JASON Ford has been given the green light to open an Aqua Park in Gosford, NSW, but there's no sign yet that the beloved park could be back in Airlie Beach.

A GIGANTIC “shadoof” tower will soon be slingshotting daredevils through the air as a major Far North tourist attraction invests in its future.

THE Federal Government has just made a huge splash for kids, families and fun in Mackay by approving a $150,000 grant for Aqua Fun Park Mackay.

THE northern beaches and Port Douglas will be transformed into an active adventure paradise following the approval of a $317m surf park and resort, which has been lauded across the Far North.

Cairns Wake Park and Aqua Park. “We are all so close,” he said. An artist’s impression for water slides at a water park at the Paradise Palms development. Picture: Supplied “These projects ...