worth the price and the wait time, and if you buy 4+ rides per person your wallet hurts and you'd get bored of the rides.

Wait time: Here are some estimated time of waiting for reference.
EST time waiting WEEKDAYS DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS:
9:30 - 10 - 0 min
10 - 10:15 - 30mins
10:15 - 10:30 - 1hr to 2 hrs
10:30 after - 2hrs+
EST time waiting WEEKENDS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
9:30 - 10 - 0 min
10 - 10:15 - 30mins to 1hr
10:15 - 10:30 - 1.5hr to 2.5 hrs
10:30 after - 3hrs to 4hrs

So be smart if you don't want to wait.

Summary:
⭐️DON'T COME AFTER 10:15AM UNLESS YOU WANT LONG QUEUE
⭐️MUST COME BEFORE 10AM
❎️Quite expensive
❎️WEEKENDS tickets more EXPENSIVE than weekdays and not stated
❎️Bad rule on letting people go multiple times
✅️Friendly staff that let us come back the next day
✅️Had a bit of fun
There is good and there is bad, but I am fair and reasonable on this judgement of 3 OUT OF 5 STARS, and if you have made it that far, thanks for reading. It'd be nice if this review can help you and give some information, and like if this 4 mins read has helped you save some time or money on your trip.